“His main aim was to himself in power” How far do you agree with this view of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1799 to 1850? Napoleon Bonaparte was created by the revolution of 1789. In his 15 years of ruling‚ he managed to consolidate many of the aims of the French Revolution.‚ However‚ whilst doing so‚ Napoleon also destroyed many aspects of the Revolution‚ breaking the trust and hope the people of France had in Napoleon when he promised to honour the revolution. Napoleon ruled the way he wanted to
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1942 was the year that Nazi German troops invaded Vichy France. Vichy France is the common name of the French State headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. It represented the unoccupied Free Zone in the southern part of metropolitan France and theoretically‚ the French colonial empire. On this day in 1942‚ German troops invaded Vichy France. Which has been previously freed of an Axis military presence. Since July 1940‚ upon being invaded and defeated by the Nazi milerty‚ the autonomous
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government worked. The New Deal changed government in the United States for almost a century. The New Deal’s main purpose was to focus on the three R’s‚ Reform‚ Recovery‚ and Relief. Now this was no easy task because he had to fix the damage that was done during the Great Depression of 29’. When FDR took office people were suffering because so many people were left jobless as a result of the Great Depression. There was a shortage of food which made it hard for the American people to function properly because
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How revolutionary was the American war for independence? Did it bring enough change to warrant the name "Revolution? The American war of independence was also known as the American revolutionary war. This war was fought between the American colonies and England. The war itself started with the battle of Lexington and concord. It started when some soldiers of the British army arrived in Lexington‚ Massachusetts. Over there‚ they fired at the colonial militia which it was a group of farmers‚ boys
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helped expand the Nation of Islam by being a strong orator during the civil rights movement. He used his fiery words and actions to help African Americans become free from the discrimination from whites. He was a strong civil-rights activist and NOI leader. Starting when he was a child‚ continuing into his adulthood‚ and even since his death‚ Malcolm X used his preaching skills and the Religion of Islam to influence people to break away from racism and discrimination.
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centuries and was a period of significant economic development marked by the introduction of power-driven machinery. The steam engine was use to run machinery. Before this time‚ a few machines were use to harness nature such as the wind and watermills‚ humans‚ and animals were depended upon as a source of power. Much like the Agricultural Revolution‚ the Industrial Revolution began to take shape in Britain and then spread to other countries like the United States of America. During the Industrial
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How stable was the Russian state in the period from 1906-1914? Following the Revolution of 1905‚ the stability of Russia appeared to increase‚ as policies and changes were made in order to put an end to the unrest of the Russian citizens. Although this was a good idea‚ the Tsar failed to pursue many of his promises‚ and so many aspects of Tsarist Russia remained untouched and‚ displeasingly to a large amount of people‚ very much as disappointing as before. Some change can be seen economically
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The Germans were dissatisfied in different ways from these three main reasons. For the War guilt and the reparations‚ they were hit badly in the economy‚ and the Germans were not happy about this. The next‚ the Military Restrictions‚ they were dissatisfied because they were vulnerable to attack‚ and felt threatened. The loss of territory hit Germany hard in another way‚ it hit them hard patriotically. This demoralised the German public for they had lost territory‚ they had lost parts of their country
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Why did Karl Marx regard the working class to be the only revolutionary class under capitalism? By Kevin O ’ Connor "Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries‚ unite!"- Communist Manifesto Chapter 4 (Ref. 1) In the communist manifesto‚ Marx divides society into two main classes‚ the bourgeoisie‚ who are the owners of the means of production and employers of wage
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Two eras that changed the course of mankind were the Renaissance and the Reformation. The Renaissance‚ an era that takes its name from the French word for "rebirth‚" began in late 14th-century Italy. It came to maturity in the 15th century‚ and spread to the rest of Europe after the middle of that century. Following the devastation of the black plague‚ it marked not only the physical recovery of the human population across Europe‚ but also an artistic‚ intellectual‚ scientific‚ and philosophical
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