Place and Time The Myall creek massacre happened near the Gwydir River‚ in the central New South Wales district of Namoi. It happened on the 10 June‚ 1838 at Myall creek. The Kamilaroi Nation The Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation were the tribe involved in this conflict. At the Myall creek station there were mainly older men‚ women because several days before the massacre‚ 10 of the most able-bodied men had gone to a station about 24 kilometres away‚ named Newtons on the big River‚ where they
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When The Myall creek massacre happened on 10 June 1838. Why The Myall creek massacre took place because that aboriginals retaliated against the whites for taking their land‚ and the aboriginals killed the white’s livestock. The whites were annoyed so they would kill the aboriginals. Where The Myall creek massacre took place at Myall creek‚ northern NSW near Bingara. Results The result of the Myall creek massacre was that 28 aboriginals were killed in the massacre. 7 of the 12 people
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shows it’s audience what kind of creepy people can be found in our world and how the youth of our country often ignores the obvious signs of danger in order to do what THEY see as "the right thing to do." The new version of the film takes all of the main events and characters from the original version and twists them in a way to make it easier for the present day audience to relate to the plot. In both of these movies the general plot is the
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being what it is made up of today. They are not really sure why it is on the fourteenth of February‚ or if noble Valentine had anything to do with this day. As it happened centuries ago it is so hard to trace back with the accurate information. This massacre remains the largest gangster killing of the prohibition era. It made Al Capone a national celebrity as well as brought him the unwanted attention from the federal government. During this era‚ many gangsters ruled many of the bigger cities‚ becoming
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To What Extent Did The My Lai Massacre Impact On The Vietnam War I am going to be looking at how My Lai Massacre impacted on the war in Vietnam. There were many factors that affected the war‚ but the My Lai Massacre was quite an important one. The My Lai Massacre took place on the 16th of March 1968. Charlie Company was the company that went to attack the village of My Lai. They had been told that there were Viet Cong hiding in the village‚ but the rumours were false‚ so the company decided to
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that day. The massacre that killed at least 379 people and the wounding of at least 1‚200 others was committed by the British general Reginald Dyer (Cavendish). Many protests and riots preceded the massacre and resulting from them were the arrests of two leaders by the British ("Amritsar Massacre"). This caused many Indians to form mobs‚ which looted businesses and killed five British people (Cavendish). General Dyer was sent to Amritsar to restore order in there ("Amritsar Massacre"). What happened
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Was the Boston Massacre really a MASSACRE? There are many historical events that are unclear and the Boston Massacre is no exception. When most hear the word massacre‚ they think the killing of tons of people‚ not just a few. When history labels a small skirmish a massacre‚ there must be a reason. The Boston Massacre was one of the biggest turning points leading up to the Revolutionary War. Boston is the capital of Massachusetts Bay. Boston is a major shipping town. The year 1768 major things
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During the time prior to the infamous June 4 Massacre in Tiananmen Square China‚ there were numerous events in which provoked political tension and ultimately stimulated the massacre itself. These events date back to Hu Yaobang’s death followed by the AFS’ seven requests‚ Deng Xiaoping’s editorial‚ the student hunger strike‚ Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit to China and the imposed martial law causing the tragic massacre. The Chinese Government‚ citizens‚ students‚ PLA and even some foreign journalists
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an image in black and white‚ rather than in hazy greys‚ which better encompass the complicated intricacies of conflict. There can be no better example of this dangerous road than the academic disagreement over the Nanking Massacre from late 1937 to early 1938. Although the massacre can be easily simplified to the Chinese view versus the Japanese view‚ this generalization does little to address the fact that “national histories are intrinsically contentious and never garner strict unanimity of opinion”
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Dak Son Massacre During the winter of 1967‚ the people of Dak Son village had no idea what was bound to transpire just mere weeks before Christmas. Unfortunately‚ when America said it would aid South Vietnam in their struggle to avoid and annihilate the opposing communist forces: North Vietnam and Viet Cong‚ they didn’t assume that such atrocities were even humanely possible during a war‚ which caught America more by surprise than they had expected‚ leaving them with no choice but to exhibit absolutely
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