“Wounded Knee Massacre” Melinda Belcher May 2‚ 2010 In 1848 a series of gold and silver discoveries signaled the first serious interest by white settlers in the arid and semiarid lands beyond the Mississippi‚ where many Indian nations had been forced to migrate. To open more land‚ federal officials introduced in 1851 a policy of “concentration.” Tribes were pressured into signing treaties limiting the boundaries of their hunting grounds to “reservations” The Sioux tribe was limited to the
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The Myall Creek Massacre In the early days of the European settlement of Australia‚ especially during the 1800’s‚ it was common for large numbers of Aboriginal people (men‚ women and children) to be massacred by the white settlers‚ including by police and soldiers. Most of these were not reported and were known to only a few people. Therefore‚ there was no action taken to punish the offenders and indeed‚ there was approval from most white settlers and government officials for this to continue
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Robert Darnton Great Cat Massacre - booknotes on Chapters 2‚ 3‚ 4 Chapter 2 Workers Revolt - The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin Story of the great cat massacre told by Nicolas Contat‚ main figures - 2 fictionalized figures Jerome and Leveille‚ apprentices in the shop of Jacques Vincent.75 killing the cats as a way of getting back at the master‚ stood out as the most hilarious experience in Jerome’s career.75-7 But how could 18th C. mind find such cruelty hilarious? Certainly
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Harris‚ the main plotter of the massacre‚ was found to be on therapeutic levels of Zoloft‚ a well known anti-depressant‚ as well as Luvox‚ a medicine used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. But. it is a well know‚ common fact that antipsychotics such as these pills will not work without
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The Ponce Massacre took place in Ponce‚ Puerto Rico on March 21‚ 1937‚ when the American colonial police opened fire on a civil manifestation organized by the Partido Nacionalista of Puerto Rico. The Partido Nacionalista (Nationalist Party) organized a march to protest for the jailing of their leaders and commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the island by Spanish courts. That morning‚ Colonel Orbeta‚ the chief of police‚ traveled to Ponce with the intention of prohibiting the Nationalist
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JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE-- In the Indian history of freedom struggle for independence many great warriors laid down their life. There is a record of every incident. One of the most tragic incident in the history is the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which took place in Amritsar (Punjab). Winston Churchill stated this account as "’The incident in Jallian walaBagh was an extra ordinary event‚ a monstrous event‚ an event which stands in a singular and silver stone isolation......" The most heartbreaking
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17th 2012 The Nanking Massacre 1937 In December of 1937 the Japanese attacked and invaded Nanking China by beating the Chinese Army. For the next six weeks the biggest atrocities of World War 2 were committed. Women were raped repeatedly; some were even raped until they died. Pregnant women would get mutilated‚ men and young boys were killed by the bayonet‚ and Chinese soldiers were shot and hung all over the City. The Japanese deny the accusations and say the Massacre never happened. Before
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troops and the Bostonians‚ it was called The Boston Massacre. 6 were killed and 5 were injured both troops and citizens. Some people have tried to blame this war on the citizens and most blame it on the soldiers. The bostonians started the fight but they most likely didn’t think that it would escalate to the point it did. They took advantage of the soldier in acting in this way and got what they deserved. On the day of the Boston Massacre the bostonians were reported to be throwing rocks
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diseases brought by the Europeans—does not prove genocidal intent. There is no conclusive evidence of biological warfare being used against the Indians intentionally. The U.S. government even tried to inoculate the Indians against smallpox. The Pequot Massacre (1636) is not evidence
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The Kent State shooting or May 4th Massacre was a very significant and controversial event in the 1970. This involved armed guardsmen firing 67 rounds in 13 seconds into a crowd of protesting students. This resulted in nine wounded students and four shot dead. This was a significant event as it began the nation-wide anti-war movement‚ opposing the war in Vietnam. This dispute started when President Nixon released the statement in 1969 that the American forces are to bomb Cambodia in order to destroy
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