Throughout history there have been many revolutions‚ such as the French Revolution‚ that were caused by people rebelling against their governments. The French Revolution commenced after the Enlightenment became popular. The Enlightenment was a period in time where new ideas were spread and people started thinking differently about the world that they lived in. Enlightenment thinkers‚ like John Locke and Voltaire‚ begin inspiring the citizens of France to rebel against their government if they felt
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postclassical era just after William the Conqueror had unified England. The fighting was between the Muslims and Christians. Many things contributed to causing the crusades. Religious motivation and political/economical gain were both major factors that caused them. Proof that religious motivation was a cause for the crusades is shown through many of these documents. First‚ document one contains such quotes as‚ "Christ commands it"‚ " concerns you and God"‚ and " preserve the right of church". All of
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Revolution was an armed struggle that began in 1910. Although there were many factors to the start of the Revolution‚ it was mainly caused by tensions over land reform‚ wage disparities‚ and political oppression. The revolution was in part caused by unfair land reform policies. One policy that caused outrage among the indigenous peoples was the Ley de Terrenos Baldios‚ which caused 50 million hectares of land to be taken from indigenous farmers. One reaction to this was revolutionary leader Zapata’s Plan
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This increase in gas prices caused many transportation issues for the people of Burma. Many citizens could not afford to drive to work and back‚ and they couldn’t take the buses because the bus drivers could not afford the fuel either. Some buses did get out‚ however due to the increase
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gone. Not only did the government lose money‚ citizens lost their own money too. The American people were outraged and knew that that was just the beginning of more disasters to come. The Great Depression of the United States of America‚ was greatly caused by Stock Market crashes‚ and bank failures which sooner led to boycotts and new foreign policies across the globe. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 Black Tuesday had one of the biggest tolls that led to the Great Depression. In hours‚ the New York stock
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1933‚ the unemployment rate had climbed from 3% to 25%. By 1932‚ over 13 million Americans had lost their jobs.” The great depression caused many hardships for millions of Americans. There were multiple events that sparked the great depression‚ but the most notable would be the stock market crash of 1929. The stock market crash of 1929‚ or black Tuesday‚ was caused by a huge drop in the stock market. The stocks were worth far less than they were valued at. “The stock market lost over 16 million shares
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What Caused The Civil War? There were many different contributing factors to the start of The Civil War. Five of these causes were the Northwest Ordinance and Missouri Compromise‚ John Brown’s raid‚ The 1850 Compromise‚ The Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the constant conflict between the North and South. The Northwest Ordinance said the there could be no slavery in states north of the Ohio River‚ however slave holders moved west to new states. This then led to the Missouri Compromise which said no slave
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the United States. Enron was a company that was ranked as seventh out of the five hundred leading companies in the United States and is the largest U.S. energy company that went bankrupt leaving debts amounting to nearly U.S. $ 31.2 billion. In instance with the case of Enron known occurrence of moral threat behavior such as manipulation of financial statements with a record 600 million dollar profit when the company suffered a loss. Manipulation of profits caused by the desire companies to
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are many things Bush did that fall into this image. One being he wanted to finish his father’s business. His father started the Gulf War‚ a war fought in Iraq and a dissatisfactory one at that. Some believe that Bush went to war to either complete what his dad started or even one up him. “Bush’s need to surpass [his] father…against Saddam Hussein was one of the motives behind US invasion of Iraq.” (Azriel‚ n.d.) It is even said that he held resentment towards Saddam Hussein for nearly killing his
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Have you ever wanted to know what read about what really happened in the Boston Massacre. It all started in Boston one fateful day. The British came to Boston and the people of Boston were not happy about it. By examining the boston massacre and the causes of it‚ It is clear that this was an important part in the revolutionary war. the Boston Massacre was that many of the colonist were upset by the fact that they had to share a house with a british soldier. This was called the quartering act.
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