Rebel Alliance

respective governments in February 1848. By March 1848, the German Confederation saw an uprising in the Urban and Rural Popular classes as a result of the “political powder keg” of Neo-Feudal regimes, the new political force of nationalism, and the alliance of middle class bourgeoisie and working class against the local Princes/landed aristocracies. Nevertheless, the aristocracies quelled the revolutions as a result of the lethargic middle class bourgeoisie and the contradicting ideologies of…

Imagine sitting on the front porch, enjoying a warm cup of morning coffee, when, all of a sudden, a fleet of over three-hundred ships come sailing into the harbor, each ship being both longer and wider than an entire football field. Intimidating, right? Immediately, one feels small, weak, powerless, and maybe even a little bit scared. Well, time and time again, countries across the Indiana Ocean trading network experienced the same exact feeling. Zheng He devoted his life to a series of seven…

The Cause of America The 13 colonies were created as a result of the discovering the New World; in this case the area of the land we now call North America. Great Britain created the 13 colonies in order to create financial gains from this new found land. The colonies role in this investment Great Britain made in the New World was to grow crops to sell back to Britain. Britain would be known as a mother or paternal country to the Colonies throughout their existence up until independence was…

The French played a key role in aiding the American colonies break away from their monarchy in England. At the time, Great Britain was one of the biggest military powers and they had a big advantage over America with war experience, size of army, and also naval power. America needed all the help they could get to beat Great Britain, so they needed France to become an ally. France was a big help in the end of the war. They gave America the extra push they needed to break away and become…

Name Tutor Course Date After the 9/11 Event In his 2012 book titled, ‘Understanding the War on Terror’, Patrick Coaty discusses issues related to terrorism, especially after the 9/11 attack. According to him, terrorism emerged at the end of the eighteen century in post-revolutionary France. The initial concept of terrorism was a legitimate system of government that used terror to assert its influence. However, the phenomenon of terrorism has taken different guises since its initiation, as…

partners that adopted some of each other 's culture. Furthering that the real cause of the down fall of the Byzantine Empire were policies of power grabbing on both sides with the Byzantine trying to meddle in Ottoman policies and made several unwise alliances while the Ottoman 's sultans needed victories to promote themselves as viable leaders (xxi). Harris looks at Europe from 1354 to 1502, looking mostly at the local politics of the Byzantium, as well as the Ottoman Empire (xi-xii). The…

by the end of 1962 around 70,000 people had been killed. The Kayibanda regime sought international negotiation, social and economic reform, and development of Rwanda. He began forming international relations, and in his first ten years formed 43 alliances. However, the government had become corrupt, and with high unemployment rates ethnic tensions soared. After another Tutsi attack the government banned Tutsi political parties and executed their people. Many Tutsi refugees fled the country. In…

The term racism was coined in the 1930’s as a response to the “cleanse of Jews” done by the German Nazis (Rattansi 2007: 4). Racism is a very large problem in our world and there is much work to be done to ensure equality among people of all cultures, skin colors and ethnicities. This essay argues that out of all the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuba has best dealt with the problem of racism in comparison to countries like Brazil. Cuba has a very rich history that fluctuates…

seen in the longest war he fought, that of which was fought ruthlessly for 33 years against the pagan Saxons, while being involved in other campaigns. Throughout these 33 years, the Saxons would succumb to the king’s authority as often as they would rebel against him. Despite their stubborn defiance, he was able to achieve in the conquest of Saxony and Christianizing (“Charlemagne”…

The New York City draft riots were violent disturbances in New York City during 1863 that resulted in not only African American death, but extreme social tension. The animosity was a result of the new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. Spanning three days, July 13th through the 16th, 1863, the riots were the culmination of the longstanding working class and largely Irish racial, political and religious resentment of the government. Working…