dissent was silenced. His aspiration to keep all power in his own hands did not allow him to be provided with counsel from advisors that could have made him aware of the weakened state of the Italian economy and
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were poor and uneducated. They didn’t know how to read or write. They only people who were educated were the popes or the people working in the church. The popes and the church people really took advantage of the poor and the uneducated. They told them that they only way their relatives are going to heaven is by them paying indulgences. After all of this‚ the Renaissance happened and it changed everything. The renaissance was a cultural movement that began in Italy. It sparked a rebirth of classic
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Have you ever wondered what Hitler was like before he became a dictator? Well I am here to tell you just that‚ how he became dictator‚ and how he lived the rest of his life. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria‚ on April 20‚ in 1889 as the forth son of six children. His parents’ names were Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. Adolf would frequently fight with his father because his father wouldn’t approve his interest in art instead of business. Then suddenly Adolf Hitler’s father died in 1903 for unknown
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Once tension began the Nazis were then ready to strike. Prior to attacking Austria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Poland‚ Norway‚ the Netherlands‚ or‚ France‚ the Nazis planted their subversive agents throughout the country in government positions‚ consulates‚ and tourist bureaus
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the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository when he shot and killed the 35th president of the United States during the 1963 motorcade. There were several things that could have help prevented this tragedy from happening. Before the motorcade began‚ John verbally told his secret service men to “back off.” His agents gave him more space then he should have had in the first place. Kennedy had a love for cars‚ so riding with the top down was a must for him. If he had not been riding with the top
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term “all great things must come to an end” is commonly associated with the decline of empires‚ dynasties‚ and rulers. As mighty as they may have been‚ the Roman Republic was no exception to this concept. Beginning around 133 BCE the Roman Empire began experiencing a drastic decline internally. A series of servile wars plagued the empire roughly between 140 BCE and 70 BCE‚ which caused massive internal turmoil the empire had never experienced before. Three wars were fought in a seventy year time
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Have you ever wondered what was Christopher Columbus’s early life like? What was Christopher Columbus known for? How would it be like today If Christopher Columbus never existed? Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa‚ Italy on October 31‚ 1451 and died on May 20‚ 1506 at age 54. His father‚ Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother’s name was Susanna Fontanarossa. Columbus first went to sea as a teen getting involved in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean seas. Christopher Columbus’s
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in the balloon to about 1‚800 feet. Charles wanted to make a solo flight on his own because the balloon had lost some of its nitrogen. This time the balloon went up 3‚000 meters or 9‚843 feet. He went up so high he saw the sun again. When his ears began to ache from the pressure he used the valve he had invented to release some of the hydrogen. After his ascent he was quoted as saying‚ “Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away
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the United States helped the British country fight some of it off by sending cornmeal. In 1847‚ three million people were relying on soup kitchens. Even with the disaster‚ some farmers were able to keep growing and exporting grain and meat. But this did not help with Ireland’s starvation problem much. Before the famine hit‚ Ireland had a population of around 8.4 million. The famine wiped out nearly 2 million‚ bringing the population down to 6.6 million. These people either died from starvation or
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How did the Bolsheviks consolidate (Make strong) their rule? Lenin led the Bolsheviks and Trotsky led the red army. When the Bolsheviks took power‚ they were a small unpopular government but Lenin in a very short time passed decrees‚ which satisfied the people and set up a strict secret police‚ which squashed opposition completely. Lenin used many methods to make his government strong but winning the people over certainly was a major factor as well as the fact that he was strong. Firstly
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