that could overwhelm a jury. Henry’s listeners carried him winningly from the courtroom‚ after he had rejected spiritual arrogance and the British power supporting it. Two years later‚ as a member of the House of Burgesses‚ Henry made his inspiring speech criticizing the Stamp Act. Henry also guaranteed resolves against the Stamp Act‚ opposing the power of Parliament to tax Virginians‚ which marked him as an early radical leader. Henry used his powerful voice and popular support to lead the anti-British
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State’ worked. It was not exactly one part‚ it was a mixture that have been consolidated to verify that nobody spoke crazy against the Nazis. The Nazis used and created The SS‚ the Gestapo‚ and concentration camps One of the first thing they created to establish their power was the SS. The SS was formed within 1925 and were true according to Hitler performing as his non-public bodyguard. Their leader was Heinrich Himmler and the SS principle capacity was to wreck
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How successfully did the Tsarist regime deal with the difficulties of ruling Russia between 1906 and 1914? Ruling Russia between 1906 and 1914 was very difficult: the government was not democratic‚ peasants and workers were extremely angry because of the living conditions in the countryside and the cities‚ and political opposition to the Tsar was growing. To stop a revolution from occurring‚ the Tsar introduced a new regime. In the short term the Tsarist regime successfully dealt with some of
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Europe was in a time of peace then in 1914 changed everything. Countries were starting to grow and build up their military due to other countries doing the same. The straw to break the camel’s back was the assassination of Prince Franz Ferdinand. The four years of war was fueled by the support of military power with help from nationalism. Along with military‚ countries united into alliances and surrounded germany and other central alliances. The Great War was a european arms race to be the biggest
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How successful was the Weimar Republic (1919-1923)? As First World War end Germany had to face different problems. One of these problems was the fact that as the Kaiser abdicated‚ a new government was created. This new government was The Weimar Republic and the First President of the Republic was Friedrich Ebert. On the one hand‚ the Weimar republic brought many improvements to Germany and learned to cope with the problems the country was facing at the time. As soon as Friedrich Ebert became the
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The Ottoman Empire is one of the largest and longest lived of the great empires of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire survived for more than four centuries until it was finally dismantled at the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman Empire provides a direct link from the early modern period. At its height of power‚ the Ottoman Empire controlled a huge amount of territory‚ in the Middle East‚ North Africa and southeastern Europe including Greece‚ Hungary‚ the Balkans‚ Romania and Bulgaria. The
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to Vienna‚ the epicenter of art at the time. He wanted to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna‚ but failed the admission test twice as his technical skills were unsatisfactory. After the death of his mother‚ Hitler became poverty- stricken and was often forced to sleep in homeless shelters or under
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upon the responsibility of promoting men to officers‚ he guaranteed his men were being led well by following a strict list of criteria. In studying both the warlords of history and his enemies‚ Napoleon was able to make strategies and decide which one would be best against his enemies. Napoleon was a great strategic leader in all of his conquests because he paid attention to every detail. Napoleon supplied men for his army by using the draft system. To be eligible for the draft‚ the person had to
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The Weimar Republic was the German government between the fall of Autocracy in 1918 and the rise of Nazi Germany in 1933. This political system had both positive and negative aspects‚ therefore we could say it was successful to a certain extent. During these years the country had its ups and downs economically‚ politically and artistically. From a creative point of view‚ different art branches‚ such as architecture‚ painting‚ cinema and literature could now flourish. There was an emancipation on that
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William the Conqueror had defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066‚ an even bigger challenge had presented itself. William was now outnumbered in a land he had very little knowledge of‚ and would face several rebellions in the first decade of his reign. William was aware of this challenge‚ building castles in towns which presented any threat as a symbol of his power. Despite these measures‚ it would take William almost a decade‚ until 1075 to gain full control of England‚ which he did so due
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