Spartacist uprising 1919 Spartacist was really just an early name for ’Communists’. At the end of WWI when the Kaiser was overthrown and left Germany Nov. 1918‚ moderate socialists took over and formed a government. The Spartacist (led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht) wanted a violent Communist revolution and a wiping out of Capitalism but were rejected. In Dec. 1918 the Congress of workmen and soldiers councils rejected radical Communism and Luxemburg/ Liebnecht. In Jan. 1919 Luxemburg/
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from the 1800s to the 1820s. The ideals were that of peace‚ an agrarian republic‚ a country in which local government was more prominent than federal government‚ and the basic ideals of the democratic republicans. After visiting Europe and witnessing the severe differences between the rich and the poor due to industrialization‚ Thomas Jefferson believed that the United States of America should grow as an agrarian republic. He viewed that the future of America lay in the hands of the common yeoman
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The challenges to the security‚ unity‚ and prosperity in the Dutch Republic‚ otherwise known as the Netherlands‚ in the seventeenth and eighteenth century were mostly routed in the wars between England‚ France‚ and the Dutch Republic (which led to the end of the Dutch’s Golden Age and the start of their economic decline). The challenges varied from one to another; whether it was military conflicts‚ the shifting of alliances‚ the decay in oversea trade‚ or the disunity among the provinces. Despite
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How Humanism Influenced Italian Renaissance Art During the Renaissance period of history‚ many scholars and intellectuals in Europe began appreciating Greek and Roman culture. The reason why was that many believed that the past was the seed of everything that existed during their time‚ and that it was of the utmost importance to study it. With this‚ many began learning Greek and Latin dialects‚ as well as examining Greek and Roman ruins and debris. This importance of examining the history of
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and the Munich (beer hall) Putsch; these catastrophic events were great threats to the Weimar Republic. The Ruhr Crisis occurred in January 1923 when Germany missed a reparations payment to the French in 1922 therefore French and Belgium troops decided to invade the Germans raw materials and goods so the German workers went on a passive resistance. This event was a humungous threat for the Weimar Republic as they would automatically receive a bad reputation and some countries might not want any imports
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Nothing lasts forever. Not even the great Roman republic that lasted for hundreds of years before three people took complete control. As they died and new people came in it weakened the once great empire and caused it to eventually fall. It’s the year 509 B.C. and the Romans are finally no longer under the rule of the Etruscan king. They create a republic where they elect citizens to rule. The aristocrats or patricians dominated while the plebeians had almost no say in the government. Plebeian
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goal of the Socratic Method is to ultimately have the person who is being asked the questions personally figure out‚ disagree with‚ or agree with whatever it is that is being debated by themselves. Such a method‚ which is adopted by Socrates in The Republic‚ is essential in philosophy because it is the only way to acquire wisdom or insight-virtues that cannot be physically or verbally transferred to another-is from within. Socrates believes that people have the raw materials within to figure out philosophical
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In the start principalities and republics have been discussed as two types of states. Principalities can be further classified as one which is coming through generations i.e. inherited and the other one is newly acquired. The new principalities can be‚ either acquired through strength or luck‚ added to the old ones or can be set up as a new one. Theses principalities can be under the rule of prince or can be as a free land. The principalities running down in heritage are comparatively easier to maintain
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The Dominican Republic For decades‚ controversy has existed over whether Hispanic-Americans from the Dominican Republic should identify with one or two cultures. The concept of dual citizenship would allow Dominican-Americans to identify with two cultures. Although some would argue that dual citizenship is flawed because individuals should identify with one culture or the other‚ dual citizenship gave Dominican-Americans several advantages that outweighed the drawbacks. First‚ dual citizenship
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In 509 B.C.‚ Rome became a republic‚ a government in which power is controlled by the common people. It was under this Republic that Rome grew and expanded by conquest into the most powerful nation in the world at the time. As Roman territory increased‚ however‚ politicians and generals became more and more powerful and hungry for power. A series of events during the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. led to the demise of the Roman Republic. Under the reigns of Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar‚ the Roman
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