There are numerous ways that groups and individuals can intervene in the name of justice‚ from staging violent uprisings to creating underground networks that rescue children from danger‚ but the people involved in these movements all share several defining characteristics: Courage‚ selflessness‚ and a strong sense of right and wrong. One example of a resistance movement that held these traits is the Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa‚ or the Jewish Fighting Organization‚ a group of young Jewish rebels
Premium World War II Nazi Germany The Holocaust
Taryn Lindsey Mr. Willman HY135-107 18 February 2013 Uprising of a New Nation The American Revolution was a result of growing discontent between the thirteen colonies and Britain. The war began in April of 1775‚ when shots were fired in Lexington‚ Massachusetts. Eight years later‚ the war was put to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. A major conflict surrounding the war was “no taxation without representation”. The colonist believed in actual representation (the people)
Premium American Revolution American Revolutionary War Benjamin Franklin
The Boxer Uprising China during the late nineteenth century was in turmoil from external and internal forces. The underlining internal pressures were exacerbated by the thrust of western imperialism and exploitation. Imperialism and the west were the catalyst for the Boxer Uprising. The ingredients of descent and conflict were always present in the late nineteenth century. China had its difficulties without the west’s intrusion. The Boxer Uprising was a reaction against the West‚ not a rebellion
Premium China Qing Dynasty Boxer Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America‚ led by 29-year-old planter Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year In 1673‚ Nathaniel Bacon‚ a distant relative of Governor Berkeley‚ emigrated from England under murky circumstances and set up a small plantation on the James River. He rose rapidly in public esteem and was appointed to
Premium
Stonechild‚ Blair. “The Indian View of the 1885 Uprising.” Readings in Canadian History: Post Confederation. Ed. R.D. Francis and D. B. Smith. Toronto: Nelson‚ Thompson Learning‚ 2002. 62-74. The 1885 Uprising is one of the defining moments in Canadian Aboriginal Peoples’ history. Though the historical account of this series of events‚ which led to the prosecution of many Aboriginal leaders‚ seems to be biased from both the official reports and Stonechild’s account‚ the political position
Premium First Nations Indigenous peoples Aboriginal peoples in Canada
MASS UPRISING DEFEATS CIA COUP IN VENEZUELA By Andy McInerney The revolutionary process underway in Venezuela passed a decisive test over the weekend of April 13-14. Hundreds of thousands of workers and peasants across the country rose up to defeat a U.S.-backed coup attempt organized by the Venezuelan capitalist class against President Hugo Chávez. It was a genuine victory of people’s power in the first open clash of social classes in the oil-rich South American country. But the victory also
Premium Venezuela
INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Popular uprisings and regime change are two events that often occur with a temporal order of the former preceding the latter. Every year witnesses a number of popular uprisings‚ the reasons behind them vary‚ as does the response from the state. The year 2011 saw a remarkable amount of uprisings; and popular protests throughout the entire Middle East and North Africa. The Change has come to countries like Egypt and Tunisia‚ while in other countries‚ namely
Premium North Africa Egypt Middle East
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | USA and Arab spring | The role of US and mass media in uprisings in Arab world | | Zulfiya Yussupova 2012801543 | IR master degree | | Introduction The Arab Spring is revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests that began in the Arab world December 18‚ 2010. Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt‚ civil war in Libya‚ which led to the fall of the regime‚ civil uprisings in Bahrain‚ Syria and Yemen‚ mass protests in Algeria‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Morocco and Oman
Premium Egypt Middle East
Study Guide Assessment 7 1. What was the Stonewall Uprising and what was its historical impact? 1. It was a 5 day riot against police. First time gays fought back. 2. How did Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affect popular trust in the government? a. The poor decisions Nixon made destroyed the trust citizens had in the gov to make further decisions. 2. What main issues gave rise to the culture wars of the 1990’s? List Three Issues. a. The global spread of a secular culture based on consumption
Premium United States Law American Civil War
“Slavery and Its Effect On The Uprising Of A New World” In the 17th century‚ Africans were taken from their homeland and forced into slavery in the New World. Once there‚ they were exploited for profit by European settlers. Despite mainstream historical accounts‚ it was African-Americans who built the foundation of the American economy‚ which eventually made it a super power. This essay will illustrate how Blacks survived in a hostile‚ racist environment by specifically looking at the psychological
Premium