The debate on whether Alexander II was a Tsar Liberator is one which divides the opinion of many historians who examine Russian history. Alexander II introduced many reforms during his reign which revolutionised the political‚ social and economic landscape of Russia and were considered by many as ‘liberating’. My definition of ‘to liberate’ is to set free‚ either from oppression‚ confinement or indeed foreign control. Did Tsar Alexander do this and to what extent? The Emancipation of Serfs in 1861
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his decision to have Rebecca Nurse hanged and likely sentence Martha Corey to the same fate. It is in his interest to prevent people from discussing the possibility of the court being wrong because he is a very well-respected judge and his reputation is under threat if more people begin to agree with Corey and Nurse. Danforth’s use of his position of his authority to protect his own interests is a clear example of tyranny in the play. Judge Hathorne and Reverend Parris‚ although they could not be
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Mexican-American War It all started when Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836. They fought the Mexican War of Independence against Santa Anna because he was a dictator. They felt that the time had come to break free of Mexican laws. They captured Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto and forced him to sign a treaty granting Texas independence. For 9 years Texas requested to join the United States. Washington however‚ did not want to take action because he was afraid of angering Mexico
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Class War in Morocco: the Aftermath of Globalization “Ideas of globalization are so broad‚ so diverse and so changeable that it sometimes seems possible to pronounce virtually anything on the subject" (Scholte 427). Indeed the broad concept of globalization is hard to define. However‚ globalization is known as the free circulation of goods‚ services and concepts. As Moroccans and citizens of the “third world “globalization has a socio-economical consequence: it increases class war. Before talking
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Andrew Jackson’s ‘Era of the Common Man’ or the ‘Jacksonian Period’ (1824-1845) starts at his inauguration‚ and ends as the Civil War begins. Jackson was the first president that was not born into wealth or education‚ but instead made his own wealth‚ and taught himself up to a prime education‚ a ‘self-made man’‚ as some may say‚ this and his military history made him the defining figure of his age. Although‚ he downplayed his past successes to make him more like the ‘common man’‚ and appeal to the
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To what extent was the Vietnam War part of the Cold War? The Vietnam War was a cold war-era military conflict in Southeast Asia. Conflict officially began on November 1st in 1955 and ended on April 30th 1975 with the fall of Saigon. With that it lasted nearly 20 years‚ which makes it one of the longest military conflicts ever in human history. The war was fought between the Communistic North Vietnamese and the Anti-Communistic south. The north was supported by various nations‚ including the Soviet
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Aftermath Poem Analysis Paragraph “Aftermath” Analysis In Aftermath‚ Henry Longfellow describes the devastation of war upon the country by using natural images to depict the before and after effects of war but having nature living on. In the opening stanza‚ the repetition of the "W" in every line would convey to a sense of woe and mourning‚ it is never ending; a crying and weeping nation. Longfellow then symbolizes birds that are "fledged and flown"(2) to represent the idea of young boys in their
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“Was the Mexican War a justified act of self defence or an unjustified act of imperialism‚ and are there comparisons to the recently ‘ended’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?” Americans had one objective and that was to expand due to the belief in American superiority also known as Manifest Destiny‚ which was the creed that it was their destiny or predestination to expand. This became an obstacle to neighbouring empires due to Americas oppressive intentions. Mexico had won its independence from Spain
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Address‚ future president Abraham Lincoln thoroughly rebuked the southern Democrats Stephen A. Douglas’ statements about the Republicans’ slavery stance by using not only the oppositions wording against them‚ he supported his arguments with true examples sited from the signatories of the Constitution and their past voting record‚ from information gleaned during his career as a lawyer‚ and from his sense of honor and ethics. Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party had some very strong constituents‚ mainly
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To What Extent was the Korean War a Part of the Cold War? The Korean War‚ that began on the 25th of June 1950 and lasted until the 27th of July 1953‚ was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). It was initially the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th
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