Xinhai Revolution

Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution during the 18th and 19th century was a time of great innovation and progress in England. British parliament helped progress industry and solve societal issues brought about by industrialization. The purpose of this essay is to display important actions and policies the British government established to advance British society during the Industrial Revolution. Parliament did several influential things during the Industrial revolution. England…

The difference between the French revolution, and previous revolutions, was that unlike previous revolutions (particularly those in Europe),it was one of the first modern revolutions to successfully overthrow a monarchy and establish a republic. It also led to the spread of new ideas across Europe and much of the Western world. Lasting from 1789 to 1799, the French revolution set about replacing and completely abolishing the previous monarchy, with a far more modern government, establishing a…

between the two had gotten worse. British wanted to control the colonist from overseas while that colonist wanted to be set free. It was only time before drastic measures would be taken by the colonist to achieve their freedom. When the American Revolution happen it may have come as a surprise to the British but not to the colonist. They wanted their own country that they would be control of. Starting out as pilgrims that evolved into Americans trying to make their own identity. When they…

A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989 A carnival is full of boisterous activities, a time for merriment, joy, and perhaps fear. This carnival that Padraic Kenney describes is full of many roller coasters, the carnival of revolution in Central Europe that would help culminate to form the end of the Soviet Union. Indeed, the times of the 1988-1989 became a circus, with three countries in particular that Kenney specifically visits. The countries of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland each…

OCCUPATIONS IN THE COLONIES GRQ’S The difference between a colonial farmer and a planter was that colonial farmers worked small, family-run farms, while planters were wealthy, educated, who oversaw the operations on their large farms, or plantations. Colonial farmers used plows, hoes, axes, and building tools to clear land, dig ditches, build fences, farm buildings, plow, and do other heavy labor. Planters used books to track expenses and sales. They dealt with the logistics rather than hard…

Movements have been common throughout human history for a variety of reasons. Slaves engaged in movements against their oppressive masters in ancient Rome. Americans rebelled in the American war for independence because of Great Britain’s authority over them. In The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism, Erez Manela argues that the anticolonial movements that occurred after World War I (WWI) were a result of President Woodrow Wilson’s…

A Small Place Essay During the Age of Exploration many small countries like Antigua were colonized by European nations. England arrived in Antigua in 1632, Antigua was underdeveloped at the time and the English modernized and industrialized their society. When England left Antigua in 1981, Antigua was left in poverty and with no government structure. A Small Place reveals that a form of economic slavery still exists today in post-colonial Antigua through the corrupt government leaders, which…

Using nonviolence to settle the colonial problem around a negotiating table is ineffective because the colonial problem is solved by the colonized intellectual rather than the majority of people in a colonized country and the colonized intellectual is careful not to break ties with colonialism and colludes with the colonial elites. The reason why Fanon advocated for violence over nonviolence in the decolonization process is because he believed that nonviolence was used by colonized intellectuals…

Shortly before the start of James Monroe’s presidency and after the War of 1812, a historical period known as the “Era of Good Feeling” commenced in America. During the Era of Good Feelings, the country utilized the driving force of nationalism to unify itself through its time of prospering and developing as a nation. However, territorial and state rights were extremely imperative for the country's political agenda. The question of sectionalisms effect has not as often been discussed even…

In Virginia Bergin’s book, H2O (2014), she tells a story that informs readers about the character’s life in the time period when the killer rain took life away in the world. Bergin develops her ideas of the killer rain by having the character narrate in a candid and addicting way that brings the terrifying and wholly plausible story to life. Incorporating the language that teenagers speak today, Bergin writes in an informal way in order to hypnotize the readers into the book, making them think…