Gnaeus Julius Agricola‚ born July 13‚ 40 A.D. and died August 23‚ 93 A.D.‚ was the Roman general accountable for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Agricola served many positions within the Roman military with astounding success; additionally‚ over time he worked his way up to being an influential general‚ then governor of Britain because he excelled through all his plights and triumphed over difficulties to claim great achievements for the Roman Empire. Agricola’s pre-military life and early
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The “War for Independence” better known as the American Revolution‚ took place between 1775 and 1783 and still after two centuries later‚ has left large attributes in the way society operates today. The American Revolution specifically brought radical change to the economic and social climate of the United States of America. After the Revolutionary War‚ individuals with moderate incomes increasingly represented their constituents in state legislatures. Through the evidence based off of the document
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Demi lived alone with her mother and father in Athens‚ Greece. Although she was not living with her birth parents‚ which were the greek gods Aphrodite and Ares. She never realized that she was a goddess until Aphrodite came to her one day and told her that she was the goddess of dance and that Ares‚ the god of war‚ and Aphrodite were her parents. Aphrodite and Ares had gotten in an argument over who was the better god‚ so they decided to settle it by letting their daughter choose. Since Demi was
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Best AnswerVoter’s Choice Thomas answered 2 years ago Papen was chancellor from July to November 1932. The economic crisis caused his resign. He was followed by Kurt von Schleicher. Because of the civil war like situation the Reich was ruled on martial law since the end of WWI. Papen secretly negotiated with the President Hindenburg to dismiss Schleicher and make him‚ Papen‚ chancellor again‚ with Hitler as vice chancellor (the NSDAP had 30% of votes and was the strongest party). Hindenburg
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Totalitarian Government: Communism Communism “aims to replace private property and a profit - based economy with public ownership” (Dagger). This form of government was founded by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Marx a “revolutionary activist‚” and German thinker Engels published “the Communist Manifesto.” In the Communist Manifesto‚ they “outlined their idea of complete equality between the people.” They both predicted that the upcoming proletarian revolution would sweep aside the capitalist system
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Al Capone Al Capone was one of the most notorious mobsters in the prohibition era. He was one of the most feared among people in New York and Chicago. History on Al Capone. Al Capone was one of nine children; his mother and father were Teresa Capone and Gabriele Capone. His father was a barber‚ and his mother was semesters. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born on January 17‚ 1899. Some of the influences that caused Al Capone to move towards criminal active. 1. When growing
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The Nazi Germany is one of the most popular party in history that is led by the notoriously known Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was a German dictatorship that ruled Nazi Germany through the years of 1933 to 1945. Under his rule‚ there were approximately 11 million people that lost their lives‚ the source of these death tolls being the Jews‚ the disabled‚ religion believers‚ and anyone else who did not fulfill the “Aryan” characteristics. As Hitler once said‚ “By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda
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An article I read recently on Self-Reliance has touched my heart recently and made me realize how self reliance it has carried me through many trials and tests. Tom Perry‚ Quorum of the Twelve‚ said in General Conference in 1999 “Independence and self-reliance are critical to our spiritual and temporal growth. Whenever we get into situations‚ which threaten our self-reliance‚ we will find our freedoms threatened as well. If we increase our dependence on anything or anyone except the Lord‚
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Sir Winston Churchill is a hero because he prepared his nation for WWI‚ Stood up against Germany‚ and increased his economy post wars. During WWI Churchill became the First Lord of the Admiralty (akin to the Secretary of the Navy in the U.S.) He noticed that german was getting very strong and preceded to build up his nation’s army. Acording to History.com “He established the Royal Naval Air Service‚ modernized the British fleet and invented one of the earliest tanks.” (history.com) Despite Churchill
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After receiving the largest Electoral majority vote‚ of four hundred thirty-five votes‚ Woodrow Willson became President. During his first term he was able to push through an abundance of reform proposals such as the Underwood-Simmons Act‚ the Sixteenth Amendment‚ the Federal Reserve Act and more. He believed in liberal values such as capitalist development‚ democracy‚ and free trade. He also believed that the United States could lead the world in a new international system based on peaceful commerce
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