variety of mainly Algonquian-speaking indigenous tribes. The first permanent English settlement was established in 1620 with the founding of Plymouth Colony by the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower. A second‚ shorter-lasting colony‚ was established near Plymouth in 1622 at Wessagusset‚ now Weymouth. A large Puritan migration begun in 1630 established the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Boston‚ and spawned the settlement of other New England colonies. Friction with the natives grew with the population
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Ram Mohan Roy‚ Ram Mohan also spelled Rammohun or Rammohan (22 may 1772-27 September 1833) was an Indian religious‚ social and educational reformer who challenged traditional Hindu Culture and indicated the lines of progrees for Indian Society under British rule. He is sometimes called the maker of modern India. He along with Dwarkanath Tagor and other Bengalis founded the Brahmo Sabha in 1828 which engendered the Brahmo Samaj an influential Indian Social-religious Contents 1 Biography 1
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Chapter 19: The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism 1. The of Napoleon Bonaparte a. The chief threat to the Directory came form royalists who hoped to restore the Bourbon monarchy by legal means. Many of the émigrés had returned to France and their plans for a restoration drew support from devout Catholics and from citizens disgusted from the outcome of the revoulution. Monarchy promised stability. b. The spring elections of 1797 replaced most incumbents with constitutional
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Austen‚ Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Bantam Books‚ New York‚ 1813-1981. Pride and prejudice is romantic novel and was written during a time of war in Britain where Austen grew up. This book is very interesting and it might rise a lot of question in it’s readers mind. This book is also the book I‘m doing my research on and though it has little comparison to history but it reflects a lot of values. The book talks mostly about marriage and reflects social issues. This novel shows us that love can overwhelm
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state to which widows were often reduced. To raise the status of women he demanded that they be given the right of inheritance and property. Social reforms of Ram Mohan Roy have had a huge impact in the Indian society over the past century. In 1815 he founded the Atmiya Sabha. In 1819 he defeated a great scholar named Subrahmanya Sastri on the question of idol worship. Since then the Christian missionaries extended their full support to Ram Mohan Roy. In 1821 William Adam‚ a Christian missionary
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By: Kolton Jacobs 11/10/14 Andrew Jackson the brash‚ independent‚ strong-willed man who became one of America’s greatest presidents. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767‚ he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about 2 years‚ and he became an excellent young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely envious of his honor‚ he engaged in brawls‚ and in a duel killed a man who cast an inappropriate word on his wife Rachel (White house.gov) . As the 7th president
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From 1801-1817 there was a clear separation of the United States. The Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties were in strong opposition of one another. Though the Republicans were usually characterized as strict constructionists‚ who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists‚ both Jefferson and Madison’s presidencies highlighted Federalist ideals in many of their decisions. This included Jefferson’s unconstitutional decision in purchasing the vast Louisiana territory and
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KLEMENS VON METTERNICH Statesman; born at Coblenz‚ 15 May‚ 1773; died at Vienna‚ 11 June‚ 1859; son of Count Georg‚ Austrian envoy of the Court of Vienna at Coblenz‚ and Maria Beatrix‚ née Countess von Kageneck. He studied philosophy at the University of Strasburg‚ and law and diplomacy at Mainz. A journey to England completed his education. Metternich began his public career in 1801 as Austrian ambassador to the Court of Dresden. Though he had for several years prepared himself for a diplomatic
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System of international relations after the Peace of Westphalia and the Congress of Vienna: A Comparative Analysis. Introduction It is common knowledge that human history can be viewed from different perspectives. So‚ in terms of economic‚ for example‚ it appears as a history of modes of production‚ the logic of which was deeply analyzed by Karl Marx. But in terms of geopolitical history can be thought of as a consistent change of power units "world order"‚ or geo-political eras. Each era is characterized
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Madison to declare war on Britain. The sections of the United States that they were from was the South and the West. The War hawks resented British constraints on American trade and accused the British of supporting Indian attacks against American settlements on the frontier. 3. Who were Tecumseh and Prophet? Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa‚ known to non-Indians as “the prophet” were two remarkable Shawnee brothers. They concluded that the time had come to stem this onrushing tide. They decided that the
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