event‚ and history as a myth‚ a manipulated past to serve in today’s world. This is the only way history is written according to Cohen‚ three distinct and very different forms of history. He argues them while explaining the events of the Boxer rebellion in China. Cohen argues that the three forms are very different in their very nature and have no bearing on each other. History as a myth has a direct purpose. Cohen writes‚ “When good historians write history‚ their primary objective is to construct
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Under French rule‚ from 1625-1789‚ Haiti‚ or San Domingo during French reign‚ was one of the most prosperous islands and a huge benefit for France’s economy. Sugar cane was abundant on this island and France sent many African slaves to work on plantations established there. In 1791 a slave revolt broke out when the Haitians learned about the French revolution. This was the only successful slave revolt in history. From this success there was also an immense downfall‚ and what was once one of the
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After the 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion‚ Tennessee adopted a new state constitution with a provision to disenfranchise free blacks. In 1835‚ Johnson won a seat in the Tennessee state legislature. He identified himself with the Democratic policies of Andrew Jackson‚ advocating for the poor and being opposed to non-essential government spending. He was also a strong anti-abolitionist and a promoter of states’ rights. In 1843‚ Johnson became the first Democrat from Tennessee to be elected to the United
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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1.After winning control of North America from the French‚ British agents promised to expand trade with the tribes and continue the established French policy of distributing food‚ guns‚ ammunition and liquor. However‚ the new governor of North America‚ Lord Jeffrey Amherst‚ had a different view. What was it? A) alcohol made Indians uncontrollable and gifts of food mad them lazy and unwilling to hunt and fish B) Indians were inferior to whites and deserved to be exterminated C) Whites should not be
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It can be argued that the NEP dealt successfuly to some the problems it was designed to solve in the period 1921-4 but there were limitations to its sucess. Once the victory had been achieved against the Whites in 1921‚ Lenin began to focus on rebuilding the Russian economy as war communism had caused industrial and agricultural production to decrease. The decrease in agriculutrual produce had been a particular problem as it resulted in a fame. Moreover‚ the Kronstadt rising made Lenin aware that
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The poem Father and Child written by Gwen Harwood involves a devilish young girl misusing her father’s gun without permission to shoot an owl. The poem starts off with the time of day “Daybreak” and “the household slept”. This tells the audience the start of the poem took place at dawn. “A horny fiend‚ I crept out with my father’s gun.” A horny fiend states that the poet feels somewhat evil and devilish. The poem takes place outside the supervision from the poet’s father stating “Let him dream
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Using a bullet point style list‚ identify text to support each major theme as noted in the calendar. There should be a minimum of TWO direct quotes per theme. Then‚ explain how this text supports the noted theme. This question should be answered in 3rd person limited point of view with direct quotes cited properly in MLA format. Please see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ for assistance with this. Freedom: Quote 1: “Sailing across the bay to the Cheniere Caminada‚ Edna felt as
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The Rebellions of 1837/1838 in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada were attempts and attacks at their current government for various reasons. The rebellions in Upper Canada were to bring about an American style democracy‚ while the rebellions in Lower Canada were largely due to discrimination against the French‚ unequal taxation‚ and lack of power within the government to bring about any reformation. In the end‚ the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada had a profound impact on the future of the British
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Dannicah S. Blk 2.3 Rebellion of 1837 After learning about the rebellion of 1837 and constantly taking notes‚ I realized the rebellion was not successful in overturning the government but it did unite both Upper and Lower Canada together. This was able to take away any differences of the two cultures‚ English and French. The impact did not happen immediately as intended though. In fact it caused the government to get back at the reformers and concentrate more on their punishment such as transportation
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