On November eighteenth‚ 1978‚ over 900 people died in a settlement in Guyana call Jonestown. This group included 276 children(Biography.com Editors). These deaths are considered the largest modern mass suicide‚ and also considered a mass murder. This deadly event happened because of a single man named Jim Jones and his religious philosophy. The history of Jonestown‚ where the suicides occurred‚ begins with the life of Jim Jones. Growing up‚ he was always fascinated with religion‚ and made a name
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The Sand Creek Massacre was a horrifying catastrophe that occurred on November 29‚ 1864 about forty two miles away from Fort Lyon Colorado. The Native American Indians were attacked in their peaceful village by 7 hundred men of the Colorado Territory militia‚ who were lead by Colonel John M. Chivington. It became one of the most abominable Indian wars. A few years before the massacre it was believed that the Indians could cause us harm however‚ that wasn’t the situation and it is now reflected over
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Introduction The Sharpeville Massacre Memorial has a cultural and historical significance for South Africans because of the events‚ which occurred in the Sharpeville massacre‚ which was the turning point of the apartheid and first initiation of the anti-apartheid. An investigation will be done to determine information about the memorial site‚ determining how the site compiles with the National Resource Heritage Act of 1999‚issues with the site and ways to determine as to how the site should be preserved
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Taking a leap into self-flagellation for the color skin they were born with‚ white students are wearing white pins to signify their "racial shame". Yes‚ students at Elizabethtown College have decided to wear white pins in the shape of puzzle pieces. The pins "remind them of their white privilege". This campaign was recently launched by the Elizabethtown College Democrats. They claim the goal is to make students "introspective about issues of race‚ especially in their predominantly white region
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In 1986‚ university students in China were dissatisfied with the lack of economic and political growth of China in comparison to other countries. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ “In addition‚ although the economic advances in China had brought new prosperity to many citizens‚ it was accompanied by price inflation and opportunities for corruption by government officials.” To express their distaste for the current government students began protesting for individual rights and freedoms. Accessing
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Hailee Scott Mr. Soens March 31‚ 2015 American Revolutionary War- The Boston Massacre Boom‚ Bang‚ Boom!! The Boston massacre was part of the American Revolutionary war‚ is it took place in Boston Massachusetts‚ on March 5th‚ 1770. The colonist mean and women protested agents the British troops. Many men were losing their jobs‚ and blamed the British troops for it. They gathered in front of the old state house and yelled at the British troop’s that were trying to calm down the crowd. The colonists
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The Massacre of Sand Creek is a tragedy that occurred due to the greed of American’s. American’s have been trying to take away the Indian American’s land for years to expand the United States and it isn’t new for American’s to burst in on the Indian’s territory and remove their rights. This isn’t the first time the American’s have taken control of the Indian’s land for the purpose of pursuing something that is on or in their lands‚ such as gold in the Rocky Mountains. This gold found in the mountains
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The Amritsar Massacre took place on April 13th 1919. It was committed by the British‚ who were colonized in India from the 1600’s to 1945. Before the Amritsar massacre‚ there was tension between Indian civilians and the British colonies for decades. This caused protests‚ mostly peaceful‚ throughout India. In March of 1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Act‚ invading the Indians privacy and decreasing their rights. On April 6th leaders of a peaceful protest against the Rowlatt Bill were arrested
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It was a bloody massacre. On June 3rd and 4th‚ 1989‚ Chinese protestors at Tiananmen Square were gunned down by the Chinese Military. Over 100‚000 protestors gathered in Tiananmen Square on May 4th‚ 1989 in order to protest the Communist government‚ the death of Hu Yaobang‚ as well as the increasing gap between the rich and the poor. After being warned of using force to break up the protests‚ Chinese soldiers and tanks entered Tiananmen Square and open fired. This bloody event killed and injured
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Have you ever wanted to know what read about what really happened in the Boston Massacre. It all started in Boston one fateful day. The British came to Boston and the people of Boston were not happy about it. By examining the boston massacre and the causes of it‚ It is clear that this was an important part in the revolutionary war. the Boston Massacre was that many of the colonist were upset by the fact that they had to share a house with a british soldier. This was called the quartering act.
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