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    like to focus on is the London Riots. There are several different theories as to the causes of the London Riots. There is no evidence to define the reasons for the London Riots in 2011 taking place. However‚ The main cause is thought to be Social and economic inequality. According to Mary Riddell‚ “Britain is less equal‚ in wages‚ wealth‚ and life chances‚ that at any time since the last major financial upheaval‚ the great crash of 1929.” (Riddel‚ 2011). The riots were thought to be a protest to

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    society and by blacks who think that they are traitors to the struggle against racism. Foster uses the historic events to prove a baised society will couse an outbreak of violence or riots. Wattss riots was a six days raged followed Frye’s arrest‚ suspicion of driving while intoxitcated. Fostedr also uses Rodney king’s riot in 1991. It is coused after Rodney King was severyl beaten by police who attempted to pull him over after he was caught speeding. 2. In paragraph 7 when Foster was visiting Canada

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    Turning Points: The Buddhist Riots of 1963 Vietnam & 20th Century Experience Turning Points: The Buddhist Riots of 1963 In the early 1960’s‚ there were many events that took place in Vietnam and the United States that qualified as turning points‚ critical events that changed the course of history‚ but the Buddhist riots of 1963 proved to be instrumental in Ngo Dinh Diem’s‚ Southern Vietnam’s leader‚ demise. For some time Diem had been ruling with a dictatorship and never gained the support

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    Causes of the Riots in Oldham Long Term - At one time Oldham produced 13% of the world’s cotton - It was dependant on the industry - Couldn’t compete with foreign competition (although it tried to until 1989) - After WWII migrants from the commonwealth were encouraged to move to Oldham to supplement the workforce - These were mainly Caribbean and Pakistani‚ and later Bangladeshi - 1960 – Larger numbers of Indians‚ Pakistanis and Caribbean migrants settled - Due to poor circumstances‚ they

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    Essay 1992 Los Angeles riots: The riots began with the violent arrest of Rodney King March 3‚ 1991‚ in a high-speed pursuit King drove through several red lights and stop signs; he pulled over in the Lake View Terrace. King had a record for drunk driving but the officers involved testified that they believed him to be under the influence of the narcotic PCP‚ in a later blood test he was tested negative for PCP. A civilian named George Holliday recorded the whole arrest‚ the defendants also alleged

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    Cited: Cosgrove‚ Stewart. “The Zoot Suit and Style welfare” History workshop journal. Vol. 18‚ Oxford University Press. 1984. 77-91 PBS American Experience: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder.” 2002. Salomon‚ Larry‚ “The Zoot Suit Riots.” Roots of justice. Valdez‚ Luis. Zoot Suit. Houston: Texas Arte Publico Press‚ 1992.

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    started to protest the price of bread. When two Parisian manufacturers‚ Réveillon and Henriot‚ suggested in late April 1789 that the distribution of bread should be deregulated‚ thereby lowering prices and reducing both wages and costs of production‚ riots

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    John Etefia Tomek Research Paper The New York City Draft Riots that took place July 13-16 of 1863 during the Civil War are considered the largest civil insurrection in the American History. The riots started off as a protest against the Conscription Act passed in March of 1863‚ which made all single men age 20-45 and married men up to 35 were subject to the draft lottery. The part of the Conscription Act that really caused an uproar was not only the fact that it forced men to go and fight in

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    The events that occurred in Newark during the 1960’s should definitely be referred to as a riot. During the time the African Americans connoted wild‚ uncontrolled‚ criminal behavior. On the other hand they did have the aim to try to affect the government actions and policy‚ but they did it in an uncontrolled way. Using the word “rebellion” suggests that the African Americans had a clear cut reason to behave the way they did‚ without a justifiable cause. The government of Newark failed to incorporate

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    chaos on the 12th street. The Detroit riots started when a person threw a bottle into the street and at a cop car. After this happen people began to loot stores. There were 1‚700 stores being looted and 2‚000 building destroyed. After stores were looted governor Jerome P. Cavanagh put national guards in front of stores. When this happen somebody tried to loot a store and store owner had shot a person. On July 24 there was the first death of this riot. On this day governor Jerome P. Cavanagh

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