1. American revolution caused by refusal to pay taxes impose by British. French revolution caused by food shortage and high taxation on the 3rd estate. Both revolutions‚ the revolutionaries wanted protection of private property and no taxes 2. New liberal movements emerged and nationalism was introduced during radical phase of french revolution. 3. Need for raw materials. Population explosion. Introduction of new technologies. 4. Caused peasant uprisings to decline. Women gained small rights
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On March 5‚ 1770‚ in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ a mob of our patriotic colonists gathered around a British officer to confront him. The awful lad responded with violence! This fatal incident was caused by an uproar between our patriots and these British officers. This lethal massacre concluded with seven colonists dead‚ killing three on the spot. British Captain Thomas Preston‚ the commanding officer at the Customs House‚ ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building
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The Whisky Rebellion- George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury proposed a new excise tax on whisky to gain revenue to pay off the countries debt. Hamilton knew that the idea of tax was not accepted by Americans in previous years‚ however‚ he saw it necessary to form a strong and effective national government. Initially‚ the rebellion began in July of 1794 when a group of angry tax protesters demolished the home of a tax inspector (PBS). The rebellion grew and many protesters brought back the idea
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In 1909‚ workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory began to strike for better working conditions. The workers were harassed by hired toughs and prostitutes hired by the company. When photos got out in the newspaper of the strikers being attacked‚ the movement gained widespread support by many powerful people. This forced Triangle to end the strike and give in to demands for better working conditions‚ 52 hour work week‚ and a fixed wage scale. The bosses still distrusted the workers and often locked
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I believed that the total war lead to the destruction of many nations political‚ economic‚ and civilian populations because anytime you at war it cost money and World War 1 caused so many financial loses‚ combined with the many lives that was taken on the battlefield and physical destruction. when the war began the countries‚ whom is involved organized they whole populations and economic resources to achieve victory. The civilian population came in factor because they were the ones fighting and losing
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Indian Wars By Diana Chavez There were many Indiana wars in the 17th century‚ 18th century‚ but mainly in the 19th century. Etheir involving Indian slavery or mainly the English‚ colonists‚ Spanish‚ or the U.S army trying to take over their land. Wars in the 17th century were the Powhatan Confederacy‚ Pequot war‚ King Philip’s war‚ Pueblo revolt‚ and French and Indian war. The Powhatan Confederacy began 1622 and ended 1644 in Jamestown Virginia. The war was made because when the colonists
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He worked with Paul Green between 1940 and 1941 to create a stage adaptation of the novel. Paul Green later wrote another adaptation for the stage with the guidance of Richard Wright right beside him. He down plays Bigger and even lets him off of the hook for the murder of Bessie. Even though it may have been too graphic for Bigger to have raped and killed Bessie in the stage adaptation‚ it would have helped if‚ like in the novel‚ Bigger served as the main contributor in her death instead if him
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that was created to get the economy close to its old state. The final stage was the reform‚ or the attempt to reach equilibrium with the economy’s old self or even surpass what it had been before. There is one thing that seems to pull great nations out of economic slumps. That one thing is war! After a long ten years of what seemed to be hell for most Americans‚ World War II began to take place over in Europe‚ 1939. Many American men had been sent to the U.S army. More jobs had been created for
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Assignment B – Crime and Crime prevention ICT has greatly contributed to better crime prevention but has also increased some forms of crime. Many Internet criminals are using a number of different methods in order to take what they want from unsuspecting members of the public. There are multiple reasons why criminals commit crime via the Internet‚ however the most common crimes are the theft of money‚ the theft of identities or information and finally the damaging of others computers via methods
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there a possibility that someone will cause harm to others when they murder fake characters in a fake reality? If someone kills two-hundred thirty one zombies on Call of Duty‚ will they go around and kill his/hers whole neighborhood? When you receive thirty kills and no deaths in a matchmaking game in a first-person shooter‚ will that person believe he/she is invincible enough to try it in real life? Some believe that video games of the killing genre will cause innocent people to go haywire and go
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