His people’s faith in him was waning. In that year‚ Russia had suffered a number of defeats in navy battles. “Alexandra had turned Nicholas’s mind against the popular commander in chief‚ his father’s cousin the grand duke Nicholas‚ and on September 5‚ 1915‚ the emperor dismissed him‚ assuming supreme command himself.” (Britannica) Duma was the name of a house of representatives that Nicholas created. Nicholas and Alexandra intended that both their older daughters
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Born on May 2‚ 1729‚ in Stettin Prussia‚ Catherine was the daughter of German royalty‚ her parents being Christian August and Princess Johanna Elisabeth. She was described as an intelligent‚ ambitious child by her governess Babette‚ who taught her about religion‚ languages being German ‚ Russian‚ and French‚ also learning about history and music. She would later spend most of her time learning by herself‚ making herself a very intelligent‚ enlightened ruler when she took the throne. In 1744
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Tsar abdicated in 1917. Source 3: “Nicholas II was not fit to run a village post office.” Said by an unknown cabinet minister Source 4: “He never had an opinion of his own … always agreeing with the judgement of the last person he spoke to.” By Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Source 8: “Nicholas would sooner spend time with his family than deal with governmental affairs. [He] could be cruel and merciless. He would not stand for opposition. His answer was always the same – violence.” From a modern
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Oliver Cromwell was the second ruler of England after Charles the 1st execution. He did not want to take the title King so he became the Lord Protector. He became a ruler only because of how corrupt the parliament was. He was a very religious man he was a puritan and he thought that everyone should live their lives in his example‚ as a puritan he believed that if you worked hard you would go to heaven and pointless enjoyment was a bad thing. This was the reason for why he shut down a lot of inns
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The First Crusade The First Crusade - 1096 - 1099 A brief description and outline of the Cause of the Crusades is as follows: The massacre of 3000 Christian Pilgrims in Jerusalem prompted the first crusade Religious Conviction of crusaders The Instinct to Fight The Preaching of Peter the Hermit The Threat of the Turks The Council of Clermont led by Pope Urban II - "It is the will of God" Leaders of the First Crusade The leaders of the First Crusade included some of
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Was Nicholas solely responsible for the revolution of 1917? The revolution of 1917 was the culmination of a number of factors coming together and causing the volatile mix of reasons to come together and boil over. The people of Russia where fed up with the horrible conditions they had to put up with and decided to do something about it. Some factor I will discuss include the industrialization‚ Nicholas introduced several policies which harmed his countries economic prosperity. One thing that
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In addition‚ his grandson remained king of Spain‚ despite all of the efforts of the Grand Alliance to replace him by their candidate‚ the Austrian archduke
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It was during his Paduan period that Galileo worked out much of his mechanics and began his work with the telescope (Machamer). In 1610 he published The Starry Messenger‚ and soon after accepted a position as Mathematician and Philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany (Machamer). In 1613 – 1614 Galileo entered into discussions of Copernicanism
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EnglishHonesty in American Politics The legendary tale often told to school children is that of George Washington the young boy‚ chopping down his fathers cherry tree. When young George was asked‚ who had chopped the cherry tree down‚ George impressed his father with his honesty when he replied‚ “I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down your cherry tree.” Although the fable is believed to be fiction‚ it accurately represented the honesty and humility of that great president. Today‚ few political
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Political structure Social and Economic Changes within the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties China flourished as one of the world’s most cosmopolitan societies under the Sui‚ Tang and Song Dynasties. Officials governed effectively‚ economic development grew and farmers fed people‚ merchants and manufacturers prospered. Confucianism and Daoism was the government foundation‚ social structure and culture. Agriculture remained the foundation for the economy. Strong central government continued
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