Take the Battle of Omdurman in 1898‚ on the orders of the British a small group of Anglo-Arab soldiers faced the Sudanese people who were armed with spears and musket rifles. The soldiers used machine guns and killed nearly 11‚000 Sudanese people who were merely defending their home and rebelling against foreign control. The British only lost 48 soldiers that day. There is another passage in the platform
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Virtues‚ Vices‚ Love‚ Risks: “The Highwayman” and Its Lessons for the Modern World It is a common perception in the world that love is very dangerous. This philosophy is one of the greatest themes in the poem‚ “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes. In this poem‚ the highwayman‚ a robber on the roads‚ comes to an inn to meet with Bess‚ the daughter of the landlord. He leaves her but promises to return. However‚ he does not‚ and while he is away‚ Bess is attacked by the king’s men who await her lover. Bess
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The Battle of Waterloo was fought thirteen kilometres south of Brussels between the French‚ under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte‚ and the Allied armies commanded by the Duke of Wellington from Britain and General Blücher from Prussia. The French defeat at Waterloo drew to a close 23 years of war beginning with the French Revolutionary wars in 1792 and continuing with the Napoleonic Wars from 1803. There was a brief eleven-month respite when Napoleon was forced to abdicate‚ exiled to the island
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Comparing African Empires in the Early Modern Period: (1450-1750) Mr. Blankenship AP World History One of the comparative topics in this time period is “empire building” in Africa. The AP Jedi Masters want you to know only one of the following: (Kongo‚ Benin‚ Oyo‚ Dahomey‚ Ashanti or Songhay) – so they probably are not going to ask you to compare two African Kingdoms since they stated you only need to know one – so they could ask you to compare the process of “empire building” in Africa to that
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The Civil War resulted in the creation of many technological advancements for that time. Through these creations the Civil War became the first modern war. There were many new weapons created from new bullets to give a solder a wider range‚ to artillery such as cannons. These weapons allowed for more fatalities. The use of balloons during the Civil War was introduced by Thaddeus Lowe. President Lincoln saw the use of these balloons to be beneficial to the war‚ he funded the Aeronautics program. Balloons
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There is no question that times have changed drastically since the publication of Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in 1845. The largest difference between modern day and the nineteenth century‚ however‚ is the hideous practice of slavery. Obviously today‚ nearly everyone realizes how repugnant the practice of slavery was. During the life of Frederick Douglass‚ though‚ slavery was simply an integral factor in the everyday lives of pre-Civil War American citizens. The
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The French Revolution and the Rise of the Republic of France: A Discussion of its Causes and Effects An essay by Cameron Reynolds-Beer Prior the French revolution was a series of events that damaged the legitimacy of the monarch’s rule. These included many situations‚ some of which were avoidable‚ some of which were not. The French class system of three “Estates”: The First Estate - The Nobles and Lords; The Second Estate - The Church and Priests; and the Third Estate - the peasants‚ workers
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1800s‚ Eli Whitney created the origins of this system with his introduction of interchangeable parts. Before‚ a skilled worker was needed to handcraft individual parts that would only work in a specific product. Whitney used them to make identical muskets with Smith and Wesson. During the industrial revolution‚ new steam-run factories were built. These factories did not have to be near a water source like older water-run factories and were operable year-round. They kept a constant production of
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British and provided two-thirds of the world’s cotton supply. The cotton gin was among the most beneficial innovations in the antebellum era. Whitney also invented interchangeable parts in 1797 that provided easier compatibility of different parts of muskets. Many manufacturers soon began using his invention for their own benefits. Because of the large success of his innovations‚ Eli Whitney was a very important figure of the Market Revolution. Richard Fulton’s invention of the steamboat revolutionized
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written to give all citizens‚ not merely trained soldiers belonging to a militia the right to keep firearms”. Other scholars agreed and noted that in 1792 congress actually passed a militia low to mandate every able-bodied man to arm himself with a musket. The Brady Act is a controversial law which was signed by President Clinton in 1993 and that took effect in 1994 (named for President Reagan’s press secretary who was paralyzed when shot in a 1981 assassination attempt on the president) which requires
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