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    Rebellion in Catching Fire

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    The Start of the Rebellion ​Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s stunt to win the last Hunger Games has inspired the beginnings of an uprising against the Capitol. This has put Katniss and her family’s life at risk. She tries to fix what she has started‚ and finds out she cannot; she then uses her influence to cause a rebellion in the districts. The author uses the protective control of the government and the rebellion to show what happens when a government takes citizens’ freedom away. ​Suzanne

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    same time‚ one of the least discussed. The slave uprising on the small island of St. Domingue in the caribbean had surprisingly global effects‚ from the toppling one of the greatest military minds in history to setting the stage for the United States to become the power it is today. The documentary‚ Égalité for all: Toussaint L Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution‚ set out to describe in its entirety the pre-existing conditions‚ events of the uprising and after-effects of the revolution‚ and does

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    Russia in Turmoil

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    Why did Lenin urge a Bolshevik uprising in October 1917? As 1917 ended‚ a pivotal change took place both in politics and social standing as Lenin; leader of the Bolshevik party‚ took control over Russia and plunged Russian society into a period of extreme left wing control. The causation of Lenin’s decision to urge for a Bolshevik uprising is due to a combination of idea’s and beliefs‚ actions and events which resulted in a seizure of Bolshevik control and new age of democratic assembly for Russia

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    Sparatacus

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    Background History to Spartacus - The Servile Wars (Slave Uprisings) During 135 BC and 104 BC the First and Second Servile Wars‚ or slave uprisings‚ erupted in Sicily. These wars started with small bands of rebels but were joined by tens of thousands of slave followers wishing to escape the oppressive life of a Roman slave. Much of the Roman economy was based on the slave trade. History of Spartacus - Why Did Rome Fear him? Why Did Rome Fear Spartacus? It is estimated that the number of slaves

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    to nationalism but they called it war communism. Fascism in general is just a people pleasing form of nationalism that applied to the middle class that was not pleased with their government after the Great War. Socialism among many was the major uprising because it led to the start of the second Great War. Hitler the main power of Germany went to a few political parties that affected the view of

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    Hunger Games Speech Would you rebel against your school if it had defects? I know I would. If your government was corrupt‚ would you do something about it? Yep‚ sure. I mean i know everything has weaknesses and all but‚ these are major parts of a country. They seem to be made perfect but really‚ is everything about them perfect? If you found a weakness in a type of controlling leadership such as these‚ I’m sure you would exploit that. This is what I’m going to talk about. In the novel‚ The

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    Jasmine Revolution

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    in the Tunisia. It popular uprising in Tunisia that protested against corruption‚ poverty‚ and political repression and forced Pres. The demonstrations and riots were reported to have started over unemployment‚ food inflation‚ corruption‚ freedom of speech and poor living conditions. The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades and have resulted in scores of deaths and injuries. The success of the uprising‚ which came to be known in the

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    Nationalism is usually a result of some type of conflict‚ for example‚ Europe and Egypt. Europe taking control of Egypt and the Suez Canal lead to a nationalist uprising in Egypt. The Egyptians didn’t want to become Europeans and made their opinions shown. Europe being the technologically advanced country intervened and took control before the uprising had much effect. The European imperialism created strong feelings of nationalism all over the world because they were coming into people’s homes and people

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    The Pullman Strike

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    The Pullman Strike: The U.S went through a serious depression in the late 1800’s‚ promoting wage cuts and layoffs. Many strikes and uprisings occurred at this time. Unfair treatment by employers was one of the main causes that led to the majority of strikes and uprisings. They usually ended when the government intervened and stopped the workers from boycotting. One of the major strikes occurred in Pullman‚ Chicago. George Pullman founded the town‚ Pullman‚ for the workers who manufactured the

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    membership in the tightly controlled guilds‚ were forced to work for lower wages. They were especially quick to express their resentment. In cities that housed the great universities‚ students might be enlisted to help in these uprisings. The external causes to these uprising were the Plague and the Hundred Years’ War. The plague and the war caused almost one-third of Europe to die in its bitter aftermath. The Bubonic Plague swept from Central Asia though the trade routes into Europe. It took it toll

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