King Mwambutsa scrapped the legislature before it could come together. Once that happened‚ the army revolted. The army coup was then destroyed by Tutsi officers. King Mwambutsa IV ran away from the country and his son Ntare V gained all power over the country. He had risen to the top‚ he was the new king. Micombero‚ the President of Burundi then fired Ntare and ordered in counter attacks that resulted in many deaths. 5‚000 Hutu died during that attack. After their counter attack Micombero
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Tudor England When did the Tudors rule? Tudor England is a period from 1485 to 1603. Who were the Tudors and where did they rule? The Tudors were a Welsh-English family that ruled England for 118 years. The Tudor Monarchs King Henry vii Henry vii was the first Tudor king. He reigned from 1485 – 1509‚ for 24 years. He was the great- great-great grandson of Edward III. Henry Tudor became the king after defeating Richard III in 1485 at the battle of Bosworth. King Henry viii Henry
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Historians consider Nazi Heinrich Himmler‚ born on the 7th October of 1900‚ ‘the black soul of the wretched regime‚ Hitler’s most ruthless and cynical henchman‚ not but the crazy planner of the extermination‚ portrait confirmed by himself‚ as he liked to say to be “an executioner without mercy”.’ Himmler was fourteen when the First World War began. He followed closely its events and convinced his parents to send him at the front as officer. Unfortunately‚ the war ended before he was given this opportunity
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The Russian Revolution was a time of change. It completely changed the world with the fall of the autocracy and the monarch ruling without question and the first ever communist state. Through the use of ideology‚ the Bolsheviks could achieve their goal without the use of violence. The people involved would each play a key role in the revolution. The events that led up to the resulting violence at the end of the revolution were also very important to consider. The events towards the end of the revolution
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originated from. How did the moon get its shape? Why does the moon have craters? Many theories were made with evidence to prove that the moon was made in different ways‚ however‚ the most accurately proven theory is that the moon was formed when a mars-like object hit Earth and erupted into little pieces. The little pieces were floating around the Earth and then formed together to create the moon‚ we were orbiting around our solar system. A theory that was discussed many times on how the moon was created
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How The Bijago Survived A essay entitled "African Societies Were Transformed by the Slave Trade" by Walter Rodney explains how different tribes in Africa survived or were defeated. The Bijago were one of the tribes most mentioned which lead me to believe that they were very well off. Rodeny then went on to describe how they were able to survive. I will discuss why I believe they did survive so long and so well. First off‚ I do not agree with how the Bijago handled their survival. Raging war
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In 1985‚ immediately following Konstantin Chernenko’s death‚ Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Before Gorbachev assumed power‚ the Soviet Union was Communist in name‚ however it did not emulate Communist values. Citizens were strictly controlled‚ as what they read‚ watched and said was monitored. Citizens were monitored even more about what they can see about their government and country‚ in order to prevent rebellion or resistance. As Gorbachev began his rule
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the ashes. Both companies did not solve all of their problems on their own. GM received a good chunk of money from the government in hopes that they would be a promising new company. Chrysler on the other hand received less money from the government. Instead‚ the got their financial backing from Fiat‚ who now owns a good percentage of the company. Ford decided to not accept a bail out because they were in a better position then the other two companies to begin with. They did not have all of the burdens
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the curious back home. It was the Nausets’ Pokanoket cousins on the mainland who suffered the most. An epidemic of European origin had‚ in only three years‚ almost destroyed a thriving native nation. The disease also destabilized the balance of power in the region‚ stirring up intertribal wars in
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non-existent. The Russian people had had enough of the impotent Tsar Nicholas II. Russia‚ unlike the rest of Europe‚ was backward society. In Russia‚ they still had many serfs. The Russians knew they needed to industrialize if they wanted to become a global power. People began to realize that their current state system was stated ineffective as Nicholas II was opposed to a modern constitutional political system with concepts of citizenship‚ law‚ and property that included ordinary Russians. This lead to the
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