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| + | {{Template:Maple}} {{Nihongo|'''Maple'''|メイプル|Meipuru}} is a prideful, quick-thinking, and often arrogant catgirl. She loves the latest brand-name products and purrs only when she wants something from Shigure. She typically speaks frankly, yet remains attentive to those around her. She is, as the saying goes, a scaredy-cat, always turning on every light on the way to the bathroom at night. Out of all the catgirls, her tongue is the most sensitive to hot things. |
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| − | ==Maple Nekopara is a nigger<nowiki/>== |
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| + | == Appearance == |
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| + | Maple has orange, back-length wavy hair and her eyes are dark green. True to her breed as an American Curl, she has curled ears, and a matching fluffy tail. |
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| − | ! colspan="2" |United States Declaration of Independence |
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| − | | colspan="2" |1823 facsimile of the engrossed copy |
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| − | !Created |
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| − | |June–July 1776 |
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| − | !Ratified |
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| − | |July 4, 1776 |
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| − | !Location |
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| − | |Engrossed copy: National Archives and Records<br> |
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| − | Administration Rough draft: Library of Congress |
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| − | !Author(s) |
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| − | |Thomas Jefferson et al. |
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| − | |56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress |
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| − | !Purpose |
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| − | |To announce and explain separation from Great Britain<sup>[1]</sup> |
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| − | The '''United States Declaration of Independence''' is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration announced that the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain would regard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. The declaration was signed by representatives from New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. |
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| − | The Lee Resolution for independence was passed on July 2 with no opposing votes. The Committee of Five had drafted the Declaration to be ready when Congress voted on independence. John Adams, a leader in pushing for independence, had persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document,<sup>[2]</sup> which Congress edited to produce the final version. The Declaration was a formal explanation of why Congress had voted to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America"<sup>[3]</sup> – although Independence Day is actually celebrated on July 4, the date that the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved. |
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| + | Her standard attire consists of a brown headband in her hair, a ruffled buttoned white sleeved t-shirt covered with a brown waistcoat which appears to be plaid on the underside, a matching plaid skirt, with brown knee socks and black heeled slip-on shoes. She wears her gold bell around her neck adorned with a red ribbon. |
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| − | After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as the printed Dunlap broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The source copy used for this printing has been lost and may have been a copy in Thomas Jefferson's hand.<sup>[4]</sup> Jefferson's original draft is preserved at the Library of Congress, complete with changes made by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, as well as Jefferson's notes of changes made by Congress. The best-known version of the Declaration is a signed copy that is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and which is popularly regarded as the official document. This engrossed copy (finalized, calligraphic copy) was ordered by Congress on July 19 and signed primarily on August 2.<sup>[5][6]</sup> |
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| + | == Personality == |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>The sources and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much scholarly inquiry. The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing 27 colonial grievances against King George III and by asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution. Its original purpose was to announce independence, and references to the text of the Declaration were few in the following years. Abraham Lincoln made it the centerpiece of his policies and his rhetoric, as in the Gettysburg Address of 1863. Since then, it has become a well-known statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence: |
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| + | Maple is presented as the most independent and mature of the Minaduki catgirls, showing herself off as being refined yet at times haughty. She is extremely prideful, although her pride has at times been her downfall, as shown when buying her first guitar with Kashou which required his intervention to rescue her from herself. |
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| + | Maple appears to be more self aware and more ambitious than the other catgirls. In Vol 3 she reveals that she aspires to be a singer, although her own lack of self confidence holds her back. She has a particular dislike for the term "catgirl", since she felt people who refer to her as one didn't view her as an individual, but rather as just a catgirl. |
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| − | This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language",<sup>[7]</sup> containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history".<sup>[8]</sup> The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy and argued that it is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.<sup>[9]</sup> |
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| + | She is extremely scared of the dark, a fact which she hates being brought up by the other catgirls. |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>The Declaration of Independence inspired many similar documents in other countries, the first being the 1789 ''Declaration of United Belgian States'' issued during the Brabant Revolution in the Austrian Netherlands. It also served as the primary model for numerous declarations of independence in Europe and Latin America, as well as Africa (Liberia) and Oceania (New Zealand) during the first half of the 19th century.<sup>[10]</sup> |
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+ | == History == |
| − | * 1Background |
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| − | ** 1.1Congress convenes |
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| − | * 2Toward independence |
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| − | ** 2.1Revising instructions |
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| − | ** 2.2May 15 preamble |
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| − | ** 2.3Lee's resolution |
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| − | ** 2.4The final push |
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| − | * 3Draft and adoption |
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| − | * 4Annotated text of the engrossed declaration |
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| − | * 5Influences and legal status |
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| − | * 6Signing |
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| − | * 7Publication and reaction |
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| − | * 8History of the documents |
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| − | * 9Legacy |
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| − | ** 9.1Influence in other countries |
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| − | ** 9.2Revival of interest |
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| − | ** 9.3John Trumbull's ''Declaration of Independence'' (1817–1826) |
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| − | ** 9.4Slavery and the Declaration |
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| − | ** 9.5Lincoln and the Declaration |
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| − | ** 9.6Women's suffrage and the Declaration |
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| − | ** 9.7Twentieth century and later |
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| − | ** 9.8Popular culture |
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| − | * 10See also |
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| − | * 11References |
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| − | * 12Bibliography |
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| − | * 13External links |
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+ | === [[Nekopara Vol. 1]] === |
| + | Along with her catgirl sisters, Maple arrives at [[La Soleil]] to reunite with [[Chocola]] and [[Vanilla]] who have moved away to live with [[Kashou Minaduki|Kashou]]. There, she had a brief fight in their family's usual shenanigans. But she did get to enjoy Kashou's cakes after Shigure buys every last one of them. |
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| − | Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration |
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| + | Maple is called in by Shigure to help her tutor Chocola and Vanilla for their [[bell]] certification. Maple herself shows Chocola how to interact with mobile phones by browsing the internet. By the time the sessions finishes, she is shocked to see there is a massive phone bill tabbed to her. |
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| − | By the time that the Declaration of Independence was adopted in July 1776, the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain had been at war for more than a year. Relations had been deteriorating between the colonies and the mother country since 1763. Parliament enacted a series of measures to increase revenue from the colonies, such as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Acts of 1767. Parliament believed that these acts were a legitimate means of having the colonies pay their fair share of the costs to keep them in the British Empire.<sup>[12]</sup> |
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| + | Later, Maple becomes a maid employee at La Soleil when Shigure decided to reinforce the shop with the entire family. |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>Many colonists, however, had developed a different conception of the empire. The colonies were not directly represented in Parliament, and colonists argued that Parliament had no right to levy taxes upon them. This tax dispute was part of a larger divergence between British and American interpretations of the British Constitution and the extent of Parliament's authority in the colonies.<sup>[13]</sup> The orthodox British view, dating from the Glorious Revolution of 1688, was that Parliament was the supreme authority throughout the empire, and so, by definition, anything that Parliament did was constitutional.<sup>[14]</sup> In the colonies, however, the idea had developed that the British Constitution recognized certain fundamental rights that no government could violate, not even Parliament.<sup>[15]</sup> After the Townshend Acts, some essayists even began to question whether Parliament had any legitimate jurisdiction in the colonies at all.<sup>[16]</sup> Anticipating the arrangement of the British Commonwealth,<sup>[17]</sup> by 1774 American writers such as Samuel Adams, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson were arguing that Parliament was the legislature of Great Britain only, and that the colonies, which had their own legislatures, were connected to the rest of the empire only through their allegiance to the Crown.<sup>[18]</sup> |
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| + | Maple has an intermediate role in ''[[Nekopara Vol. 0]]''. She's the more intellectual type in the group who is more affable with human culture. |
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| − | The issue of Parliament's authority in the colonies became a crisis after Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (known as the Intolerable Acts in the colonies) in 1774 to punish the colonists for the Gaspee Affair of 1772 and the Boston Tea Party of 1773. Many colonists saw the Coercive Acts as a violation of the British Constitution and thus a threat to the liberties of all of British America, so the First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in September 1774 to coordinate a response. Congress organized a boycott of British goods and petitioned the king for repeal of the acts. These measures were unsuccessful because King George and the ministry of Prime Minister Lord North were determined to enforce parliamentary supremacy in America. As the king wrote to North in November 1774, "blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent".<sup>[19]</sup> |
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| + | === [[Nekopara Vol. 2]] === |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>Most colonists still hoped for reconciliation with Great Britain, even after fighting began in the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in April 1775.<sup>[20]</sup> The Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia in May 1775, and some delegates hoped for eventual independence, but no one yet advocated declaring it.<sup>[21]</sup> Many colonists no longer believed that Parliament had any sovereignty over them, yet they still professed loyalty to King George, who they hoped would intercede on their behalf. They were disappointed in late 1775 when the king rejected Congress's second petition, issued a Proclamation of Rebellion, and announced before Parliament on October 26 that he was considering "friendly offers of foreign assistance" to suppress the rebellion.<sup>[22]</sup> A pro-American minority in Parliament warned that the government was driving the colonists toward independence.<sup>[23]</sup> |
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| + | Maple is a minor character in ''[[Nekopara Vol. 2]]''. Like all of her [[catgirls|catgirl]] sisters, she is a waitress of [[La Soleil]]. In her service, she always uses clean and polite manners to the customers. |
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| + | === [[Nekopara Vol. 3]] === |
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| − | == Toward independence == |
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| + | Maple is the main heroine in ''[[Nekopara Vol. 3]]''. In this story, she was reminded of a dream she had awhile ago and seeks to achieve it. |
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| − | Thomas Paine's pamphlet ''Common Sense'' was published in January 1776, just as it became clear in the colonies that the king was not inclined to act as a conciliator.<sup>[24]</sup> Paine had only recently arrived in the colonies from England, and he argued in favor of colonial independence, advocating republicanism as an alternative to monarchy and hereditary rule.<sup>[25]</sup> ''Common Sense'' made a persuasive and impassioned case for independence, which had not yet been given serious intellectual consideration in the American colonies. Paine connected independence with Protestant beliefs as a means to present a distinctly American political identity, thereby stimulating public debate on a topic that few had previously dared to openly discuss,<sup>[26]</sup> and public support for separation from Great Britain steadily increased after its publication.<sup>[27]</sup> |
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| + | == Trivia == |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>The Assembly Room in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence |
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| + | *Maple is the only catgirl to not have her clothes be picked by [[Shigure Minaduki|Shigure]]; this implies that Maple is the only catgirl independent enough to be trusted with her own fashion sense. |
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| + | *Maple seems to share the same design of an other Sayori's art called "Macaron" |
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| + | *Maple appears to be the only known neko that has the knowledge to use technology, evidenced in ''[[Nekopara Vol. 1]]'' as she was "teaching" [[Chocola]] about emoticons and LIME stamps on her phone. |
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| + | *In the past, Maple used to strip down completely whenever she is using the bathroom. Maple claims that she can go to the bathroom "only half-naked" now. |
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| + | **Maple also, apparently, leaves the bathroom door completely open while inside. This is was revealed to be due to [[Azuki]] "traumatizing" her, by locking her in the bathroom. |
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| + | *In ''[[Nekopara Vol. 2]]'', at some point when you [[Features#Petting|touch]] Maple's upper sensitive parts, she sings the first four notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. |
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| + | *While the make of Maple's guitar is not mentioned, it's appearance closely resembles a slightly modified Fender Paramount PM-1 Deluxe Dreadnought VS. |
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| − | Some colonists still held out hope for reconciliation, but developments in early 1776 further strengthened public support for independence. In February 1776, colonists learned of Parliament's passage of the Prohibitory Act, which established a blockade of American ports and declared American ships to be enemy vessels. John Adams, a strong supporter of independence, believed that Parliament had effectively declared American independence before Congress had been able to. Adams labeled the Prohibitory Act the "Act of Independency", calling it "a compleat Dismemberment of the British Empire".<sup>[28]</sup> Support for declaring independence grew even more when it was confirmed that King George had hired German mercenaries to use against his American subjects.<sup>[29]</sup> |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>Despite this growing popular support for independence, Congress lacked the clear authority to declare it. Delegates had been elected to Congress by 13 different governments, which included extralegal conventions, ad hoc committees, and elected assemblies, and they were bound by the instructions given to them. Regardless of their personal opinions, delegates could not vote to declare independence unless their instructions permitted such an action.<sup>[30]</sup> Several colonies, in fact, expressly prohibited their delegates from taking any steps towards separation from Great Britain, while other delegations had instructions that were ambiguous on the issue;<sup>[31]</sup> consequently, advocates of independence sought to have the Congressional instructions revised. For Congress to declare independence, a majority of delegations would need authorization to vote for it, and at least one colonial government would need to specifically instruct its delegation to propose a declaration of independence in Congress. Between April and July 1776, a "complex political war"<sup>[32]</sup> was waged to bring this about.<sup>[33]</sup> |
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| − | === Revising instructions === |
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| − | In the campaign to revise Congressional instructions, many Americans formally expressed their support for separation from Great Britain in what were effectively state and local declarations of independence. Historian Pauline Maier identifies more than ninety such declarations that were issued throughout the Thirteen Colonies from April to July 1776.<sup>[34]</sup> These "declarations" took a variety of forms. Some were formal written instructions for Congressional delegations, such as the Halifax Resolves of April 12, with which North Carolina became the first colony to explicitly authorize its delegates to vote for independence.<sup>[35]</sup> Others were legislative acts that officially ended British rule in individual colonies, such as the Rhode Island legislature declaring its independence from Great Britain on May 4, the first colony to do so.<sup>[36]</sup> Many "declarations" were resolutions adopted at town or county meetings that offered support for independence. A few came in the form of jury instructions, such as the statement issued on April 23, 1776, by Chief Justice William Henry Drayton of South Carolina: "the law of the land authorizes me to declare ... that ''George'' the Third, King of ''Great Britain'' ... has no authority over us, and we owe no obedience to him."<sup>[37]</sup> Most of these declarations are now obscure, having been overshadowed by the declaration approved by Congress on July 2, and signed July 4.<sup>[38]</sup> |
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| − | <nowiki> </nowiki>Some colonies held back from endorsing independence. Resistance was centered in the middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.<sup>[39]</sup> Advocates of independence saw Pennsylvania as the key; if that colony could be converted to the pro-independence cause, it was believed that the others would follow.<sup>[39]</sup> On May 1, however, opponents of independence retained control of the Pennsylvania Assembly in a special election that had focused on the question of independence.<sup>[40]</sup> In response, Congress passed a resolution on May 10 which had been promoted by John Adams and Richard Henry Lee, calling on colonies without a "government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs" to adopt new governments.<sup>[41]</sup> The resolution passed unanimously, and was even supported by Pennsylvania's John Dickinson, the leader of the anti-independence faction in Congress, who believed that it did not apply to his colony.<sup>[42]</sup> |
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| − | This Day the Congress has passed the most important Resolution, that ever was taken in America. |
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| − | As was the custom, Congress appointed a committee to draft a preamble to explain the purpose of the resolution. John Adams wrote the preamble, which stated that because King George had rejected reconciliation and was hiring foreign mercenaries to use against the colonies, "it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed".<sup>[44]</sup> Adams's preamble was meant to encourage the overthrow of the governments of Pennsylvania and Maryland, which were still under proprietary governance.<sup>[45]</sup> Congress passed the preamble on May 15 after several days of debate, but four of the middle colonies voted against it, and the Maryland delegation walked out in protest.<sup>[46]</sup> Adams regarded his May 15 preamble effectively as an American declaration of independence, although a formal declaration would still have to be made.<sup>[47]</sup> |
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Revision as of 05:23, 25 June 2020
Template:Maple Maple (メイプル Meipuru?) is a prideful, quick-thinking, and often arrogant catgirl. She loves the latest brand-name products and purrs only when she wants something from Shigure. She typically speaks frankly, yet remains attentive to those around her. She is, as the saying goes, a scaredy-cat, always turning on every light on the way to the bathroom at night. Out of all the catgirls, her tongue is the most sensitive to hot things.
Appearance
Maple has orange, back-length wavy hair and her eyes are dark green. True to her breed as an American Curl, she has curled ears, and a matching fluffy tail.
Her standard attire consists of a brown headband in her hair, a ruffled buttoned white sleeved t-shirt covered with a brown waistcoat which appears to be plaid on the underside, a matching plaid skirt, with brown knee socks and black heeled slip-on shoes. She wears her gold bell around her neck adorned with a red ribbon.
Personality
Maple is presented as the most independent and mature of the Minaduki catgirls, showing herself off as being refined yet at times haughty. She is extremely prideful, although her pride has at times been her downfall, as shown when buying her first guitar with Kashou which required his intervention to rescue her from herself.
Maple appears to be more self aware and more ambitious than the other catgirls. In Vol 3 she reveals that she aspires to be a singer, although her own lack of self confidence holds her back. She has a particular dislike for the term "catgirl", since she felt people who refer to her as one didn't view her as an individual, but rather as just a catgirl.
She is extremely scared of the dark, a fact which she hates being brought up by the other catgirls.
History
Nekopara Vol. 1
Along with her catgirl sisters, Maple arrives at La Soleil to reunite with Chocola and Vanilla who have moved away to live with Kashou. There, she had a brief fight in their family's usual shenanigans. But she did get to enjoy Kashou's cakes after Shigure buys every last one of them.
Maple is called in by Shigure to help her tutor Chocola and Vanilla for their bell certification. Maple herself shows Chocola how to interact with mobile phones by browsing the internet. By the time the sessions finishes, she is shocked to see there is a massive phone bill tabbed to her.
Later, Maple becomes a maid employee at La Soleil when Shigure decided to reinforce the shop with the entire family.
Nekopara Vol. 0
Maple has an intermediate role in Nekopara Vol. 0. She's the more intellectual type in the group who is more affable with human culture.
Nekopara Vol. 2
Maple is a minor character in Nekopara Vol. 2. Like all of her catgirl sisters, she is a waitress of La Soleil. In her service, she always uses clean and polite manners to the customers.
Nekopara Vol. 3
Maple is the main heroine in Nekopara Vol. 3. In this story, she was reminded of a dream she had awhile ago and seeks to achieve it.
Trivia
- Maple is the only catgirl to not have her clothes be picked by Shigure; this implies that Maple is the only catgirl independent enough to be trusted with her own fashion sense.
- Maple seems to share the same design of an other Sayori's art called "Macaron"
- Maple appears to be the only known neko that has the knowledge to use technology, evidenced in Nekopara Vol. 1 as she was "teaching" Chocola about emoticons and LIME stamps on her phone.
- In the past, Maple used to strip down completely whenever she is using the bathroom. Maple claims that she can go to the bathroom "only half-naked" now.
- Maple also, apparently, leaves the bathroom door completely open while inside. This is was revealed to be due to Azuki "traumatizing" her, by locking her in the bathroom.
- In Nekopara Vol. 2, at some point when you touch Maple's upper sensitive parts, she sings the first four notes of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
- While the make of Maple's guitar is not mentioned, it's appearance closely resembles a slightly modified Fender Paramount PM-1 Deluxe Dreadnought VS.
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