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    Although colonists settled in America as an escape from England, due to unfair laws, lack of organization and colonial revolts, and intellectual reforms, it prompted the colonists to seek for freedom from England which is what made the American Revolution inevitable. When King Charles III ruled the colonies, he paid more attention and intervened with the colonial affairs. Around the 1660’s, merchantilism transformed the America’s economy (3). England sought for more wealth from trade and…

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    Western commentary appearing in circulation between 1953 and 1965 was cautiously declinist, predicting a loss of living standards gained during the initial land reform years. This opinion was largely based upon the notion that Mao’s FFYP was to be firmly rooted in the Soviet model of FFYP, the latter having caused a substantial decline in peasant living standards and conditions. In these terms, the ambitious FFYP, geared towards the rapid industrialisation of heavy and light industry, was…

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    Due to the nature of the Cultural Revolution, which placed an unprecedented emphasis on culture, even those without a political background were targeted and branded as ‘class enemies’ because of their professions, interests or backgrounds (Bai, 2014). This classing led to perhaps the most…

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    The Declaration of Independence was a document established in the United State as a nation on July 4, 1776.The document was ordered and approved by the continental congress and was written mostly by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence was a founding document of American political tradition, stating that all men are equal; emphasizing on individual freedom and liberty. In the early 1740s, colonies were dealing with the problem concerning the King of England, at the peak of this…

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    Two Sicilies. This threat of political change sparks a revolution which rises in Naples. The King of Two Sicilies signs the proposed constitution immediately (Kagan 717). Other large European powers such as Britain, Austria and Russia felt the need to address this matter. It is at the Congress of Troppau that the protocol of Troppau is decided on (Kagan 717). This declaration basically allowed any power to intervene in countries with revolution. Afterward, Austrian troops stormed into Naples and…

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    The American Revolution lasted from 1765 to 1776 until the Americans finally decreed independence from Britain through the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This significant document was written by Thomas Jefferson who wrote about the unalienable rights about the colonists and listed the tyrannic deeds done by King George III to the colonists. Many of these deeds listed were valid to an extent but it was also very one-sided and biased. America had the right to become independent,…

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    history. Her book, titled Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women’s Memory, lets you see the impact that women had in the French Revolution. Published in 1993 by BasicBooks, Blood Sisters is a compilation and analysis of nearly one hundred memoirs, all written by women. The book focuses on giving a different perspective to the French Revolution. Because men wrote most memoirs at that time, the women featured share their side of the Revolution. The women in this book very from chapter to…

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    Industrial Revolution and World War I and II. In the Enlightenment science and technology helped establish the heliocentric theory, Newton’s laws of motion and the law of gravitation. The Industrial Revolution focused on the transition from wood to metal and farming to industrialization. The periods of the World Wars additionally introduced technology that would affect global relations to the modern day. Although the technology of each era, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and the…

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    La Vida by Coldplay is about the French Revolution? It is true. The French Revolution was so significant there were songs being made about the event centuries later. The French Revolution took place in France from 1789 to 1799. The people of France revolted against King Louis XVI because France had economic, political, international, and social problems as well as an ineffective ruler. The French government could have taken action to prevent the revolution from happening such as fixing financial…

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    Fidel Castro Relationship

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    and get out of the predicament. Before he was arrested again he fled to mexico city with his brother. In mexico city he met Che Guevara, a marxist revolutionary from argentina, these three would eventually lead the july 26th movement or the cuban revolution and overthrow batista. reforms by Castro which lead to embargo. (HELP TO MAKE SHORTER AND ONLY POINT OUT IMPORTANT…

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