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    Sankofa; Slave Rebellion

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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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    BackCountry Rebellion FRQ Kyndall Crawford During the course of American History‚ there were issues with the government which caused political‚ economic and social struggles. The village of Paxton‚ Pennsylvania had become alive with racial and political unrest during Pontiac’s Fighting against authority. The area was populated by many Scots-Irish people (who enter a country) who had grown tired of the weakness (that could be used to hurt someone or something) of attack. Requests for soldiers

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    These ideas of limited government would be used in the English Civil War in the 17th century (1642-1649). William Prynne’s in his book Soveraign Power of Kingdomes and Parliaments challenged the power of King Charles I. Prynne argued royalist supporters of the king who believed that the king was infallible. Prynne justified his ideas through both Roman‚ canon‚ and English Common Law. Prynne interpreted the Roman law concept lex regia as meaning that the people gave power to the ruler but required

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    PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE COMPLIANCE TO PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PROTOCOLS IN COUNTERING TERRORISM A RESEARCH PAPER PRESENTED TO: PROF. APOLONIO‚ JERRY D. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE METHDOS OF RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (IS16) BY: BONIFACIO‚ SHERINA P. SEPTEMBER 2013 Chapter 1 - Introduction Terrorism poses a very big threat to global community and to States concerned. It has been sensationalized and on the mainstream after the Towers of World Trade

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    The Rebellions of 1837/1838 in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada were attempts and attacks at their current government for various reasons. The rebellions in Upper Canada were to bring about an American style democracy‚ while the rebellions in Lower Canada were largely due to discrimination against the French‚ unequal taxation‚ and lack of power within the government to bring about any reformation. In the end‚ the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada had a profound impact on the future of the British

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    Something drove McCandless to venture out of the secure lifestyle his future had become and do the unexpected thing and journey across the Western hemisphere. Many people speculate that McCandless left because of simple rebellion and a penchant for risk-taking. While rebellion and risk-taking might have played a small role‚ I believe that McCandless’s family issues and philosophical beliefs were the true reasons he left to explore the vast and wild north. The McCandless family suffered from many

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    41. Shays Rebellion was significant because it made the American delegates realize that the states had too much power and the central government didn’t have enough power. This assumption led to the revisions of the articles of confederation which led to the being written constitution. 42. The great compromise was presented by Roger Sherman in 1787. There was a political dispute the included Virginia and New Jersey. At the Constitutional Convention there was a plan drafted that would subside the

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    Pragmatist: Kautilya’s Philosophy on SMART Power in National Security Abstract The Arthashastra is a treatise of political advice to the king‚ written by the Indian philosopher‚ Kautilya‚ in the 4th century B.C.E. Kautilya’s pragmatism is reflected in policy advice on how to conduct war and diplomacy by both honest and dishonest means toward the goal of increasing the power‚wealth‚ and security of the state. Kautilya advocates “SMART”[1] power--the interface of warfighting capabilities

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    Dannicah S. Blk 2.3 Rebellion of 1837 After learning about the rebellion of 1837 and constantly taking notes‚ I realized the rebellion was not successful in overturning the government but it did unite both Upper and Lower Canada together. This was able to take away any differences of the two cultures‚ English and French. The impact did not happen immediately as intended though. In fact it caused the government to get back at the reformers and concentrate more on their punishment such as transportation

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