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    the Communist Party could enter Chinese political life; its war record made its Communist ideology legitimate. It was legitimate in the sense that the Chinese Communist Party came to power on the basis of a loyal constituency of about 100 million peasants during the war‚ and that this citizenry was still further expanded as a result of Japan’s defeat and the Communists’ successful discrediting on Nationalist grounds of the semi-exiled government of Chiang Kai-shek during and after the war (Johnson

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    1) The Third Estate had many complaints and demands from the King. The third estate was considered to be the minority of France which included peasants‚ bourgeoisie‚ and urban laborers. The complaints of wanting fairer taxes‚ not owning their own land‚ landlords having too much power‚ and other things were brought up in assemblies of Estates General. These list of grievances‚ or cahiers de doleances‚ were drawn up in a list but there was no follow up by the king and also led to conflict between the

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    impacted Europe both socially and economically. This plague altered Europe’s art‚ faith and everyday peasant lifestyle. During the onslaught of death‚ art and literature took a dark turn to reflect the epic pandemic. Not only that but people’s faith in God was also tested as people believed that he was abandoning them or even the cause of the Black Death itself. Additionally lifestyle of everyday peasants was changed as worker’s wages were also affected due to the disease as there were less workers and

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    Feudal Europe

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    transforming by aristocrats and peasants into a distinctively unique Japanese Religion. Other factors that caused the two feudal eras to differ were their very distinct societies. The feudal European society was influenced greatly by the Catholic Church. The church had become the most powerful institution of the West. Japanese Society in feudal times was influenced by China. Japanese Rulers sought to build a Chinese mannered bureaucracy and society. The peasants of feudal Japan rose up in hopelessness

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    rent on land they never used to pay for. The production of cash crops such as coffee and cotton and commercial production related activities like beer production for sale‚ the peasants were guaranteed to pay “envujjo” rent. Thus the tenants by law were required to pay rent to their imposed owners. In addition‚ the peasants lost autonomy and were not allowed to transfer the tenancy nor sell the land to another person without the consent of the land owner. As the process of extraction of Busuulu and

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    that made it easier for peasants to break away from communes‚ allowing them to move freely around Russia. The peasants’ land bank was also promoted by Stolypin to give more loans to peasants and hence encourage them to move to the undeveloped agricultural areas of Siberia with the incentive of cheap land financed by the government loans. Stolypin’s reforms meant that increasing the number of peasants landowners who farmed more efficiently would lead to fewer Russian peasants being needed to farm land

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    industry to 1913 levels and was successful in heavy goods‚ however agriculture was in turmoil. Stalin would no longer allow the peasants to threaten the cities – and the government – with their power to hold back food. He felt he could kill two birds with one stone: agriculture was to be updated on a collective and more politically acceptable basis bringing the still largely peasant population under party control. Stalin saw the issue in stark terms. He could either proceed with an enhanced form of

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    all the diverse revolutionary movements and directed them towards a common goal – the end to imperialism and the creation of a socialist based society. The peasants support for the Bolsheviks was not only a result of Lenin’s political savoir faire but also a result of the Whites political and social incompetence. The Whites treated the peasant class harshly; they did not see the advantage of gaining the support of the lower class. Their acceptance of allied support‚ allowed the Bolsheviks to portray

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    feel that the prosecution team did an excellent job of proving that Nicholas II is guilty of crimes against the Russian people. They provided good evidence and used there witnesses to their advantage. The Russian soldier‚ the factory worker‚ the peasant‚ and Nicholas II himself will prove he is guilty. These witnesses went through their lives going through bad experiences some can say because of Nicholas. Being a factory worker was tough during Nicholas II reign. The factory workers in this time

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    Contemporary Feudalism

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    exchange for fiefs. At the very bottom were the peasants. This feudal system enabled a cash-poor but land-rich lord to support a military force. But‚ in the end‚ the people were classified into only three different groups: those who fought (nobles and knights)‚ those who prayed (people of the church)‚ and those who worked (peasants). The social class you received was usually inherited. During the middle Ages‚ the majority of people were peasants‚ and most peasants were serfs. Serfs could not lawfully leave

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