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    Radicalism from 1812-22 was a serious threat to Lord Liverpool’s government. However‚ due to draconian legislation and fiscal policies Liverpool was able to counter and contain the radical threat that proved to be a constant thorn in the side of a government fresh out of one of the biggest wars Europe had ever seen. The economy in the years directly after the war was weak and on the verge of collapse – there were 400‚000 unemployed soldiers returning from Europe and no-one knew what to do with

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    American history‚ as it needs to be told. The events that took place is how our county was founded. The actions of the people in 1875‚ tell us that we fought a good fight to keep from the British and wanted nothing more than to be free. The Boston Massacre‚ the true deception of the taxation and the famous Paul Revere’s ride‚ are parts that is the focus in this documentary. The true essence of being in 1765 fighting with the Rebels and the British‚ gives the exact accounts of what people were feeling

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    On March 5‚ 1770‚ British soldiers were badgered to the point of outrage by a small group of boys (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). The soldiers eventually retaliated at the group and the church bells started ringing alarming the town that a fire had broken out only leading the numbers in the crowd to increase (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). Captain Thomas Preston and his sentry were called to the scene to assist. However‚ their attempts to redirect the crowd were unsuccessful. It is at this point that a

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    Censorship Censorship’s negative effect will arouse a rebellion that would be more egregious than the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989‚ once Chinese people find out that their own Chinese troops‚ slaughtered several students who were just participating in a non-violent protest. The Chinese people and the Chinese culture would not be the same after the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4th‚ 1989. Since the protest‚ the Chinese government suppressed everything from the Chinese people.This included

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    The Boston Massacre. On 1770‚ March 5th‚ Boston‚ people were mad Europe refused to leave them be and stayed in control. As a plus a couple years before 1770‚ the king of Europe placed a law or act called the stamp act. This act stated that most items bought at market

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    ever occurred‚ but the destruction of the Armenians exhibits and illustrates various examples of the word "genocide": The deliberate and systematic destruction‚ in whole or in part‚ of an ethnic‚ racial‚ religious‚ or national group (Wikipedia) The massacre in the Ottoman Empire during 1914-1918 is considered Genocide because the Turks displayed great examples of Denial‚ Classification and Extermination‚ which are three of the eight stages of genocide. The Armenian genocide could have been prevented

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    thought to be terminated‚ Ishi gave insight on North America’s Native American history Born at the decay of the Yahi populace‚ when gold mining had harmed water supplies‚ demolished angling and frightened off deer‚ Ishi survived the Three Knolls Massacre‚ an assault that decreased the Yahi individuals to around sixty. To maintain a strategic distance from further conflicts‚ Ishi and his family sought total isolation for the following forty years‚ dodging the world being worked by the new pioneers

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    The Silent Scream “Abortion‚” the sound of massacre‚ murder‚ and manslaughter. Abortions became legal in 1973 with the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case. With the legalization of eliminating fetal infants‚ there are approximately 40-50 million abortions executed in the United States every year. Abortions should be illegal at all phases of pregnancy for the reasons that the fetuses feel pain during the procedure‚ it can cause psychological harm to the mother‚ and it is morally fallacious. During

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    The Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) followers of the Sioux tribe identified their beliefs had been shattered‚ felt like the Ghost dance was their only hope‚ everybody who thought the Ghost dance ceremonies beliefs; authority wanted would be returned and the white people would

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    Explain why there was popular discontent in Britain in the years 1815 – 1820 Lord Liverpool‘s government took office in 1812. At this time Industrialisation had already started to take effect which in term meant that workers were slowly becoming replaced because of the new machinery that was coming forward. At this point luddites came forward who were against machines taking over people because they saw the machines as a threat to their living. A reason of discontent here was that the workers who

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