Republic

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 9 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Lone Star Republic Essay

    • 701 Words
    • 3 Pages

    What was the Significance of the Lone Star Republic? Texas is one of the two states to be an independant country. For nearly a decade, Texas was a lone star republic, officially named the Republic of Texas. This all started in 1821, when mexico became independent from spain, with Mexico controlling Texas. When Mexico banned slaves, Texas felt, Which started a big war between them. The Lone Star Republic was significant becau Texas pursued independance all because of how Mexico treated them.…

    • 701 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Roman Republic The Roman Constitution had three elements, each of them owned individualistic powers, and each of them shared their power so well that they didn’t know what to say if whether the constitution is an aristocracy, democracy, or tyranny. The Consuls known as “magistrates” advantaged the military and are the ultimate masters of the government. The Senate proposed laws and had the control of the money and other valuable things. The constitution made a list or categories of who could…

    • 261 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    the throne.”. Ensuing the abdication of the Kaiser, the Social Democrats of the Reichstag assumed control of the government, proclaiming the Republic in an effort to restore Germany- “The old and rotten, the monarchy has collapsed. The new may live. Long live the German Republic!”. Little did they know, a mere fourteen years later in 1933, the Weimar Republic would collapse under Adolf Hitler’s rising National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. Leading up to this, was the political and…

    • 2002 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Dominican Republic. These people were mostly small business owners and semi-skilled workers, although we didn’t get to meet any of neighbors. That night, a nice surprise, was food from a local pizza shop. As the next week started, I was initially nervous about working in the new country. Far out of the city, everyday we visited first a work site, soon to be a water treatment plant, and a vacation bible school. This was the second time I had been shocked by the landscape in the Dominican…

    • 1121 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Roman Republic remained from 507 to 31 B.C.E. Even though all males were entitled to partake in the assembly, the wealthy and their votes were more influential than the lower class. The Roman Republic is important because it enabled all citizens to have a say in the governing of the state. During this time, the lower class was excluded from partaking in governmental issues, but the Roman Republic allowed them to have a voice. The Roman Senate was the true powerhouse, acting as an advisory…

    • 621 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    President Ulysses Grant, Samuel Howe, and Charles Sumner all partook in the planning of the Dominican Republic annexation, but all took slightly different stances on the issue. Annexation of this area was something that took time, planning, and the support of nearly everyone on board. Time and planning were a breeze, but the difficult part came into play when Grant and Howe were trying to convince everyone why annexation would be beneficial for their nation, and for Santo Domingo, but it simply…

    • 1125 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    After the end of World War I, Germany revolutionised into a democratic republic which was encouraged by war weariness and the demand for political reform. However, the new ‘Weimar Republic’ was not the ideal nation it was planned to be. Democratic leadership encountered many economic and political issues, which arose from the Treaty of Versailles, the French occupation of the Ruhr, and the Great Depression – and simply the frailty of democracy itself. The German people longed for a return to…

    • 2082 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Republic to Empire Roman constitution wasn't prepared for the addition of ever more more provinces especially that of Asia. They were great in warfare but not some much in political change.They begin fighting with each other having civil battles and other countries. Rome became an Empire after Octavia put down his powers under the republic in 275 bc and stepped up as the first Emperor. Fact Octavian was later given the name Augustus meaning great, venerable. Western Roman Empire Military…

    • 354 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The sun shone warmly upon the day and the palm trees blissfully moved back and forth on the alluring beach of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Admiring the peaceful waves as they ran across the shore, I checked my pockets and realized my phone was gone. I walked around the beach retracing my steps trying to find it. I couldn’t believe I had just arrived and had already lost one of my most valuable belongings. Walking back and forth as I probed through the gritty sand, I stumbled over something…

    • 1396 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    What was the state of the Weimar Republic in 1924? The impact of the first world war was still being heavily felt in Germany in 1924. The war had caused Germany a whole heap of problems that they were struggling to solve and deal with. They had pay reparations to France and Britain which they didn’t have the money for due to the fact they did not find a way to pay for the war. Whereas for example Britain raised taxes. They had to pay the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles which…

    • 1244 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 50