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    The Effects that the Sugar Revolution had on the 18th century Caribbean Society The Sugar became population in the West Indies. The English‚ French colonies who settled Caribbean island such as St.kitts in the early 16th grew tobacco in order to make money. For a little while they were able to make the profit. However by 1640’s the faced different competition from tobacco grower in virgina had certain advantages which are virgiana had large lots of fertile land. Virginia tobacco was cheaper and

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    The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was not only a turning point in the ultimate downfall of communism and the disintegration of the USSR but also the start of Hungary’s independence. From its beginning as a student demonstration to its end less than two weeks later‚ it is a moment in history which signaled the people in Hungary has had enough of the Soviet occupation of Hungary and lack of political freedom. Hungarian students were getting tired of all the changes occurring at the schools in regard

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    Compare and Contrast Essay: Mexican Revolution& Brazilian Revolution Lauren Lee World History Spivey B class November 14th‚ 2007 All revolutions that exist or have taken place in this world are full of the revolution traits that were evidently pointed out throughout the book‚ Anatomy of Revolution written by Crane Brinton. One classification of the revolution that was mentioned in this piece of literature was‚ “A revolution is a drastic‚ sudden substitution of one group in charge of a territorial

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    Green Revolution AN INTRODUCTION TO THE “GREEN REVOLUTION” Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation and the dangerous outcomes

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    A revolution‚ in definition‚ is the overthrow of one government with replacement of another. The American and French Revolutions were both successful revolutions that happened in different ways. The French revolution took place because the French saw that the Americans were successful in overthrowing the British rule over them. No taxation without representation was a major cause of both revolutions‚ the Americans were being taxed by Great Britain and the king taxed the French heavily. The American

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    One of the biggest differences between the two revolutions is why they started (causes). Unlike most revolutions that were caused by financial crisis‚ peasant rebellion‚ disgruntled military‚ or defeat at war. The Iranian revolution had another cause. The Iranian revolution was a cultural‚ religious revolution‚ while the French revolution was a liberal bourgeois revolution. The Iranian revolution started because people discontent with the monarchy under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ and the social

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    american revolution what is the effect of the american revolution why these effects happened was to get rid of slavery The effects of the american revolution was a new look at the future groups excluded from immediate equality such as slaves and women would withdraw inspirations from the revolution the reason why the american revolution started was because american did not want slaves anymore while other countries and states wanted slavery to still be a thing so the revolution started

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    PART 2 COMPULSORY SECTION – EVALUATING THE IN DUSTRIAL REVOLUTION To what extent was the Industrial Revolution characterized by suffering With any major change in society‚ there are always winners and losers‚ and whilst the 18th and 19th Century Industrial Revolution saw great advancement in the iron and textile industries‚ transportation‚ communication and banking and an improved standard of living for the middle and upper classes‚ large groups of society experienced terrible living conditions in

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    Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. Pre-War Event Description Contribution to the Revolutionary War French and Indian War A seven year war between Britian and France. The war was fought for control over North America. The French lost the war to Britian. The English colonist did not need any protection of the british colonist from the French. The war caused

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    There are different schools of thoughts to explain why the revolution started‚ but out of all the schools I agree the most with the Imperial School. The Imperial School is the result of the clash of two empires‚ the British and the Americans‚ with different viewpoints. The British wanted to have control over the Americans while the Americans wanted to be independent from the British‚ a free nation. This clash in viewpoints resulted in revolution which later results in America’s independence and transformation

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