comes from the people. The colonists were not represented in the British government‚ therefore they did not consent to their rule. The Declaration marked their refusal to follow an arbitrary government. This closely mirrors the protesters in Tiananmen Square. Without consent through voting‚ the people were not represented in their government -- which in the case of American colonists‚ forced the hands of their delegates or in the
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important ideal of independence‚ is the foundation of the Declaration for more than 230 years that drives this nation in every way. The three thousand Chinese men and women whom the majority were students‚ gave their lives in the event of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Each of them understood how vital government is when created by the people (Document C). After all‚ equality and liberty can exist under one ruler. As one foreign quote summarizes best‚ be a nice boy and you are free to hunt in the
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“One Artist‚ Finger‚ and Country”: Ai Weiwei’s Fight for Freedom. Figure 1. Tiananmen Square Ai’s View. From The Study of Perspective‚ by Ai Weiwei‚ 1995‚ http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/ai-weiwei-study-in-perspective/ Ai Weiwei is a world famous Chinese artist that uses his controversial art to portray his strong political and social views. His works such as The Study of Perspective and Dropping China have an underlying political and social meaning used to activate the oppressed people of
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Few people in history deserve sole credit for changing the fate of an entire nation. One of them is Mao Tse-tung‚ the man who rose from the peasantry to become the pre-eminent revolutionary theorist‚ political leader and statesman of Communist China (CNN‚ 2001). Mao Tse Tung was born on December 1893 in a village of Shaoshan in Hunan Province (China ’s south). His family is wealthy peasant farmers. He has one sister and two younger brothers. Mao lives with his mother ’s family in a neighboring village
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is so successful to this day. The Consent of the Governed is one of the important ideals. The government exists to secure the rights of the people‚ and the people are the ultimate authority of the government. People went out and protested at Tiananmen Square‚ in China‚ to fight for a change in their democracy and by the end of the protest‚ there were three thousand people dead. This is similar to the US in the sense that people fought for their rights and what they believed in. Without the Consent
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Peaceful revolutions Successful political revolutions in the last three decades have been dominated by masses of unarmed people. They have challenged the present political establishment and refused to obey orders‚ often at central places in the capitals. Different from the traditional armed guerillas confronting the state army these movements have not used deadly means‚ not even when confronted with violent police and militaries. These cases are on crucial points different from the traditional
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The Declaration of Independence. A document that not only shaped the government and the culture of the United States‚ but shaped the thinking of the entire world. Thomas Jefferson was asked by his committee to take on the job of writing the Declaration of Independence‚ and after some help from John Adams and Benjamin Franklin‚ the Declaration of Independence was sent to Congress. Congress ended up shortening the document by twenty-five percent‚ but Jefferson’s powerful words still remained. Consider
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Political Challenges China has been under the communist party rule for many decades. The communist party exercises absolute power over legislations and economic & cultural institutions. Unlike western economies where the government promotes transparency for doing business; in China rules and regulations are not so transparent or absolute. Large manufacturing businesses can come under various regulations and bureaucracies‚ China promotes a form of social network called guanxiwang‚ where guanxi
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Consciousness In this world‚ there are many different people and using diverse languages in vary countries. Individual’s thoughts‚ minds‚ theories‚ and conscious are different even though there were in the country. This special features make us to experience unique cultures and traditions in other countries. There is a country which looks plentiful‚ no worries and everyone is happy. However‚ the reality is quite opposite‚ there is no fundamentals human right and everything are under government control
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AP World History Must Know Dates Timeline To 600 B.C.E. 8000 B.C.E. - Beginnings of agriculture 3000 B.C.E. - Beginnings of Bronze Age - early civ’s 18th C B.C.E.-Hammurabi’s Code 1500 B.C.E.-Early alphabetic script 1300 B.C.E. - Iron Age 10th-7th C B.C.E. Assyrian Empire 600 B.C.E. - 600 CE 6th century B.C.E. - life of Buddha‚ Confucius‚ Lao Tsu(beginnings of Confucianism‚ Buddhism‚Taosim) 5th C B.C.E. - Greek Golden Age - philosophers. 323 B.C.E. - Alexander the Great 221 B.C.E. - Qin unified
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