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    The American Revolution was Inevitable‚ because the British are constant taxing the Americans and the reason for the settlement meant to lead Revolution. From the very beginning‚ when the first separatist stepped on the New Land‚ he was looking forward to have a new life and a new start on this new land. The whole purpose for the New England colony is to change the way they lived in the old England. Also for the South colony‚ maybe at the very beginning‚ they came for an economy reason‚ more

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    In my opinion The French Revolution was a success. The middle class was influence By the theories of Enlightenment and was familiar with the recent American Revolution. They fought for freedom and equality. In 1789 financial times were hard in France. The peasants were upset that the nobles were living lavish collecting taxes‚ while they suffered. The France social system was out of date and consisted of three Estates. The first Estates were the clergy‚ paid no taxes and lived a good easy life

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    Why Was There A Revolution In 1905 The Revolution in 1905 happened for many reasons‚ some reasons are long term and some short term. A long-term cause of the 1905 Revolution was the continuing dissatisfaction of both peasants and landowners to the Emancipation Edict of 1861. Although this piece of legislation had brought an end to serfdom‚ peasants still remained tied to the village commune called the mir and were angry at the redemption payments they were expected to pay in return for the land

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    In the prologue of Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare calls Romeo and Juliet "star crossed lovers"‚ introducing from the opening minutes of the play the possibility that their tragic end was unavoidable. Fate is seen by many of the characters in Romeo and Juliet as the reason for their downfall. In truth‚ however‚ it is the character flaws and actions of Romeo‚ Juliet‚ and Lord Capulet that cause their deaths. One character who contributes greatly to the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet is in fact Romeo

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    What is a revolution? According to the online dictionary‚ a revolution is “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.” Knowing this we can ask ourselves what were the colonist goals whenever they started the rebellions and protests? Did they start out wanting to completely overthrow their government? Not knowing every colonist’s thoughts makes it hard to have a set yes or no if the latter was what was planned.

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    Virginia’s way to the American Revolution Woody Holton. Forced Founders: Indians‚ Debtors‚ Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press‚ 1999. In his book Forced Founders – Indians‚ Debtors‚ Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia Woody Holton tries to give a "… study of some (not all) of the causes (not the effects) of Virginia’s Revolution." He argues that the Virginia elite were important as leaders of

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    consensus on who “won” or who was to blame. One of the most questioned wars was the Revolutionary War between the British and the colonist. It is a constant debate on who is to blame for the two groups ending up in an armed conflict. The British has shown more evidence to be blamed for this conflict with taxation without representation/unfair taxing by the Townshend Act and Stamp act‚ and manipulating the colonist within the Tea Act. A contributing factor to the revolutionary war was all the acts and taxes

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    To what extent do you think Kritios was a revolutionary sculptor? Kritios was an Athenian sculptor‚ whose style and technique during the late archaic period helped revolutionize the archaic period into the Classical period. He has two main statutes that I am going to examine the first of which being the Kritios boy. Also referred to as “the first beautiful nude art” it is very important as it is a precursor to the later classical sculptures. It depicts a young boy in an idea form (so sculpted

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    The failed revolution of 1905 was perhaps the most obvious example to demonstrate that the revolution of 1917 was not caused by WWI‚ because the desire to rebel was fully entrenched in society by 1905. The disturbance was cause by real problems and concerns such as hunger and human rights violation‚ exacerbated by revolutionaries‚ and was unsuccessful because the real problems of the agrarian and industrial sectors did not peak at the same time. Postcards commemorating the event‚ particularly Bloody

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    The American Revolution or also known as the American Revolutionary War is a topic that many historians had argued over as the perspectives of many sides were ignored and over shadowed by the colonists’ point of view. This is because the colonists’ point of view was considered the most important by most people as the colonists were the main force that directly fought with the British in the revolutionary war. But in fact‚ most of the other groups’ perspectives were important as well because most

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