Diego Silang y Andaya (December 16‚ 1730 – May 28‚ 1763) was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation. His revolt was fueled by grievances stemming from Spanish taxation and abuses‚ and by his belief in self-government‚ that the administration and leadership of the Roman Catholic Church and government in the Ilocos be invested in trained Ilocano officials. Spain allied with France during
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Michos Film Editing By Mick Audsley The Cast Julia Roberts as Katherine Ann Watson Marcia Gay Harden as Nancy Abbey Ginnifer Goodwin as Connie Baker Kirsten Dunst as Betty Warren Juliet Stevenson as Amanda Armstrong Julia Stiles as Joan Brandwyn Dominic West as Bill Dunbar Maggie Gyllenhaal as Giselle Levy Summary Of The Movie In Mona Lisa Smile‚ Julia Roberts leads an all-star cast of prominent young actresses including Kirsten Dunst‚ Julia Stiles‚ Maggie Gyllenhaal and
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The Hundred Years’ War began in May‚ 1337. It was a series of wars in Europe. France and England had been old enemies. The war was started for many reasons. The first reason is that King Phillip VI tried to seize the English territories in the duchy of Aquitaine. England tried to take the French throne. The second reason is that because of their historical feudal orders‚ France and England broke away from one another (Allmand 7). The third reason was The Battle for Flanders. Flanders was the
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always wears a family ring with his family code of arms on it. It’s a big heavy gold ring‚ which he gladly shows everyone and describes it’s meaning to anyone willing to know. He came from an aristocratic French family‚ one of his ancestors was Joan of arc. It’s extremely interesting to observe this friend‚ because all his views and behavior fits my idea of how European aristocrats should be. So meeting one in America was kind of a luck for me. I don’t think if I saw such ring on another person it
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Famous French People Claude Monet (1840-1926) Monet was born on November 14‚ 1840 in Paris. He was the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet‚ both of them second-generation Parisians. In 1851‚ Monet entered the Le Havre secondary school of the arts. He first became known locally for his charcoal caricatures‚ which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. On the beaches of Normandy in about 1856/1857 he met fellow artist Eugène Boudin who became his mentor and taught him
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ways. On page # 34‚ migration occurred in 1200 B.C. The Cretans were driven out by new‚ northern tribes. Chapter 15 states that Romans created roads‚ making it easier for people to migrate‚ although this was not the purpose of the road system. Joan of Arc drove out the French Army and the English out of France (page# 160). In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the Ocean blue. When he asked Spain at first to give him boats to find an easy trade route‚ the declined him. He then went to France to ask
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Michael X on death row techniques “In the hope that public and political appetite for capital punishment would weary” – Personification. Robertson uses this to convey his opinion that people are quite savage and get pleasure from the death of people. “Michael X could have been executed at any moment‚ while his impoverished lawyer was waiting for someone to cancel their Caribbean holiday.” Irony. Robertson is highlighting the ignorance of most people in the middle to upper class in regard to the
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An Inquiry into the Unwisdom in Government Govern‚ a word all people want the power to use‚ but does anyone actually do the right thing. According to Barbara W. Tuchman in her essay "An Inquiry into the Persistence of Unwisdom in Government‚" the people in government make the wrong decisions by assessing situations incorrectly. In this essay Tuchman’s main purpose is to show the distortion of government. Tuchman first uses the example of the French War in which at one point all the soldiers were
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people have died for their beliefs. There are martyrs from all over the world‚ and they were not afraid to stand up for what they believed in‚ even if it meant losing their lives. Those people have gone down in history‚ and are respected by many. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at the age of 19 for believing that her visions were from God. The English leaders tried to force her to deny that God had spoken to her‚ but she refused. She went down in history as a great martyr and she is still today
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outstanding madmen in the world‚ trying to move lethargic populations to better themselves‚ have been isolated in history. Ignatius de Loyola‚ founder of the Jesuits‚ has a career as fanatic and visionary as the mission of Don Quixote. St. Teresa‚ Joan of Arc‚ Martin Luther‚ Moses‚ and‚ above all‚ Jesus of Nazareth have lived and suffered and conquered by their quixotic visions. Against all the imposing odds of majority feeling strength of established institutions‚ belief in existing customs the quixotic
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