aspects of economy and culture through imitation of western European models. Pugachev Rebellion Who: Catherine the Greaat and Emelian Pugachev What: Rebellion against Russian government When: 18th Century Where: Russia Why: peasants wanted to end serfdom‚ taxation‚ military conscription‚ and wanted to abolish landed aristocracy. Why significance: even after the death of Pugachev‚ rebellion continues‚ but It highlighted the mutual dependence of government and victory for Catherin the Great. Time of
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effects of the French Revolution were vast and far reaching. The overthrowing of the monarchy quickly dealt a near fatal blow to the old feudal and monarchic system that had controlled Europe for centuries (Jörgensen‚ C). The Revolution got rid of serfdom and federal dues peasants previously had to pay to kings (Jörgensen‚ C). Outside of Europe‚ in South America‚ the spanish colonies saw a weakened Spain and the slave revolt in Haiti and began to free themselves of colonial rule. This overthrowing
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The Black Death has caused the lower class to gain financial power over the course of the 1300s‚ letting them buy their way out of serfdom and become independent. During the Black Death‚ “” as found on page 137 of Spielvogel’s World History: Modern Times. The Hundred Years War‚ starting in 1337 and ending sixteen years after what the name implies‚ exhausted resources‚ exhausted the
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hard‚ but actually paid more than small- scale farming. In the 1590’s peasant labor in the vast region of Siberia intensified. Many workers were involved in the fur trade or the mining of copper and silver. Unlike India Russia utilized a system of serfdom‚ in which many poor serfs were bound to a property owned by a wealthy landlord who oversaw them. 2. The slave trade from Africa to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean long predated the arrival of Europeans. A trans-saharan trade route connected
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On the one hand‚ the central question of ‘On Liberty’ is: to what extent can society legitimately exercise power over the individual? Power can be exercised either by different governments such as authoritarian‚ monarchical or democratic‚ which are always a threat to individual liberty. Or by self-government‚ ‘’of each by all the rest’’‚ i.e. following the rule of the most numerous or active part‚ the majority‚ anonymous social force that destroys the freedoms of individuals. This is due to the fact
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British History In A Nutshell Britain: situated near the continent; coast easily accessible; fertile coun-try; temperate climate; mineral resources -> several invasions about 800 BC Celts (related to the Celts in Gaul) 55 " 54 BC Julius Caesar landed twice; wanted to frighten them 43 AD Roman conquest began -> peace and order until about 410; roads‚ walls (e.g. Hadrian’s Wall 123)‚ forts‚ cities (place names ending in "chester")‚ baths‚ theatres‚ ... 410 " 430 withdrawal of legions; Angles‚ Saxons
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Many historians argue that the root of slavery is racism. Whilst this is the case of slavery in the American South‚ Caribbean and the Atlantic slave trade‚ Roman slavery and Medieval slavery contradict this notion. Although‚ perhaps the root of slavery being racism is dependant on the opportunity and access to another ‘race’‚ in order to be able to enslave and exploit them. Whilst Ancient Rome and Medieval slavery didn’t have the opportunity to enslave another race‚ the demonstration of setting a
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Decades Paper Summaries Conceptions of group identity and autonomy emerged out of the cultural interactions between colonizing groups‚ Africans‚ and American Indians during the colonial era. They emerged when the settlers kept contact with the Native Americans‚ other Europeans‚ and Africans in a lot of well defined colonial settings. However‚ before the arrival of Europeans‚ many Native American societies claimed the continent as their own. Then when the settlers arrived and settled across north
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Social Organization of the Tainos The Tainos were a gentle and humble people with a very strong social organization. They would settle relatively close to the coast‚ as to be hidden but to also see incoming people. A Taino settlement could be a small or as complex chiefdom; it was constructed in such a way that the cacique’s (the chief’s) residence was situated at the centre‚ with the general population around it. His house consisted of his entire family. The houses of the general population also
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could create a stateless and classless society and failed miserably. Anarchism is only one of the many ideologies arising from the late 18th to the mid 20th century in response to a changing world‚ which saw the end of European absolute monarchies‚ serfdom and ideas of how society ought to proceed. That is not to say anarchism faded out entirely. It is still alive and well in some parts of the western world‚ but at a micro level of small ‘hippy’ like communities‚ reminiscent of the 60s‚ whose ideas
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