Congress of Vienna

The opposition in Russia opposed to Tsar Nicholas II autocratic style of before 1905 can be categorised into two main groups: Revolutionaries and Reformers (liberals). In turn the revolutionaries can be further divided into three distinct groups: Populists, Social Democrats and Social Revolutionaries. It has long been debated how much of a danger they posed to the tsardom, before 1905, which is what I shall be discussing. The Populists, who dated back to the 1870s, regarded that Russia’s future…

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of Napoleon's and political revolutions such as the French Revolutions and instead perpetuated peace and a maintenance of the status quo.The Congress of Vienna imbued a long-lasting legacy on the political world. The size and scope of France was greatly diminished, while the Britain and Prussia surged. Feelings of nationalism spread to areas that the Congress had put under foreign control and European colonies, and eventually those feelings would flourish into revolutions and the formation of…

“The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of all human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.” Libba Bary, bestselling fiction author, expresses the importance of libraries in the above quotation, stating that access to the public…

George Washington George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland, Virginia. He received a small education at home and a small work education among the planters and backwoodsman he associated with. From these men he learned farming and surveying. He was a natural leader and was appointed a field marshal in the colonial militia by the time he was 21, taking part in the first battle of the French and Indian War. In the French and Indian War, he made his way up the ranks. During…

In the responses to both the Stamp Act and the Invasive Acts, feelings of violence, anger, and fear of strengthening English power were prominent. In addition, the colonists formed some type of new Congress after each one and worked endlessly to try to get both reversed. The general view the colonists had about both Acts were that they were unconstitutional and either took away or in some way violated their rights. Their response to the Declaratory…

This newfound independence gave the colonists the most important right of all: the right to govern themselves. The Continental Congress directed all the states to create new constitutions (Keene, 122). There were many different views of what a constitutional government should consist of so this was sort of a time of experimentation. Within their first year of independence many of…

The 1905 Revolution began on January 9th, or “Bloody Sunday” when a group of demonstrating workers with grievances for the Tsar were fired on by troops For Fitzpatrick, the causes of the fall of tsarism were both social and economic. In her understanding the fall of Tsarism was essentially inevitable. She writes, “The regime was so vulnerable to any kind of jolt or setback that it is hard to imagine that it could have survived long, even without the [First World] War.” The faults of the system…

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MIYAMOTO MUSASHI & SASAKI KOJIRO DUEL History 223 Dueling & European Culture Earl McPike Jr 11-8-2016 Some officers took to dueling like ducks to water. Here's an example. In the summer of 1778 Pennsylvania militia general John Cadwalader encountered Thomas Conway in Philadelphia and accused him of cowardice at the battle of Germantown. To defend his honor, Conway challenged Cadwalader to a duel. Conway, as you probably know, was one of the Revolution's most…