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Hero or Terrorist? A Case for John Brown A hero is admired for an act or acts of courage. A terrorist uses unlawful violence, often at the expense of civilians, to make a political point. Was John Brown a hero or a terrorist? Some historians think that he was a hero for saving multiple slaves and drawing even more attention to a growing problem in the South. Other historians may think that he was a terrorist for unlawfully killing slave owners and wreaking havoc in the Confederate States of…

however, conflicts between the North and the South elevated this urge for war. Without doubt, sectional conflict over slavery was the leading issue of the 1850 from the controversy over the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Nullification Crisis, and John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry. Consequently, the Civil War was inevitable since “the result of extremism and failures of leadership on both sides of the conflicts.” The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed…

the most revolutionary woman in history was able to make it out and pave the way for us to live in world peace. Although she was the first slave to free others, she also was the first slave to care for others. Seven weeks after the Combahee River raid, Document D states, “...By the time I’d bathed off three or four, the fire and the heat would have melted the ice and made the water warm…” I take this to mean that because so many freed-slaves volunteered and had gotten wounded, she had about 20…

where Canada had to fight against the German Sixth Army in a battle that no other country could win. This is the fight that would decide if Canada is truly its own nation that is able to hold its own. In the Second World War, Canada’s task was to raid a German occupied port called Dieppe. The events that followed…

the succession of raids arrested many in New York, New Jersey, and Detroit. However, the most morally repugnant raid was the assault on Boston. Hundreds of those arrested were marched through the roads, shackled together like slaves, and abused with public approval. The raids were justified under the preconceived notion, that there was a bona fide menace that presented a danger to the status quo, under the influence of the Bolshevist revolution. Despite the brutality of these raids, the group…

that Vikings were selfish and violent but do they have the right to judge. Do people to have the right to judge different type of people in everyday lives. Vikings are no different to anyone else why should we treat them differently. On the Viking raids they did fit their stereotypical reputation, however should people judge them. Although Vikings had a reputation for being dangerous and careless their social systems worked well and efficiently. “The classes were nowhere near as rigid as they…

February 29 a raid began throughout the town of Deersfield. Residents were slaughtered and scalped leaving the town in wreckage. The fortunate escaped while the remaining were taken captive. Largely, the raid had begun in hopes to capture John Williams. A significant raid because it was the largest of its kind executed by the French and Indians. This resulted in the greatest number of captives of any raid. Even though advised, the Massachusetts Colony was extremely upset. It was said the raid…

provided some important information, but overall it was foolish because the intent was to cause intimidation. The weapons created could destroy the world several times over, but this does not stop the U.S. or the Soviet Union. In addition, the air raid drills and bomb shelters made people naive about surviving a nuclear war, but it was successful in creating…

Northern Europe. In 793 a.d., they raided and looted a monastery on the island of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. The raid was recorded by an escaping monk, and has the picture of angry men killing the monks. Scotland and Ireland were their…

The Seven Years’ War in North America. The Seven Years War was known as the French and British War lasted from 1744 to 1763. It was fought between the American and English colonists in North America. It changes the relation between the British and Americans through political, economic, and ideological. Politically the colonies were not happy because they cannot expand west anymore. Economically, they were not happy with the British because they place all taxes on them and ideologically because…