Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)‚ born in Corsica and into wealth‚ had developed the early ideals of creating unity‚ ending civil strife‚ and increasing power. At a young age‚ Napoleon was well educated in military schools and academies; he became an artillery lieutenant in 1785‚ and because of his wealth and knowledge even after leaving his position in the French artillery‚ he was still being promoted and eventually took control of the French army in 1796‚ leading early victories in 1796-97‚ one of
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Explain why did‚ the Menshevik and Bolshevik split happened in 1903? Until 1903 the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks were a single party called the Social democrats. They wanted a communist Russia‚ following the ideas of Marxism. However with in the party of the social democrats there were two men‚ Lenin and Plekhanov whom of which had two completely different ideas on how the party was going to be successful in achieving the revolution‚ causing a split in the social democrats. Both parties’
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as Ceres‚ Scotland on September the 14th‚ 1742. He was one of seven children‚ his parents where William Wilson and Alison Landall. James attended the Universities of; St. Andrews‚ Glasgow‚ and Edinburgh. Although he never finished his studies‚ and did not obtained a degree‚ in any of the Universities. When he first left Scotland he headed to British America in 1766. Soon afterwards he move to Pennsylvania‚ and at The Academy of Philadelphia‚ (now the University of Pennsylvania)‚ He petitioned there
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solidify his power was his influence on the influx of mythological scenes that depicted Herakles on vase painting and other major works. One example of this is the Andokides Painter vase. During the time of the creation of the Andokides vase‚ Peisistratos was in his final years of being the tyrant of Athens. Throughout his tyranny‚ Peisistratos used diplomacy with his fellow aristocrats and established support policies for the poor to ensure that he was able to maintain his power. The establishment
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When Peter the Great came to power in the 1700s‚ the era of darkness that had shadowed Russia since Ivan the Terrible left it in shambles lifted. Under Peter‚ a new Russia emerged‚ propulsed by his modern policies and western ideologies. Although Peter the Great was famous for his excessive cruelty‚ ultimately the drastically reformed society and its institutions to strengthen Russia’s position in Europe. He established Russia as a military force‚ westernized the sciences‚ arts‚ and culture‚ and
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When Stalin rose to power he wanted to centralize the control the control over the entire soviet economy in the 1920’s. If anyone opposed Stalin’s political views was killed‚ exiled or put in jail for a long period of time. During the time he was ruling World War II broke out and the Russians fought with Germany. In the middle of the war Germany decided to break their pact and turn on the Russians and they invaded the Soviet Lands. While he was ruling the Soviet Union‚ he launched a five year plan
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Marius was from a rich equestrian family and not of the aristocracy‚ even so he rose to power on the back of his military victories. Besides being a successful military leader the common people also loved him since he allowed them to do many things that the traditional aristocrats never would have. For example‚ he recruited his army through the common citizenship with promises of land and the spoils of war. Looking to his military success they were quite spectacular in the eyes of his fellow Romans
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Napoleon to eventually reach the pinnacle of the French government‚ granting him immense power. Yet‚ like so many others throughout history‚ the power wielded by Napoleon would only put himself in a downward spiral. Napoleon is accurately described by historians as a megalomaniac as seen in his constant desire for complete domination of not just Europe‚ but his marriage and legacy as well. On his rise to power‚ Napoleon fell madly in love with Josephine de
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Stalin Constitutes an Abuse of Power Throughout history‚ power has been divided between multiple people‚ and with that a nation was usually led peacefully. However‚ the times that power was presented in a dictatorship‚ it was abused and created an oppressive nature within a nation. After rising to power in the Soviet Union‚ Stalin instilled fear amongst his people by promoting anti-semitism and by creating new policies in order for the people to blindly support him. Around the 1920’s‚ Judaism was
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year‚ the great depression hit America. Then‚ the people lost confidence in him and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the election with a promise of a New Deal to end this poverty throughout the country. He first proposed to expand the three powers with a fourth branch called executive agencies after the great depression. However‚ the Supreme Court opposed the Roosevelt’s National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 which he was not too‚ please. After his re-election‚ he re-proposed the Judiciary
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