The party in power usually acts as the "watchdog".

Why did the tokugawa shogunate close japan to foreign influence?

Select the correct answer. what was one of the immediate consequences of the partition of india? a. the creation of bangladesh b. political and religious stability c. riots between hindus and muslims d. the formation of a strong democracy e. the establishment of a military government

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is