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David Hackett Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride

battles of Lexington and Concord: the famous midnight ride is therefore presented in the wider context of the American struggle ag...

China's Revolution and Red China Blues

and Ren Wanding. Despite these accomplishments many continue to fixate on that fact that although Jan Wong looks the part to cove...

Red Azalea and Dragon's Village

had on the rural peasants, and his social reforms introduced the hitherto unknown concept of womens rights. The propaganda of the ...

Russian Revolution and Its Impact

1969). When news of the executive of the tsars family reached London, there were "few tears shed" (Dukes, 2003, p. 9). However, wi...

Radical Aspects of the Scientific Revolution

the sun around which our planet revolved, not the sun around the earth as was held by the Church (Meeks, 1997). This assertion al...

Latin America, China, and Changes Through Revolution or Reform

while the Nationalists were forced to retreat to the island of Formosa, now known as Taiwan. For Chairman Mao, revolution was onl...

Russian Revolution and the Influence of Marxism

In five pages this paper examines how Marxist principles, most notably those featured in The Communist Manifesto influenced the be...

Nien Cheng's Life and Death in Shanghai

of peasants and students whose charge was to prosecute those who were perceived as Maos enemies. While Mao recognized the importa...

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng

and the murder of her daughter, were horrible factors that, regardless of their horror, could not defeat the most elemental aspect...

Enlightenment and Environmental Creation by the Scientific Revolution

and inextricably a branch of religion. Beginning with the radical Copernicus, who taught that the earth revolved around the sun, E...

Comparison Between the Stalinist and Democratic Revolutions of Russia

the General Headquarters and suggestions by Front commanders and on special reports."i Information was paramount to the continue...

James Kirby Martin's Ordinary Courage

had completed their service for the benefit of others....

Rebellions and Slave Revolts

In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...

Atlantic Revolutions and the Age of Discovery

and social mores, each influencing the other (Rosa, 1998). Looking at the factors that were involved with the Age of Discovery/Ex...

Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis

their eyes when the Star Spangled Banner is played or the pledge of allegiance is recited. There is the visualization of those bom...

Reasons Why the US Suffered a Loss in Vietnam

against the US. However, like colonial Americans, the North Vietnamese turned their superior knowledge of the terrain, into a "ho...

1911 Revolution in China and 20th Century Path

In ten pages the ways in which China's 20th century path was shaped by the 1911 revolution is examined. Nine sources are cited in...

Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro, and the Cuban Revolution

In twenty six pages this paper examines the events leading up to the Cuban Revolution in a consideration of Fidel Castro's organiz...

Revolution in Iran of 1979

In five pages this paper examines the power rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the events that culminated in Iran's 1979 revolutio...

Greece and Its Influence Upon Lord Byron

In six pages this paper examines how Greece influenced and inspired Lord Byron in a consideration of his Greek poems and his parti...

Women's Rights According to Edmund Burke and Mary Wollenstonecraft

were discounted. It seemed to be an alien concept to the philosophical thinkers of the eighteenth century that the freedoms that ...

History of Paris During the Late 18th to the Mid 19th Centuries

In five pages this paper examines Paris history during this time period in terms of growth and the effect of the French Revolution...

War of 1812 and its Causes

In eighteen pages this paper examines the possible causes for the War of 1812 including war hawk pressure, 1807's Embargo Act, the...

Scientific Revolution and the Connection Between Science and Religion

great interest and considerable depth. His ongoing quest was not only to determine the role of religion within social confines bu...

Reaction Essay on Wild Swans Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

her family were forced to abide by Communist principles even - and especially - when they did not condone them from a personal per...

France Before the Revolution and the Tensions Between the Sans Culottes and the Jacobins

those who joined in this group had some education, but none to rival that of the privileged classes. However, they had begun to un...

Joseph Plumb Martin's Ordinary Courage

the year 1774 arrived. The smell of war began to be pretty strong, but I was determined to have no hand in it. I felt myself to be...

Transformation and Seventeenth Century England

In 4 pages, this research paper considers the rapid changes England underwent in terms of religion, economics, and politics, citin...

Reasons Behind Colonial America's Decision to Revolt Against England

Interestingly, however, although we looked to our mother country for that support, little was forthcoming. The early years of the...

French Revolution and French Nationalism

that "France is revolutionary, or she is nothing at all" (Polasky, 1996, p. 5). As these statements suggest, French history did no...