estate was made up of the clergy who made up 10% of the land. They were exempt of Frances taxes because they always agreed and voted with the king. Doing that made them one of the top Estates. The second Estate is made out of the nobility. The nobles made up 25-30% of the land and had leading positions in France and had tax exemptions. They also voted and agreed with most of what the king said which made them another top estate with the king. The next estate is the third estate which was one
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Alexander the Great was‚ as the name entails‚ great in some ways. In other ways though‚ he was not so great. How great was Alexander? Alexander was great in many ways. He was an excellent strategist‚ and was able to conquer almost anything he set out for. He usually was merciful as well‚ and honored all cultures and religions. He tried to learn about hinduism from the Brahmin in India. When he conquered Persia‚ he still let some Persians rule‚ as long as they answered to him. In India‚ whenever
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water wheel and steam engine took over the role of the artisans. Since items were cheaper and quicker to produce‚ the supply grew. The demand was greater than the supply‚ which forced factories to open. Textile factories multiplied across the United States. Not only did men and women work in factories‚ but children did as well. The Factory Act of 1833 was established restricting the hours children could work and set certain standards for factories. This act led to improvements for business owners
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Upton ’s Sinclair ’s The Jungle was a novel based on one employee who worked for a Chicago ’s meat-packing factory. This detailed novel described horrendous conditions and gruesome visions of contaminated meat. This brought forth significant changes within the meat-packing industry. America ’s business of canned meat was declining within the country as well as the world. Lack of trust and controversy surrounding the meat-industry caused President Roosevelt and Congress to take initiative of the situation
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and torture. Jasenovac was Croatia’s largest Extermination camp and by far the worst‚ It had a network of several sub-camps and Its main victims included Serbs‚ Romas‚ Croat partisans and Jews. Jasenovac was well know for its extreme cruelty in which its victims were tortured and killed. Jasenovac was located on 220 acres of land Southeast of Zagred‚ Croatia. It was made up of 5 main camps. All camps were designed by Vjekoslav Luburic. Camp 1 was called ’Brocica’ and was established in 1941 along
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people have never heard of the Moriori. They didn’t really cause many problems so not many people even know who or what happened to them. They were the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands. They were enslaved by the Maori and Taranaki Tribes. If they weren’t enslaved they were staked out to have a very painful death. The Moriori were treated very poorly and didn’t deserve what happened to them. “The moriori people were the indigenous people of the Chatham Islands. They settled in New Zealand
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Confederacy‚ the rebuilding and reintegration of the states back into the Union had to be done. The United States government understood the difficulty of attempting to reintegrate and punish the former Confederate states‚ so the idea of Reconstruction was developed as a way to reform the nature of the South. Reconstruction had aspirations to bring full equality to the South‚ by allowing the freedmen to participate in society‚ vote‚ and have the same rights as a white man could with the 13th‚ 14th‚ and
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Mexico. Before the war‚ Texas was part of Mexico. Mexico didn’t have enough people in Texas so they let Americans in. Later they broke from Mexico and became part of America. Although the United States war against Mexico may be viewed as controversial‚ the war was just due to Mexico‚ ignoring the United States‚ Mexico killed the United State’s soldiers and when Texas was annexed to America. Overall‚ the Texas revolution was the major spark of the whole dispute and was the main reason for war. Texan’s
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Was Abraham Lincoln a Successful President? Like all mortals‚ Lincoln was fallible‚ and had both strengths and weaknesses. From the weaknesses side‚ we can mention the following things: * He relied on much on his own judgment‚ even in areas where he lacked expertise‚ causing some diplomatic problems with the European powers. He was slow to act‚ and kept his Secretary of State (Seward) from acting in a timelier manner‚ in the Trent Affair‚ needlessly complicating relations with England. *
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boat with only a hyena‚ Pi felt completely lost and alone. Then he met a familiar face from his family’s zoo‚ Pi saw the Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker onboard. His first reaction was to save the life of Richard Parker so that he may have a companion‚ and a protector aboard the lifeboat. Suddenly Pi realizes just what he is doing. He is saving the life of Richard Parker‚ by welcoming him‚ a 450 pound Bengal tiger‚ onto the small lifeboat. He experiences a change of heart when helping the tiger onto
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