Though reelected in 1975, his government was criticized sharply for failing to address the deep economic disparities between different sectors of the population, notably the Americo-Liberians, who had dominated the country since independence, and the various indigenous ethnic groups that constituted the majority of the population.

Between 1847 and 1980, the state of Liberia was governed by the small minority of African-American colonists and their offspring, together called Americo-Liberians, suppressing the large indigenous majority of 95 % of the Liberian population.

The United States would, at least until 1915, take sides with the ruling Americo-Liberians in these struggles ( see Relations between the U. S. and Liberia ); European powers would, in the 19th century, stir up internal unrest in Liberia ( see military threats ).

* Americo-Liberians begin to settle in the Colony of Liberia with the support of the American Colonization Society

Americo-Liberians who were repatriated African Americans formed a cultural elite in Liberia.

Between 1847 and 1980, the presidency was exclusively held by Americo-Liberians, the original American settlers of Liberia and their descendants.

* Conflicts in Liberia between African-Liberians and Americo-Liberians, Africans who immigrated from the Americas after being freed from slavery.

The free and former US slaves who emigrated to Liberia brought with them their sewing and quilting skills and was originally done by Americo-Liberians beginning in the 19th century.

In Liberia, descendants of African-American settlers ( renamed Americo-Liberians ) in part defined social class and standing by raising people with lighter skin above those with dark skin.

* Americo-Liberians in Liberia

Cape Palmas is considered to be one of the traditional hometowns of the Americo-Liberians, descendants of freed slaves from the United States who settled in Liberia and declared it an independent country in 1847.

Samuel Doe assumed leadership in a coup d ' etat in 1980, the political monopoly formerly held by the Americo-Liberians was destroyed and the Masonic Order's influence in Liberia was greatly diminished.

Until 1980, the Americo-Liberians firmly held onto their position of authority, meeting with unremitting uprising, rebellion and riots from the native peoples.

# Relations between Americo-Liberians and the indigenous peoples

Ironically, one aspect of American society that the Americo-Liberians recreated was a cultural and racial caste system — however, in this case with themselves at the top instead of the bottom.

However, this initiative lacked support within Tolbert's own administration, and while the indigenous majority felt the change was occurring too slowly, many Americo-Liberians felt it was too rapid.

The party was conceived by the original Black American settlers and their descendants who referred to themselves as Americo-Liberians.

Americo-Liberians are a Liberian ethnicity of African American descent.

The colonists of African-American descent became known as Americo-Liberians.

In 1846, the ACS directed the Americo-Liberians to proclaim their independence.

The Americo-Liberians had been cut off from their African cultural inheritance by the conditions of slavery, and were entirely acculturated to contemporary Euro-America society.

Growing economic disparities caused increased hostility between indigenous groups and Americo-Liberians.

Descendants of African-American immigrants, or Americo-Liberians, were often called Creoles.

As a result, the presidency was exclusively held by Americo-Liberians until 1980, when a military coup led by Samuel Doe, an ethnic Krahn, overthrew and assassinated President William Tolbert.

When, in March, 1640, the two towns were united under Coddington, Gorton claimed the union was irregular and illegally constituted and that it had never been sanctioned by the majority of freeholders.

A Supreme Court served as the appellate tribunal ; a Constitutional Court with powers of judicial review was never constituted despite statutory authorization.

The title lasted just a little over one century until 1918, but it was never clear what territory constituted the " Empire of Austria ".

Though recognised as a branch of the main dynasty the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Schwedt never constituted a principality with allodial rights of its own.

In 1957, the launch of Sputnik I, Earth's first artificial satellite, was observed by a Vulcan vessel that subsequently crashed on the planet, marooning several crew members for a number of months in Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania ; this constituted the first true contact between Humans and Vulcans, but it was never recorded as such as the Humans were unaware of the alien nature of their guests.

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" These plates, executed from 1850 to 1854, are never found as a set and were never expressly published as such, but they nonetheless constituted in Méryon's mind an harmonious series.

In some ways Eclecticism is reminiscent of Mannerism in that the term was used pejoratively for much of the period of its currency, although, unlike Mannerism, Eclecticism never amounted to a movement or constituted a specific style: it is characterized precisely by the fact that it was not a particular style.

Given his generous notion of what constituted an Aryan race ( Evola was convinced of the Hyperborean origins of most Europeans, the indigenous peoples of North and South America, as well as those of the Indian subcontinent ), those candidate races Evola considered to be truly ' alien ' were never explicitly catalogued — except in terms of Semites and the deeply pigmented peoples of sub-Saharan Africa ( see Evola, ' Psicologia criminale ebraica ,' Difesa della Razza 2, no.

Berezovsky's claimed past ownership of Sibneft – which constituted the bulk of his fortune – was put into question by Abramovich, who in a statement to the High Court in London asserted that Berezovsky had never owned shares in Sibneft, and that US $ 1. 3 billion paid in 2001 ostensibly for his stake in the company was actually in recognition of Berezovsky ’ s “ political assistance and protection ” during the creation of Sibneft in 1995.

FIRE, along with Brandeis ' own Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, has criticized Krauss for never explicitly telling Hindley what specific in-class comments constituted harassing speech and for not granting Hindley a process by which to appeal the decision.

That loyalty to the constituted authority of our nations and their subdivisions is a cardinal virtue of our brotherhood, the pledged faith of which shall never be broken ; and that our brotherhood, receiving the blessings of liberty, education and fraternity, shall ever support, foster and defend our universities, colleges, and school systems, founded under the dispensation of our governments and constituting the bulwarks of democracy for us, for our posterity and for all men.

Kant says explicitly that while efficiently causal explanations are always best ( x causes y, y is the effect of x ), there " will never be a Newton for a blade of grass ", and so the organic must be explained “ as if ” it were constituted as teleological.

But Them's next single, " One More Time ", chosen by Phil Solomon, failed-according to Billy Harrison because it never constituted single material.

Although it continued to exist in name, the power of the league was broken by the treaty and it never again constituted a significant political or military force.

Likewise, its citizens had no special political rights or privileges ; the resident of Chinese cities never constituted a separate status class like the residents of European cities.

Furthermore, he never realized that with the chamber, as it was then constituted, he only held office at Giolitti's good pleasure.

Despite the fact that the indigenous have always constituted a majority in Bolivia, the electorate never chose an indigenous president for the first 180 years of the nation's history ; this trend ended in 2006 with the election of Evo Morales, the country's first indigenous President.

He decided that “ even though Aves was never permanently settled by the Dutch, the inhabitants of Statia and Saba had made use of the island longer than anyone can remember ,” which “ constituted proof of possession .” He gave a provisionary concession and asked the Governor in Curaçao to confirm.

Although a court of appeal was constituted, it never sat.

The National Labor Party was never formally constituted a party and had no organisational structure, although some trade union officials and Labor Party branches, particularly in Western Australia and Tasmania, supported it.

Under these conditions, the Greek uprising constituted a source of inspiration and expectations that could never actually be fulfilled, disappointing what Paul Cartledge called " the Victorian self-identification with the Glory that was Greece ".

It has never constituted one official administrative subdivision ( Krai ) of Russia but was a common name to two such subdivisions Northwestern Krai and Southwestern Krai.