placed upon their citizens in terms of government‚ helped shape the Greek culture. The Greeks change in politics from an Oligarchy to democracy. With the reliance on the average Greek citizen strengthened the Greek democracy. From the shift in power from the hoi polloi to average Greek citizen caused a shift in Greek culture. With the rise of democracy there was a greater responsibility placed on the average Greek citizen with this responsibility resulted in Greek civic value. Civic values were guidelines
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ways of thought to the New World‚ which redefined materialism and spiritualism. The colonists’ lives and the civilizations they met were drastically altered by the new ideas‚ technologies‚ and faiths they carried with them. For example‚ ”English colonists brought to the New World particular visions of racial‚ cultural‚ and religious supremacy. Despite starving in the shadow of the Powhatan Confederacy‚ English colonists nevertheless judged themselves physically‚ spiritually‚ and technologically superior
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Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) The Boxer rebellion was an example of Chinese nationalism against foreign influence. The uprising took place during the Qing dynasty‚ which was established in 1614. The Boxer Rebellion weakened the dynasty‚ following an uprising in 1911‚ the dynasty came to an end and China became a republic in 1912. The Boxer Rebellion targeted both the Machu dynasty in China and influence of European within China. Though the Boxer Rebellion failed but it did enough to stir up national
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The decision of the British colonies to declare their Independence from Britain was long in the making and began to escalate directly after the end of the French and Indian War. After signing the Treaty of Paris‚ Britain was still facing the costly debt of the war and parliament made the decision that the colonists should help pay in the form of a number of taxes. This left the colonists feeling cheated as they failed to hold a single representative seat in Parliament and had no outlet to voice their
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Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony’s unconcerned policy as it related to the political challenges of its western frontier‚ along with other challenges including leaving Bacon out of his inner circle‚ refusing to allow Bacon to be a part of his trade with the Native Americans‚ and Doeg tribe Indian attacks‚ helped to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley‚ who had failed to address
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Samuel Adams was born on September 27th 1722 in Boston in the British colony of Massachusetts. Samuel Adams was the son of Samuel Adams Sr. and Mary Adams. Samuel Adams family was Puritan and belonged to the Old South Congregational Church. After Graduating Harvard in 1740‚ he began earning his master’s degree. In his thesis he argued whether “It is lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate‚ if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved” to which he believed it was (Allen‚ 5). This clearly shows
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According to “Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World” by Jack Weatherford‚ it is no doubt that Europeans were influenced by Indians’ ideas. Especially‚ they knew much more about the concept of liberty. First of all‚ ideas about liberty of Native Americans are the premises of European Enlightenment. Early Europeans defined liberty as freedom of whole communities. They considered freedom as an intangible thing people can get after being released from the domination of
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1381 (also known as Wat Tyler’s Rebellion) was caused by the imposition of the unpopular poll tax. In 1377‚ John of Gaunt imposed a new tax‚ the Poll Tax‚ that was to cover the cost of the war. Unlike normal taxes‚ this was to be paid by the peasants‚ as well as the landowners. The 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.At the time of the revolt‚ the English population was dealing with effects from the
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The 1960s is sometimes referred to as the "decade of protest" for good reason. There were a very high number of protests regarding a range of issues. The biggest movements at the time would have to be The Civil Rights movement and the anti-vietnam war movement. The 1960s started off with a new President‚ John F. Kennedy. After campaign and finally winning his presidency Kennedy began to try and create what History.com calls‚ “The most ambitious domestic agenda since the New Deal: the “New Frontier
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out for the free state of Philadelphia alone and by foot‚ later making use of the underground railroad‚ traveling almost 90 miles to reach freedom. “When I found I had crossed that line‚ I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through the trees‚ and over the fields‚ and I felt like I was in Heaven” (Bradford). Rather than stay in the safety of the north‚ Harriet returned to the south‚ first for her niece and her children‚
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