The Dowager Empress Ci Xi played an extensive role in supporting the group known as the ‘Boxers’‚ her role can be linked with her lust for power‚ this is proven by her actions to take power‚ such as the palace coup against Guang-Xu in 1898‚ the execution of 5 reformers that went without trial and her apparent poisoning of Tz-uan discussed by Dennet and Dixon. With this in mind‚ we can safely say that Ci Xi had no boundaries when it came to preserving her power. The palace coup in 1898 was a result
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Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Context: Once England colonised India‚ there was a lot of hostility‚ which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny. What sparked the rebellion however was when‚ new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed
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Bacon’s Rebellion What Nathaniel Bacon did has been in question for years. Some people agree with his actions while others think it was unnecessary. The research included in this essay will educate the reader on the important aspects of Nathaniel Bacon’s life. The information will explain who Nathaniel Bacon was‚ what he did that made him so well known today‚ why he did what he did‚ and what the results of these actions were. An important question to discuss is who Nathaniel Bacon
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in her novel The Handmaid’s Tale to effectively display two main thematic concerns - rebellion and the place of an individual. Offred’s first evening with the Commander is one in which these two thematic concerns are exceptionally prevalent. Control‚ and the need to subjugate individuals is at the heart of dystopian literature and one of the primary effects of constant oppression is the inevitability of rebellion. Gileadean society runs on a strict social hierarchy in which only those at the top are
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Sankofa: Slave Rebellion Caribbean Politics Sankofa is an Akan word that means "Go back to your past‚ to move on to the future." Literally translated it means "it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot". This movie was written‚ produced and directed by Haille Gerima‚ a black professor at Howard University. The movie portrays a black model that goes to modern-day Africa to do a movie shoot with her photographer. While she is there‚ she encounters a Black African who tells her to return
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the Wampanoag tribe‚ his Algonquian name was Metacom. The battle that ensued between the Algonquians and the English was the “most fatal war in all of American history but also one of the most merciless” (xiii‚ Lepore). Perhaps the name “Metacom’s Rebellion” might have been more suited to eliciting the correct image‚ however‚ that would have legitimized the Indian independence exuded in the conflict. The name itself is
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Tractor Restoration The 8N Ford Tractor was an all-purpose tractor for the average farmer in the 1950sThe Ford Tractor was a huge step up in farming back in the 1950s. The Ford Company made a farmer’s life much simpler because of its price and all the options that were available to buy with the tractor. Ford 8N was more unique than other tractors that were made at the time. The Ford 8N was simple and compact. The Ford 8N was a farmer’s dream tractor. The first 8N Ford Tractor was
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implemented‚ great problems arose that would lead to extreme conflicts between the newly created American government and the whiskey brewers‚ especially in western Pennsylvania. This conflict would be known as the Whiskey Rebellion‚ which lasted for a period of three years. This rebellion was very significant because it marked one of the first times that there was a major conflict within the union itself. It was also significant due to the fact that 13‚000 militia from the union marched all the way to
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The Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is a story about a girl named Katniss who starts a rebellion against the Capital. She tries to defeat President Snow‚ which is a threat to the people‚ her family‚ and her friends‚ but Katniss become the poster child for this revolt. This story takes place at Panem (U.S.A. after rebellions and other economic problems) in the future. Katniss becomes a Mockingjay rebel in District 13‚ in return she has permission to kill President Snow. Katniss and a few other Hunger
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Hernandez Mrs. M English V01A 8 September 2014 Fat Crisis or Rebellion? Within the United States obesity is a growing epidemic; it is an undergoing health concern that is affecting men‚ women‚ and children from all walks of life‚ but is the road to obesity cultivated by upbringing and environment or is it a result of gender norms? In his 2010 article‚ “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚” columnist and author Wil Haygood provides a different perspective on the cultural
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