Chinese people were very unproductive and lazy because of the drug opium in 1729. The British started bringing in opium around 1729 and got very popular within the next few years which started causing problems for the Chinese people. China didn’t want it‚ tried to stop it and a war started. The relationship between china and the british in the nineteenth century wasn’t very good because the British were forcing opium into China causing issues for there country because the opium was very harmful
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The French Revolution started in 1789 and concluded in 1799; the war lasted ten years for numerous reasons caused by the hierarchy. There were social‚ political and economical causes that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI made irrational and poor decisions that lead to the French Revolution. Majority of the reason all associate with having power. Power is the ability to direct or influence others; however‚ the person behind the power is who determines if it will affect the situation negatively or
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That summer of 1793 was inexplicably hot and unbearable. Alongside with the stifling heat‚ the Philadelphia was made to face one more‚ even more‚ dangerous problem: yellow fever. Fourteen-year-old Matilda (Mattie) Cook lived above a coffeehouse in Philadelphia during the late 1700’s. She shared the home with Lucille‚ her widowed mother‚ Captain William Farnsworth Cook‚ her grandfather who was a retired sailor along-with King George‚ his parrot‚ in addition to Silas‚ her orange cat. Lucille wasn’t
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The French Revolution occurred in 1789‚ and during this event France’s citizens redesigned the political‚ social‚ and economical methods that the country’s government was structured by. (history.com) The revolution was caused because many commoners were angered and oppressed by the tyrannical monarchy of King Louis XVI. (Perkins‚ 09/09/2015) This uprising consisted of many sides‚ which held many goals. (Perkins‚ 09/09/2015) Many mark the end of the French Revolution as the day that Napoleon Bonaparte
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What is the Neolithic Revolution? When and where did it occur? Towards the end of Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene‚ agricultural societies arose. Between 10‚000 and 12‚000 years ago in the Middle East‚ and later Asia and Africa‚ a radical shift occurred that changed human subsistence permanently (DeMello 131). This shift is called the Neolithic Revolution and it led to modern subsistence agriculture used to provide food to humans and many domesticated non-human animals today. The Neolithic
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into his heir and successor. In the year of 54‚ Nero succeeded to the throne in the event of Claudius’s death. Even though accounts alter entirely‚ many historians state that Agrippina‚ Nero’s mother‚ poisoned Claudius. What isn’t known is how much that Nero knew or got involved in with his death. At the age of 16‚ Nero became emperor of Rome‚ this was the youngest up until that
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The Roman Empire was one of the longest lasting and most successful in history. Although the exact date isn’t known it’s widely believed that the Roman Empire began around 27 BC and lasted‚ at least the eastern part‚ until 1453 AD. That’s practically 1‚500 years of running a successful regime. For a little comparison the United States has been around for a paltry 240 years‚ less than one-sixth of the time. So if Rome was so incredibly successful‚ why isn’t it still around? What happened that caused
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century‚ only 8% of the French population were part of the bourgeoisie‚ in which people are better off economically‚ are educated‚ are talented‚ and well informed. Unfortunately‚ Étienne and Marguerite Ouellette’s family were part of the social class that formed the majority of the population‚ the peasants. Both lovers were born in Alsace‚ northern France during the second half of the 18th century. Their lives were greatly influenced by major political ideas and revolutions such as the Enlightenment
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had powers was her best friend. At first her powers were getting in her way until she found out how to use them. After that she used them for everything. Then one day her friend had told her that she needed to become a hero. At first she refused to become a hero‚but then that night she realized that the town really needed a hero. In the morning she called her friend and told her that she would become a hero. That day she became a hero and started with a few things‚ but then she gets an enemy and
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Why did more radical black movements emerge in the late 1960s? The 1960s was a period of time during the civil rights movement was change was at its peak. Some may argue that the emergence of more radical ways of non violent protest had been the best option for black campaigners to asseverate their aims and issues‚ whereas others may argue that the emergence of historical figures such as Elijah Muahmmed and Malcolm X had bought about conflict‚ dispute and the reputation of the civil rights movement
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