The Pazzi Conspiracy: The cause and effects of the attempted assassination of Lorenzo de Medici. “The Pazzi conspiracy‚” is the name given to the attempted assassination of Lorenzo de Medici by the rival Pazzi family. On Sunday April 26‚ 1478‚ members of the Pazzi family‚ along with fellow conspirators‚ set out to kill Lorenzo de Medici and his brother‚ Guiliano. In order to understand the motivation of the attack one must understand the tension between the Medici and Pazzi families as well as
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to Laura Keene’s light comedy‚ "Our American Cousin"‚ at Ford’s Theater in Washington‚ D.C.‚ but then a man called John Wilkes Booth shot him in the head because he wanted to avenge for the South. If I could change history‚ I would change the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. If he wasn’t assassinated‚ he could have help the economic integration‚ western development‚ and cleaning the Confederate slate Abraham Lincoln could have help even more with the economic integration. It was after the war
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Jealousy or Truth? Justifying Caesar’s assassination in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Eric Best December 20‚ 2011 English Mr. Taylor and Mr. Hessel In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ many people could argue for and against the killing of Julius Caesar. Personally I believe that his murder was not justified enough to be conducted. My belief is supported by the fact that the conspirators decision was made purely on belief and jealously‚ and not factual evidence that would support
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Plotting and executing a terrorist attack without commands from an organization represents a deadly tradition. In the nineteenth century‚ Mikhail Bakunin‚ the infamous Russian anarchist‚ described theconcept of "propaganda by deed" and advocated that solitary assassins should kill individuals who represented the corrupt social structure. Among other things‚ acting individually allowed anarchists to avoid being bogged down by the coercive power usually associated with large‚ hierarchal organizations
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The Assassination of Malcolm X was unjust because he was a civil rights activist. As an American Muslim minister himself‚ he helped change society and its wrongs. However some may argue that he preached racism and violence to his followers. Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21th‚ 1965. Born on May 19‚ 1925‚ because of his dad’s civil right activism‚ the family received harassment from white Supremacist groups like the KKK. As an adult‚ Malcolm indicated white America in its harshest terms for
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Civil Rights Diary: Assassination of Malcolm X Shatari Wilburn HIS/145 April 6‚ 2015 Justin Horton February 21‚ 1965 Today we have lost a legacy. Malcolm X was one of the greatest influential African Americans the world has ever known. On February 21‚ 1965‚ Malcolm X was assassinated after delivering a speech to the Organisation (the spelling used by the group) of African-American Unity at Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom in New York City at the age of 39 at 3:10 p.m. While in the midst of giving his
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Hello‚ in this document I will be discussing the people that were important to the allied and the axis war effort. I first will talk about Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany when World War II started at 1939-1945. During most of the war he lived in an underground concrete shelter at his headquarters in East Prussia. It was there that Adolf Hitler controlled the German military. Adolf Hitler was very successful at the beginning of the war‚ Adolf Hitler defeated many countries and
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(DOJ‚ 1995) More outstanding however‚ in the case of the Brady act‚ was the specific assault against president Reagan and the crippling of James Brady. Similarly‚ the earlier Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 was precipitated by the high-profile assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Against this justifiable backdrop the gun control activitists launched campaigns to help regulate firearms nationwide. Gun crime has a long history. Regulating handguns‚ however‚ is a fairly
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30‚ 1993‚ the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The law went into effect in 1994. The Act was named after James Brady‚ an assistant to President Ronal Reagan‚ who was shot during an attempted assassination of the President on March 30‚ 1981. Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act required the Head of the Department of Justice‚ within five years‚ to establish a national instant criminal background check system (now known as the National Instant Criminal
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On June 28th‚ during 1914‚ a young Serbian named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This assassination was the major cause and spark of World War One. Unrestricted submarine warfare was first introduced in World War I in early 1914‚ when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone‚ in which all merchant ships‚ including those from neutral countries‚ would be attacked by the German navy. World War I was an intense war that lasted from 1914-1918. Germany was sinking
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