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    Sixties Revolts

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    1960’s  Revolts     Business & Society Wild  six2es  –  a  century  full  of  change   June  1969   Woodstock  fes9val‚  NY‚  USA   Mar  to  Mai  1968   Student  Movement‚  FRA   Feb  1968   An9-­‐War  Movement‚  GER   April  1965   An9-­‐War  Movement     WA‚  USA   Apr  to  May  1968   -­‐assault  of  Rudi  Dutschke‚  GER     -­‐students  protests

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    The Revolt of 1857

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    The revolt of 1857 is regarded by many as the First War of Indian Independence. It was after this that the Nationalistic Movement in the country gathered momentum. Emergence of press‚ development of rapid means of transport and communication‚ and the impact of the contemporary European movement accelerated the growth of this national sentimence. The practice of racial discrimination by the British in all spheres of life also contributed to the unity among different sections of the society to rise

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    colonies

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    Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What

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    Decembrists Revolt

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    Russian army had never left Russia and they quickly saw how much more advanced Western Europe was compared to Russia. They were confused as to how the west‚ who had underwent many years of war and oppression from Napoleon‚ still lived better than they did. There was a new hope for a constitution since they fought for the rest of Europe and gave them back their freedom‚ Alexander would grant the same freedoms to the Russians and they had restored their faith in the government and Alexander. Through

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    Demerara Slave Revolt

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    Summary The Demerara Slave Revolt The 1823 slave revolt in Demarara‚ Guyana‚ started on a sugar plantation called “Plantation Success”- on the east coast of the colony on August 23. It spread throughout the nearby area to involve slaves from at least fifty-five plantations. In total‚ around ten thousand of the approximately seventy-five thousand slaves who lived in the colony rose in violent rebellion against their oppressors. The revolt would have been even larger‚ however‚ had the slaves succeeded

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    The Colonies

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    Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil

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    Maji Maji Revolt

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    nineteenth century came the Germans and the British. Tanganyika remained under the Germans control until 1919 when she signed the Versailles treaty in France. One of the terms of the treaty was territorial dispossession of Germany. Germany lost all her colonies in Africa and other

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    Did the Election of 1828 Represent a Democratic Revolt of the People? Despite the outcome I fully believe that the election of 1828 did in fact‚ create a democratic revolt of the people because of the social and political backlash that the election created. The election of Andrew Jackson as President in 1828 marked the beginning of an era known as Jacksonian Democracy or the Age of the Common Man. The changes in politics during Jackson’s presidency provided various social and economic changes

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    To what extent was did the Arab revolt influence the defeat of the Ottoman Empire? The defeat of the Ottoman Empire during World War one was due to a multitude of factors. Some argue that the Arab revolt was the cause of the defeat but arguments against that are plausible as well. When looking at the war in the greater picture we understand that the defeat of the Ottoman Empire might actually of been caused by places outside of the Middle East. The allied countries quickly understood they

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    Pueblo Revolt of 1680

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    Cultural Conflict and the Pueblo Revolt of 1680‚ a reader is able to grasp an in depth understanding of the various factors that led to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Apart from Bowden’s research‚ I have obtained other information from different authors and have been able to come up with a general assumption as to why this event occurred in the history of our country. Based upon the knowledge of various authors‚ I have come up with the following statement. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was brought about by the

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