Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony set in central Africa‚ which started in 1908. In 1960 it got independent to what is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Before Congo got colonized the only language that was spoken was the Kongo language‚ but when the Belgians came‚ the French language was introduced and taught to Congo. The same thing happened with religion. When Belgian came‚ Congolese were first introduced to Christianity which is now the most practiced religion in Congo.
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rights in the Revolutionary War. From then on‚ democratic America was ruled by the people and as time passed‚ democratic ideals grew and expanded. Nationalistic Americans worked hard to promote the idea of democracy and human rights. Reform movements had a major impact in expanding democratic ideals. It promoted democracy effectively throughout the nation. Between the years 1825-1850‚ reform movements sought to expand and emphasize democratic ideals in order to maintain a more equal society for all
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Zwingli‚ of the town of Wildhaus. Zwingli’s uncle‚ Bartholomew‚ was pastor of Wildhaus and became pastor and dean of Wesen on the Walensee. It was there that the younger Ulrich received his early education under his uncle’s guidance. He was sent‚ at the age of ten to the school of St. Theodore Years later‚ Zwingli was educated at the University of Vienna‚ Berne and the University of Basel. He studied under some of the greatest Humanists of Switzerland. He majored in the classical studies of poetry‚
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Poland ceased to exist. The people of Poland had been trying to create a reform. Catherine the Great‚ Empress of Russia‚ did not want the ideas of a republic to invade Russia. She wanted to remain Empress and did not want to change her political regime. However‚ this was difficult for Catherine the Great because she was very passionate about the arts and wanted to bring these new ideas to Russia‚ but did not want to bring the reform movement along with it. By creating these partitions of Poland‚ Catherine
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Tiberius Gracchus had several motivations to reform. The first one was that the Tiberius’s energy and ambition on political because Tiberius wanted to recover public land for poor people‚ this assumption was based on some writing was posted on house-walls‚ porticoes‚ and monuments. The second motivation could be coming from Tiberius wanted to avenge his humiliation‚ since Tiberius rejected the 137 surrender terms‚ this behavior assumed that Tiberius wanted to against the senate on purpose in public;
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A democratic deficit (or democracy deficit) occurs when ostensibly democratic organizations or institutions (particularlygovernments) fall short of fulfilling the principles of democracy in their practices or operation where representative and linked parliamentary integrity becomes widely discussed.[1] The phrase democratic deficit is cited as first being used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977‚[2] which was drafted by Richard Corbett. The phrase was also used by David
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It was encouraged by philosophers to challenge powerful authorities‚ authorities like the Catholic Church. Famous texts such as the "Encyclopedie‚" The Social Contract‚" and "Wealth Of Nations" all helped and were revolutionary in spreading the ideals of the Enlightenment. Religion in the Enlightenment period was enormous. Critical of the church and the corruption within it‚ was a philosopher by the name of Francois-Marie Arouet. Better known as "Voltaire." Enlightenment era religion was a response
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eralWhy did the Liberals introduce reforms? There are many reasons why the Liberals introduced reforms. My first and in my opinion‚ most important reason why the Liberals introduced reforms was the politically motivated‚ political rivalries. Winston Churchill’s former party the Conservatives had already brought in some reforms‚ which showed the first signals for the Liberals to do so too. However‚ it was the newly formed Labour party which were the big competitors for the Liberals. They begun
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Democratic Socialism When the government needs to be structured to benefit its people with security and‚ freedom only one economic system comes to mind. Democratic socialism provides the stability of a command system with the opportunity and‚ the free consumer market of a market economy. This combination is most ideal for countries all around the planet. Countries sponsor governments all over the world that take rights away of its people for in return what they call social programs and freedom
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The age of reform‚ during the 1800s‚ was a time of transformation for the greater good. Quite a few people had done immense things during this time‚ but the people I admire the most are Horace Mann and Dorothea Dix‚ two extravagant reformers of the age of reform. First‚ about Horace Mann. Horace Mann‚ born in 1796 in Massachusetts‚ was an American educational reformer. He was born into poverty‚ and therefore had to self-educate himself. Horace was very interested in the advancement of education
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