1750 – 1914 Review Revolution‚ Nationalism‚ Industrialization‚ Imperialism‚ and Emancipation!!!! Revolutions: • American Revolution – 1775 – 1783 o Declaration of Independence expressed Enlightened Ideas (Voltaire‚ Rousseau‚ Locke) o Ideas really only applied to rich‚ white guys o Economy was based upon slavery o Americans received aid from France (the enemy of my enemy is my ___) o Americans win! • French 1789 – 1803 (Napoleon from 1803 to 1815) o Caused by financial issues and social class structure
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were not only political there were also economic‚ social and military factors that lead to this revolution. Firstly the social causes of this event. Even though in 1861 the Emancipation of the Serfs had occurred by the early 20th century nothing really had changed for the lower class of Russia society. They were not called Serfs anymore and no longer were a part of a feudal system however the still experienced a low standard of living‚ had to work long hard hours in menial jobs and poor harvests and
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16/09/12 Sam Lardner The main reason why Russia was considered backwards was the agricultural economy. How far do you agree with this statement? Plan: Introduction: Short intro into main points‚ Geography‚ Economy‚ Politics and Society Structure. Explain that the supposed factor is important in relation to the question however‚ there are other factors
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Moral Struggles Introduction: A realist novel is a multi-voiced prose fiction portraying individualized characters undergoing changes while interacting with social‚ political‚ and moral factors dominating their world. A realist novel is a mimesis of reality depicting struggles of the society it is representing and the limitations and conflicts found within this society (Realist Novel‚ p.20). This stimulates a moral struggle within the character and acts as a catalyst of change and guides
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Eastern Europe and Latin America As political systems and world powers changed‚ Eastern Europe’s relationship to global trade patterns changed from a stunted economic growth‚ to a closed involvement‚ then to a prosperous‚ but limited‚ global trade network. Even though subtle changes occurred‚ Eastern Europe’s relationship to global trade patterns from 1750 to the present has remained nearly nonexistent‚ while the backbone of Latin America basic economy in the 1700’s was its part in the Atlantic
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People often judge others based on physical appearances‚ such as what they wear or how they style their hair. The style and condition of their home and room can also reveal their character‚ as homes are the place where people spend most of their time. In Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel titled Crime and Punishment‚ translated by David McDuff‚ the author includes descriptions of rooms to influence the reader’s interpretation of the characters. Specifically‚ Dostoevsky reveals the characters by describing
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the descriptions of furniture illustrate the poverty-stricken lives of Raskolnikov and Sonya as well as those of the wealthy such as Porfiry. During the emancipation of the serfs in Russia in 1861‚ serfs were freed by their landlords and many moved to big cities such as St. Petersburg‚ the setting of the novel‚ in search of jobs. The emancipation created high poverty rates and a divide between the wealthy and the poor‚ which is highlighted in Crime and Punishment because many characters struggle to
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It 1900 it was estimated that there were about 1.8 million members of the nobility in Russia. Around 85 per cent of the Russian people lived in the countryside and earned their living from agriculture. Russian peasants had been serfs until the passing of the Emancipation Act in 1861. The nobility owned the best land and the vast majority of peasants lived in extreme poverty. In 1893 Nicholas II appointed Sergi Witte‚ a successful railway executive‚ as his Minister of Finance. He encouraged the expansion
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strength to keep the others weak‚” Mill wrote. This was the way of old laws and needed to be resisted at all cost. Instead of looking at Negroes negatively‚ Mill saw their idle time as a benefit of the market system not idleness as a result of Emancipation. Market forces had actually drove prices
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Alexander II became Tsar of the Russian Empire in 1855 following his late father Nicholas I. By the time of Nicholas’ death‚ Russia was in desperate need of change‚ as Russians’ way of life “differed very little from what it had been at the end of the fifteenth [century]” (Lincoln‚ 1990). Alexander was conscious of Russia’s situation and knew he needed to take action as soon as possible. But he was also firmly dedicated to maintaining the autocracy and his position as Tsar‚ a notion that was installed
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