IDA SCUDDER Imagine being blind because of a disease. You go to everyone for help‚ but they can not do anything about it. You hear about what some doctor has done for people‚ and you wonder if she can help. You and your other blind friends come with you. The doctor examines your friend’s eyes‚ and she can not help. She gets to you and is able to help you. You can see again because of this doctor! This doctor is Ida Scudder. She lived in India‚ later moved to America‚ and she came back to become
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Congress had no choose but to accept loans from France. Other effects the revolution had was increase in taxes due to parliament’s debt to the US. Many colonists were angered‚ in response to new Acts that were being passed. During the American Revolution boycotts were a key example of the effects a revolution can have on its society. Therefore boycott of British goods was colonist response to the sudden increases in taxes. The colonist felt the only way to have their voices heard was to stop buying British
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the massive land under Mongol rule laid the lands of China and Russia. The Mongols knew how to maintain their empire but had different ways of doing it in each part. This lead to the separate‚ divergent ways of governing the two lands. In China and Russia‚ the Mongol era brought an immense change in political and economical power. In China‚ political impact from the Mongols came off much stricter than it did in Russia. The leader of the Mongolians‚ Kublai Khan guided the Mongols to conquer the
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Maralinga in South Australia between1956 and 1957. Maralinga was one of the British nuclear test sites in Australia. Australia was chosen as the test sites by the British‚ because they did not have any wide uninhabited place‚ which is suitable
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might and confidence‚ and battled against European slave traders and ivory hunters. The Zulus also fought the Boers‚ as they migrated north from Cape Colony. The Zulus ran into conflict with the British as well. In 1879 the Zulus eliminated a British force at the battle of Isandlwana. In the late 1800s‚ royal jewels were found such as gold and diamonds‚ in the northern Boer territory. That was the start up of the Anglo-Boer war. The war started in 1899 and ended in 1902 and involved bitter guerrilla
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daughters(13). Under his tutelage they learned more difficult subjects. When Nightingale was younger‚ she would visit the local families. She saw how sick‚ they were and wanted to help but
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When one examines the post slavery effects on the modern day Caribbean community it is apparent that serious cultural and social implications under girths the issue of intimate partner abuse especially for those of the African lineage. Islands within the Caribbean region typically share a close relations as it relates to political‚ cultural‚ economic and religious make-up; more crucially most‚ if not all have an identity that is ineradicably marred by the rampage of slavery. Historically‚ Caribbean
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times throughout history‚ and the effect it has on native cultures is greatly felt by inhabitants of those cultures. Some historians believe that a group loses its identity with the death of its culture. The way history has been written directly affects how our world is today‚ so some could argue that colonialism is necessary. Native people are often deeply troubled by the overtaking of their homeland; however‚ new cultures can emerge that are more diversified and enriched. To understand colonialism
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During Stalin’s Soviet Union during‚ it is recorded that some economic factors were considered‚ while some were disregarded due to the uprising of industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy‚ which had effected the Russian population in a negative way. Industrialisation‚ collectivisation and command economy were to be seen as the major economic factors regarded by Stalin during his rule‚ as it helped and achieved his belief of “Socialism in One Country”. Understanding the concept of collectivisation
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The Russians population was so large that throughout the war even though they lost a lot; the army continuously built their ranks back up. Russian armies could tie up hundreds of thousands of Germans. Germany could not give its full fight force as the west. As the war raged on‚ fighting spreaded from Europe to Africa‚ to Southwest and Southeast Asia. (page 415) The war claimed the lives of millions. The war affected everyone from civilians and soldiers in the trenches. Russia’s withdraw from
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