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  • Cultural Revolution

    Cultural Revolution

    The Cultural Revolution brought a negative change that put China in a time of civil disagreement and instability. Mao Zedong, chairman of the communist party, led the Cultural Revolution against his own Communist party in order to secure Maoism in China. In August of 1966 Mao passed a bill that declared death for all intellectuals and imperialists. In this aspect the Cultural Revolution was bad because it discouraged intelligence. It did, however, create more workers

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Life as a Mill Town Worker During the Industrial Revolution

    Life as a Mill Town Worker During the Industrial Revolution

    1816: Hello, my name is Elizabeth Crabtree. I work at a cotton mill in Great Britain. My job at the mill is doffing, but I'll get into that later. I'm twenty years old, but I'm not married, yet (I'm still crossing my fingers). I live with my mother and father in a village of mill workers, which happens to be less than a mile away from the mill that I work at. My father works

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Causes of the "glorious" Revolution and Effects on the Colonies

    The Causes of the "glorious" Revolution and Effects on the Colonies

    The Glorious Revolution in 1688 was a climax of events starting with the puritan-based rule of Oliver Cromwell during the 1650’s. Finally escalating, with the rise of William III of Orange and Mary II to English Regency. The Glorious Revolution had immediate and long-term impacts on the English Colonies, especially, Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland. After a period of religious and civil war in the late 1640’s, Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentary and Puritan

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    Essay Length: 800 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Top
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    I decided to write about chapter three because I really like learning about the Industrial Revolution and how it changed the entire economy. The first document I read about was very hard to understand. Most of it seemed like someone who didn't have a clue what they were talking about, yet other parts promise to help all people in need. Emma Lazars was the daughter of a prosperous Jewish family in New York, she wrote

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Victor
  • American Revolution’s Effects on American Society

    American Revolution’s Effects on American Society

    One of the most significant events in United States history was the American Revolution. However, the significance of the event did not lay in the number of casualties or in Revolutionary wartime strategies. The importance of the Revolution lay in its effects of American Society. This landmark in American history has caused important changes to the government, affected vast and deep social changes, and altered the economic state of the newborn nation in the years

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Max
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    In the year 1789 a radical change occurred through France. This point in history was called the French Revolution. Some of the main causes were heavy taxation to the third estates, which was very unfair, now that this class was the lowest economic class, and had the worst living conditions. The second cause was the American Revolution, which had a huge influence on many European observers, since it served them as an example for a

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Wendy
  • How Industrial Revolution Made Life Easier

    How Industrial Revolution Made Life Easier

    How Industrial Revolution Made Life Easier It would just be unbearable to think that life would be better without the Industrial Revolution. All the inventions that were invented back then are used all the time. The three inventions which are the camera, the light bulb and the locomotive have greatly changed society. Without the light bulb, you couldn't see at night, you wouldn't be able to take pictures of anything for memories if the camera

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    Essay Length: 347 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Jessica
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    The American Revolution was a conflict between 13 British colonies in North America and their parent country, Great Britain. It was made up of two related events: the American War of Independence and the design of the American government. In 17, the commander of British forces, General Thomas Gage, sent out troops to Concord and Lexington. The mission was to capture leaders of the rebel cause, John Hancock and Sam Adams. The rebel Paul Revere,

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    Essay Length: 1,125 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution was a crucial point in the history of the world, and also a very difficult time to endure, especially for the working class. In the late eighteenth century, a young poet and artist by the name of William Blake became outraged and inspired by the inhumane treatment of young boys called “chimney sweeps.” Thus he produced a protest in the form of simple poetry. Wicksteed says, “Deeper knowledge of Blake will

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • Sunrise at Philadelphia + a New Kind of Revolution

    Sunrise at Philadelphia + a New Kind of Revolution

    “A New Kind of Revolution” Carl N. Degler In his article “A New Kind of Revolution”, author Carl N. Degler explains how government institutions had evolved in colonial America before 1763, and how it was threatened by new English actions and Britain’s desire to re-gain control over the colonies. English policies and practices were the structure that helped shape colonial government, but the original policies of mother England had many differences to that of colonial

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Vika
  • Russian Revolution: ’was the Krondstat Naval Uprising a Spontaneous Ac

    Russian Revolution: ’was the Krondstat Naval Uprising a Spontaneous Ac

    History Revolutions - The Kronstadt Naval Uprising Word Count: 1997 On March 1, 1921, the sailors of the Kronstadt naval fortress rose up in an armed rebellion against Russia's totalitarian leadership, claiming that Bolshevik control of Russia had failed to achieve its promise of working class liberation, delivering only a 'new serfdom' and 'even greater enslavement of human beings'. The Kronstadt sailors, who had previously been regarded by Trotsky himself as the 'pride and glory'

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Stenly
  • American and French Revolution

    American and French Revolution

    There are many similarities and differences between the French Revolution and the American Revolution. To begin with kings and queens had ruled the country of France. This led to some bad and good things throughout the history of France, But in America there were presidents during the new beginnings of the country. The presidents were chosen by the people and debated about political issues that common people had problems with. There wasn t much room

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Revolution

    The Revolution

    The Revolution July 20, 2006 Today in class we focused on chapter 16. In chapter 16 we that when the French Third Estate moved to gain more rights and political power, it had sparked a revolution that changed both France and Europe. The middle class and peasantry benefited from the initial period of the revolution, the French urban population led the country toward an establishment of a republic. The French society suffered a great deal

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Edward
  • Impact of Revolution on Women and Slavery

    Impact of Revolution on Women and Slavery

    The American Revolution caused a change in America that was far greater than just the forming of an independent nation. In the years after the revolution, a government had to be set in place. The new nation was greatly influenced by models of previous governments, including Great Britain and ancient Greece and Rome. Despite the great change in political structure, aspects of social culture were influenced by the revolution as well, especially in the areas

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877

    Causes of American Revolution Between 1860 and 1877

    There are many ways that constitutional and social developments caused a revolution. There are a few important developments that will be mentioned. The first one is the secession of 1860, which was a constitutional development. Some other constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation, three civil rights bills, and the reconstruction. Some social developments that caused conflict were the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Black Codes, and the Ku Klux Klan. One of the social

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    Causes The causes of the Industrial Revolution were complex and remain a topic for debate, with some historians seeing the Revolution as an outgrowth of social and institutional changes wrought by the end of feudalism in Great Britain after the English Civil War in the 17th century. The Enclosure movement and the British Agricultural Revolution made food production more efficient and less labor-intensive, forcing the surplus population who could no longer find employment in agriculture

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Bred
  • 1890's Cuban Revolution

    1890's Cuban Revolution

    The makeup of Cuba in the late nineteenth century is much the same as it is today. Nearly 66% of the population are white and of Spanish descent. About 22% are of mixed racial heritage, and 12% of the populace is black. Cuba lies to the south of the United States, and is most easily accessible by boat from the Florida region. It is this naval quality that encompasses the island. During the Ten Years

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American’s Identity by Eve of Revolution

    American’s Identity by Eve of Revolution

    By the eve of Revolution, predominately during 10 to 1776, colonists’ sense of identity and unity though fragile was still distinct enough that war eventually became the only option against their mother country. With previous turmoil in Great Britain, the colonies in North America had flourished early on due to salutary neglect and developed characteristics which soon defined Americans. An eventual conflict leading up to the revolution would be the drastic contrast between Britain and

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Stenly
  • A Revolution Indeed

    A Revolution Indeed

    Changes that occurred between 1860 and 1877 were, to say the least, staggering. Constitutional and social developments during this time period pushed the United States into a chaotic state, which resulted in colossal political and social changes. Although the turmoil of the issues of black suffrage, civil rights, and states' rights created a sense of uneasiness throughout the nation, Civil War, and Reconstruction led to a significant revolution that would ultimately change American life and

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. More good than bad The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. About the time of the American Revolution, English People began to use machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines. Later they invented locomotives. Productivity began a steep climb. By 1850 most Englishmen were laboring in industrial towns and Great

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Sociology and the Industrial Revolution

    Sociology and the Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution leaves us with many questions: Was the revolution in industry simply an issue of new machinery or mechanical innovation? Did young boys and girls work and live shoulder to shoulder for more than twelve hours a day? Was industrial capitalism nothing more than a clever system devised by clever capitalists to exploit the labor of ignorant workers? Was the revolution in industry the product of conscious planning or did it appear

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Cuases of the American Revolution

    Cuases of the American Revolution

    The colonists of America slowly came to realize that they must break from Britain due to the growing feeling of being considered lower than the British. They realized they had no say in government, and under the rule of the british, they would never be able to prosper. The conditions of their rights slowly disintegrated, as the construction of parliament becomes more and more powerful and intolerable. The language used to protest british, throughout

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution Many of us cannot imagine life with out the mall or better yet life with out a cell phone. We take for granted being fortunate enough to be born a child of the new millennium. With our convenience however comes ignorance. We forget about the time when it took a year for a letter to get delivered from the east coast to the west coast. We forget that we did not

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • French Revolution

    French Revolution

    The French Revolution signaled the beginning of the rise of the Bourgeoisie in national politics. By how the French bourgeoisies helped to cause the French revolution, and how the French bourgeoisie lost control over the bourgeoisie, and by the major effects of the French Revolution. The French bourgeoisie helped cause the French revolution by the Absolute Monarchy, which is a ruler with complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Kevin
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    The American Revolution began for many reasons. Some long-term social, economic, and political changes in the British colonies; prior to 10; provided the basis for and helped put America on the fast track of becoming an independent nation under its own control with its own government. America would no longer be ruled by a tyrant king thousands of miles away. A huge factor in the start of the revolution was the French and Indian War

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike

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