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In1789 there was convocation of the estate general that led to proclamation of the Tennis court oath followed by the assault on the Bastille and the declaration of the rights of the citizen.

The year 1881 saw the appointment of Chester Alan Arthur as the 21st President of the United States. As a president, Arthur was conscious of the wrangles and divisions in the Republican Party.

In his actions to seek justice, Murrieta managed to fight also for the rights of Mexicans who were undermined by Californians.

To this end, the emperor was the ultimate holder of power and the public now held peripheral positions in these relations.

Pennoni was the first one in his family to gain the higher education, owing to his commitment and his parents' understanding of "the value of education".

Part of the nation wanted to end the blemish of slavery that had tainted the image of an otherwise clean nation for a long time while another side; the south was out to protect the [...]

This was due to the need to know the past in order to understand the present and be able to predict the future as an effort to satisfy human curiosity through knowledge The socioeconomic practices [...]

The introduction of the Latin alphabets and writings in schools were some of the initiatives which the president used in order to secularize the Turkish society.

Due to the availability of facilities for them to work outside their homes, and the need for them to supplement on the family income, they took up roles to work in industries that were established [...]

These women more often interacted with native women and were moved by the plight of women in the remote regions they voyaged.

This essay analytically explores some of the conditions which helped bring about movement for women's right in Great Britain and United States before the close of the last century. In addition, the most significant demand [...]

The Carolingian empire was ruled by Charles the Great, "a dynamic and powerful ruler" was the first dominant state of the medieval European world since the collapse of the Roman Empire.

To effectively take control of the country, the Mongols had no option but to look for means of controlling the four states.

As a result of the kidnapping of the labor minister in Quebec and James Cross, the FLQ asked for ransom in the form of demands that the provincial administration in Quebec and the government had [...]

The city of Rome and the city of Athens had great influence and authority over their neighbors and allies. The city of Athens had great influence throughout the Aegean and the influence lasted for about [...]

In American History, two personalities Benjamin Franklin & Jonathan Edwards were seen to represent two different approaches to the creation of national identity in the years which lead to the creation of an American republic.

Racial attitudes and the dominance of white men over the black ones in the USA are the central ideas of the movie and the novel.

The Great Depression can be fairly supposed to have been the harshest time in the history of the United States after The Civil War.

Colonialism is the political ideology that legalizes the invasion, occupation, and exploitation of a given land by stronger states which use their military powers thus displacing the powers of the original inhabitants of the land.

In my view, domestic containment was a result of the insecurities and ambitions that were the outcome of the war and that is exactly what May argues, that it started inside the homes, "potentially dangerous [...]

In 1619 they formed the Virginia house of burgesses, this was the first form of government that they had created in the American colonies and they governed by it.

Tests were therefore carried out to confirm whether there was any relationship between the descendants of Jefferson and his slave Sally.

Let us recall that the greater part of the complaints during the trials came from the Salem Village and the greater part of the accused came from Salem Town and the pattern of economic and [...]

In April 1862 Ulysses Grant was engaged in what was considered to be one of the bloodiest warfare in the history of the United States of America.

Many of the presidents of the twentieth century, including President Bush and President Obama, have used concepts and ways of responding to problems that originate from the writings and actions of the first presidents of [...]

Looking at the differences, it is peculiar to admit that the views of authors go apart at the point of the draught of 1607. In the first reading, it is highlighted that Indians reduced to [...]

In particular, the paper investigates the Mandatory Oil Import Program and the exemption of Canada from this initiative as well as the historical treaty that was officially appended by the two leaders in regard to [...]

The Roman Empire used the first systems of the republic to conquer a lot but for the interest of a few who included those living within the cities as well as those who were close [...]

In areas like Mesopotamia and Turkey where it is believed to be the origin of agriculture, geographical factors of the region such as its topography and environmental factors favoured existence of various crops and animals.

The causes of the historical development of the proper social group include differences in their continental flora and fauna, the landscapes and size of the territory, and the number of population.

After America witnessed the sinking of the Maine, it became clear that they had to engage in war with the Spaniards. The Spanish American war was crucial to African Americans in a number of ways.

In the author's eyes, every addition that man makes to the regulation of his environment to harness better productivity out of the environment brings certain implications with it that cannot be ignored and these implications [...]

In ancient times, leadership in some regions of the world was in the form of Empires and kingdoms that were ruled by Kings and queens.

They include The Roman empire, the Persian empire, Indian empire and the Parthian empire, there are also a lot of other empires that were also formed. The British empire was also able to withstand a [...]

It is clear to everyone that the world had a long and complex way of transformation before it became similar to the world we live in now.

As a result of this, Lin Zexu informed Queen Victoria that the Oing State was not in support of the opium trade, this led to a war between China and Britain leading to the surrender [...]

The South lacked the big industries and sea boards that Northern states accessed; mixed with the lack of population and big city growth as seen in the rest of the nation, cotton soon became the [...]

He went to the elections as the president of the poor. The election of Jackson has a lot of significance to American politics today.

Given the fact that we now live in time of political correctness, it comes as no surprise that the majority of contemporary historians adopt a very careful approach to the discussion of what were the [...]

It signifies that the problem of inflation and pricing crisis were the major economic problems that were the most significant signs of economic decay of the Empire at the beginning of the fourth century.

At a time when the word "tyranny" was in regular use by the revolutionaries to describe the British king, she was applying that odious term to the habitual tendencies of men to abuse their power [...]

The British West Africa was a general name used to refer to the list of countries which were under the British rule of colonialism.

Jamestown was the first English colony which was established in 1607 in Chesapeake Bay area in Virginia under the coordination of the London Virginia Company which was exploring gold in this area.

Despite the intensive efforts that have been made in trying to deal with past bias in the United States, racism has remained elusive and has always impacted a lot on the policymaking in the country.

In his not feeling well, the British Band played 'The world turned upside down', perhaps a sarcastic expression of their stand and that of their leaders in the act of surrender.

As a result of the construction of these structures, the problems that had dogged the urban cities in Europe prior to 1850 were somewhat contained.

This paper will focus on the economic impact of the Black Death and the changes that occurred to European society after the catastrophe. The most noticeable effect of the Black Death was the abrupt decline [...]

This in turn led to other issues for instance the towns became polluted due to the number of industries that were being established, the levels of traffic had increased and generally the declining quality of [...]

Another factor of Borden's domestic policy was handling the issue of women's rights in relation to equal suffrage; a bill granting women the right to vote was introduced in 1918, immediately after the war was [...]

The European states occupied the whole of Africa and were competing amongst themselves for control of the territory. The European states that were economically stable and had stronger military occupied most of the regions.

The industrial revolution refers to a period from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century when there were major changes in manufacturing, agriculture, transport, and mining. This problem of money shortage was solved in that the [...]

The year 1789 was marked by celebrations of the centenary of the glorious revolution in Britain. There was much travel between Britain and France and the individuals who supported events in France started to dress [...]

Born to slavery, he had a white father and a black slave mother in Virginia, he got good schooling and prevailed among the African American community, and was favored by the white politicians to be [...]

After the successful acquisition of Congo under the disguise of protecting it from Arab traders who he accused of going against the principle of humanity, Leopold used the same hostility to punish the people of [...]

The article of Wasserman titled The Robber Barons is highly insightful from the point of view of the growth of the US nation.

The author depicts a common belief that it is not easy to identify who is from the West and who the Aboriginal is in Canada, hence bringing out the confusion in defining the boundary between [...]

Catherine the great was advocating and persuading the young Alexander to adopt the principles of the Genevois philosopher, Rousseau. The Bessarabia and the parts of the black sea in the eastern side were also seized [...]

An attempt to draft the Indian treaty by the President with the help of Congress failed and the laws were changed to empower departments to draft treaties that would later on be submitted to the [...]

The American Road to Independence was a movement that was started by free people in colonial America before 1775."The revolution was in the minds and hearts of people....before a drop of blood was shed in [...]

The rise of the German empire was one of the major events in the age and Bismarck took active role in it.

Therefore, the problem is that "the dedication to human liberty and dignity exhibited by the leaders of the American Revolution" was impossible because American society "...developed and maintained a system of labor that denied human [...]

The Spanish and Vikings were similar in the sense that they were both settlers who managed to explore the American region.

A period of gold rush involves a feverish movement of people into the area of commercial gold discovery. This is because; only the strong seem to survive a gold rush.

Starting with the Herzegovinian peasant revolution in July of 1875, the Austro-Hungarian diplomacy was the one that was particularly held responsible for the crisis while the European diplomacy was the one that was generally held [...]

In the beginning of the 18th century, half of the labor was provided by the African slaves while the rest was being provided by the Native Americans with the latter providing the Spanish farms or [...]

This civil war was mainly a conflict between the nationalists and the communists and led to the formation of the People's Republic of China.

The ascent of warrior leaders to the social and political ladder testified to the advent of the warrior order in Japan.

In the 19th century they were able to gain incredible progress in fight for equality as most policies and legislations were put in place and enforced to elevate women to the status of men especially [...]

The claim that Columbus was the first person to discover America can be disapproved by the fact that; the Muslim had encountered contact with the people of the American land long before Columbus came into [...]

The reforms gave encouragement to Ottomanism trying to integrate the non-Turks and the non-Muslims more into the society of the Ottoman Empire by giving them more civil rights and conceding equality all through the Empire."Ottoman [...]

Bentley and Ziegler examine the world as a whole and focus on the development and formation of the world's major societies, 'traditions', and also interactions and connections that have always been established among societies, 'encounters'."Traditions [...]

This paper is going to establish this claim by making a comparison of the lives of the slaves who lived in the urban areas such as the New Orleans and Charleston with those slaves that [...]

Locker about the way he happened to take part in the Vietnam War, he said that he was drafted but, anyway, at that time he thought that it was his destiny as he wanted to [...]

Cultural imperialism on the other hand is the subordination of the culture, traditions, and ideologies of the subordinate territory by those of the imperial state.

The introduction of the zoot suit also took the black American world by storm and in no time the zoot suit was a synonym for Harlem nightlife.

The responsibilities of the Federal Government in the American economy go beyond the regulation of industries in the economy. In the awakening of the economic downturn and the depending of the global financial crisis, the [...]

There was huge discrepancies of occupation of black Americans and the natives in distribution of work as it is has been discussed by which is summarized herein below on the distribution of African American workers [...]

The downfall of the Colorado party can be attributed to three main factors: the defeat of bourgeois opposition to the oligarchy, the recession of the political system and dictatorship.

The main measures that he employed in the endeavor to restore religion include; regulation of private behavior, reconstruction of public monuments and public religion and creating awareness by the use of literature that discussed the [...]

I agree that the conquest of Nahuatl by the Spaniards is a very important event in history that needs to be studied and understood properly.

Having been born in a poor background and the difficulties in life he faced, it is hard to believe that Abraham Lincoln could make it to be one of the most talked-about public figures in [...]

The US was very active in this crisis and greatly assisted the Western Berlin to go over the blockade staged by the Soviet Union.

The present paper is devoted to a narrower notion of discrimination; it is discrimination in America that has an evident ethnical bias, it is discrimination against foreigners.

Playing fields are in the outskirts of the city due to the development of the modern town although this town is a mixture of modern and historic, some estates date back to historical times of [...]

The most significant of these events was the sinking of the Lusitania after an attack by German U-boats, the Zimmerman telegraph that added insult to the injury caused to the U.S.by the sinking of the [...]

He was the leader of the Vietnam independence movement and established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam which was governed by the communists.

This led to the death of many young people in the nation which resulted in one of the failures for them to reach the standards of the Romans of establishing an empire.

It is doubtless, that the original situation was shown in fiction by ancient authors of the myths, as all the events, associated with gods, wonders and adventures were shown on the background of the Egyptian [...]

The American history of assassinations in the 1960's left an indelible mark in the minds of many people. Similar to the assassination of John F.

In his essay "State Violence as Technique" Peter Holquist states that eliminating certain categories of people, for instance "Kulaks", was performed by Stalin with the purpose of perfecting communism; his essay is coherent and well-written, [...]

Indeed, the antebellum period is notable for conflicts and compromises between slaveholders of the South and the interests of the entrepreneurs of the North.

So we can say that America has become imperialistic and the reason for it becoming one was in order to take the control of the market in order to sell its products and also to [...]

During the progressive movement, the US Constitution was amended to give women the right to vote, to establish a federal income tax and to provide for the direct election of U.S.senators by voters.

It was beneficial for the person who was divulging the information and for the government or media which could use this information to ruin the life of a person who was compromised.

Lincoln led the defeat of the secession in the civil war but was assassinated shortly before the end of the war.

The anti-federalists led by Patrick Henry of the State of Virginia also felt that the demand for a strong central government was another ploy to destroy the autonomy of the states and a way forward [...]

On the price theory he concentrated on the laws of supply and demand where he pleaded with the parliament to lower interest rates to raise value for money.

In this essay, I will discuss the causes of the Mexican revolutions, the major stages in the revolution, immediate and long term effects of the revolution, the constitution and the Presidents who served Mexico from [...]

The villager assembly oversees the progress of the VCs and ensures that the decisions they make are for the common good of the rest of the villagers.

While discussing women's roles in the communist era of the Eastern Europe, Peto shows that in the post-communist there developed a feminist side of history, but before which history was grossly dominated by patriarchal views.

According to Lijphart, the Westminster model of democracy provides a throughout insight into the essence of democracy not only in the United Kingdom but in the rest of the world as well.

Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was the last monarch to rule the Kingdom of Hawaii before it was annexed to the United States of America.

This was because it was the middle class and the lower class people who provided the labor that run the economy.

The third expedition was in 1409-1411 where he visited Kaya and Coimbatore in addition to his first and second expedition countries he had visited.

In April 1984 Milosevic replaced Stambolic being elected as the president of the Belgrade City Committee of the League of Communists. Stambolic, in his turn, got the post of the head of the Serbian Communist [...]

The thesis of the book reflects its aim to criticize the policy of the United States to show that the country's concentration on its interests in the past has in a certain way contributed to [...]

The rules on immigration were stipulated to control the number of foreigners seeking employment within the member states of the European Union.

Stephen Kotkin's essay "Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization" describes the building of Magnetic Mountain as a part of Stalin's plan to turn the USSR into a country of steel; the essay lays out the [...]

After the success of the American Revolution, there was a lot of literature both in praise and criticism of the war which found its way to the French people.

The period in which the United States made a lot of progress in technological as well as economical was from 1865 and the beginning of the twentieth century.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is a document that consists of 17 articles that were approved on the 26th of August in 1789 by the National Assembly of France.

Most of these changes have indeed played a major role in improving the status of Germany only that the Germans now have little to be proud of in terms of heritage as most of it [...]

Different parts of the world were also opened up to new trade that led to exchange of crops, animals and diseases as people settled in new lands.

This article tells about the situation in Great Britain of that time after the wars, being unable to pay off the debt; then it describes the way the Act was written, on 13th February 1765, [...]

To make the respective conclusion to this critical review, the book by Fischer is a brilliant source of information on the formative years and events in the American history.

A good starting point to analyze the presidency can be the category of crisis leadership, in which the president has to be ranked according to his ability to manage the country during times of crisis.

This marked the evolvement of different strategies that were used by the Indians to counterattack the expansion of the American territories.

Answering the question about the importance of the Renaissance and the Reformation for the shaping of the European society, it is important to consider the background of these epochs.

Crusades have strongly affected the East and Western Europe this is why it is necessary to provide some historical background about Byzantine Empire and to find out how the Crusades shaped Europe's interaction with the [...]

After the end of the civil war between the Tutsis and the Hutus of Rwanda, Arusha Accords were signed and it was required that they be signed to facilitate transition that would see the incorporation [...]