Peasants were at the bottom of the Feudal system and had to obey their local lord to whom they had sworn an oath of obedience on the Bible. Because they had sworn an oath to their lord‚ it was taken for granted that they had sworn a similar oath to the duke. The one thing the peasant had to do in Medieval Europe was to pay out money in taxes or rent.They had to pay rent for his land to his lord; he had to pay a tax to the church called a tithe. This was a tax on all of the farm produce he had produced
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PEASANTS AND FARMERS Q1.Explain what the open field system meant to rural people in 18th century in England from the point of view of (a) A rich man (b) A labourer (c) A peasant women. Ans: Open field system Before the 18th century in large parts of England the country side was open‚ it was not partitioned into enclosed lands privately owned by landlords. Peasants: They cultivated strips of land around the village they lived in. Mixed quality of land: At the beginning f each
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The Spartacus revolt is different from the two Sicilian island ones. The slaves revolting were not herdsmen or farmers‚ instead Spartacus led a revolt of gladiators. Gladiators were men who were trained to fight each other to death for the entertainment of Roman public. Gladiators were not never the same amount of treat that a farm slave or same amount of freedom a herdsmen slave would get. The life of gladiators was not a very promising one with the idea you would die for people enjoyment and had
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Idiot Peasants Ungrateful Peasants The colonists are good for one thing: complaining. They cry like babies for what just a few cents on their sugar and stamps‚ when in reality we were HELPING THEM. We made these taxes to defray for the defense of the colonies and to supply the troops. All they do is whine‚ whine‚ whine. They go on all day like fools with that idiot saying… “No taxation without Representation.” 1764-Sugar Act & 1765- Stamp Act Little Brats Somehow these peasants
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The revolt of 1857 is regarded by many as the First War of Indian Independence. It was after this that the Nationalistic Movement in the country gathered momentum. Emergence of press‚ development of rapid means of transport and communication‚ and the impact of the contemporary European movement accelerated the growth of this national sentimence. The practice of racial discrimination by the British in all spheres of life also contributed to the unity among different sections of the society to rise
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1524-1526‚ many peasant revolts were held within the German states. This was predominately due to a strong influence of Lutheran ideals‚ as well as‚ peasants standing up for their belief of fair and reasonable authority under Christian rulers. There was a broad range of responses to the revolts. Many viewed with a compromising‚ open-mind‚ while others were brutally pessimistic toward the peasant’s attempts. Although‚ a fair number of nobles in the German states recognized the peasant plea of grievances
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Iranian Revolt It was started October 1977 and developed into civil resistance. The revolt was not sudden. Though there were many tensions that made this revolt start such as being defeated in the Iran-Iraq war‚ national debt and the government threatening traditional Islamic values. The Iranian revolt was an uprising against the Shah government that began on January 19th‚ 1979 in the Iranian capital‚ Tehran. Ayatollah Khomeini was a Shiite Muslim who wanted to overthrow the Shah government. He
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The Pueblo Revolt: Religious Tolerance Dreivon Thomas Ma’o “Now They Were as They had been in Ancient Times”: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 (p. 54) 1) What is the context for this historical source? 2) What were the causes of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt? What role did labor play in the revolt? 3) How was the revolt organized? 4) Why was this revolt successful? 5) What was the outcome of the revolt on Native-Spanish relations? In what ways does this source clarify “the
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1960’s Revolts Business & Society Wild six2es – a century full of change June 1969 Woodstock fes9val‚ NY‚ USA Mar to Mai 1968 Student Movement‚ FRA Feb 1968 An9-‐War Movement‚ GER April 1965 An9-‐War Movement WA‚ USA Apr to May 1968 -‐assault of Rudi Dutschke‚ GER -‐students protests
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CARIBBEAN HISTORY S.B.A Name: Shanieka Dijonai English Subject: Caribbean History Proficiency: General Registration #: School: Convent of Mercy Academy “Alpha” Centre #: Teacher: Mrs. Susan Nelson-Bloomfield Question A The form of resistance being depicted in the picture is marronage. Another name for marronage is the running away of slaves from the plantation. If the colony had a dense population the runaways would go to the port towns where they would seek
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