The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution‚ commonly known as the Cultural Revolution‚ was a social-political movement that took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966. Set into motion by Mao Zedong‚ then Chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing capitalist‚ traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society‚ and to impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The Revolution marked the return of Mao Zedong to a position
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The American Revolution was an upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783. The thirteen colonies wanted to be separated from the British Empire‚ but the King was not to keen on this idea. There were many causes for this: French and Indian War‚ Stamp Act‚ Townshend Act‚ and more. These things brought about effects: Declaration of Independence‚ Articles of Confederation‚ Bill of Rights‚ and eventually‚ FREEDOM! The French and Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Year War in Europe‚ was fought because
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The Cultural Revolution was lead by Mao Zedong‚ chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. He wanted to renew the spirit of the Chinese Revolution. He feared that China would start developing along the thoughts of the Soviet models‚ and he was also concerned about his name in History. Therefore‚ he led the cities of China into a agitated situation‚ a land full of protest. Mao wanted China to have peasants‚ workers and educated people working together. Everyone was of equal class status‚ no one was
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Ques -Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies. Why couldn’t colonists use indentured servants as they had in the past? Ans -The study of labor in the United States has a tendency to lean towards a myopic analysis of the battle between corporations and unions. Working-class organization struggling against industrial titans understandably dominates any modern labor discussion‚ but the sources of these conflicts in the US are older than the nation itself. The labor system
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Although many think of the American Revolution as a conflict between the righteous colonists and the villainous British‚ the situation in the colonies escalated by the fault of both parties. Americans acquired much wealth during the period of salutary neglect from 1713 to 1763‚ but the British had accumulated a massive national debt during the Seven Years’ War at the end of this period. In order to reduce the national debt‚ Britain began taxing the prosperous Americans. Thus began the first of three
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COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION The Commercial Revolution was a period of European economic expansion‚ colonialism‚ and mercantilism which lasted from approximately the sixteenth century until the early eighteenth century. Beginning with the Crusades‚ Europeans rediscovered spices‚ silks‚ and other commodities rare in Europe. This development created a new desire for trade‚ and trade expanded in the second half of the Middle Ages. European nations‚ through voyages of discovery‚ were looking for new trade
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Green Revolution AN INTRODUCTION TO THE “GREEN REVOLUTION” Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation and the dangerous outcomes
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The Neolithic Revolution is the term for the first agricultural revolution. This revolution in particular is characterized by the transition from hunting and gathering to that of agriculture. Twelve thousand years ago history had changed itself. Ninety percent of the human race gave up hunting game and gathering fruits‚ vegetables‚ and grasses to practice agriculture‚ the growing of crops and domesticating animals. Once agriculture was established the effect it had on peoples’ lives was revolutionary
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Economic Revolution Mid-18th United Arab Emirates University Scales : Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics ‚ UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae * done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID : Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics ‚ UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae * done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID : ( Adam Smith - scientific curiosity ) Intro : In 1800s century was a time of tremendous changes
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The French Revolution The years before the French Revolution (which started in 1789 AD.) were ones of vast‚ unexpected change and confusion. One of the changes was the decline of the power of the nobles‚ which had a severe impact on the loyalty of some of the nobles to King Louis XVI. Another change was the increasing power of the newly established middle class‚ which would result in the monarchy becoming obsolete. The angry and easily manipulated peasants‚ who were used by the bourgeoisie
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