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Texas Revolution and the Battle of the Alamo

fury of those eighteen minutes of fighting, however, stemmed from the courage of thirteen days in which 189 brave souls fought for...

Philosophy Questions and Religion

for example, would exist even if there were no human beings there to see it, but not that colour was an independent spiritual form...

Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution

note that the king was somehow able to alienate all sides. This required a direct approach in the form of legislation: "Revolution...

Venezuela and President Chavez

Assembly in 1999 in order to rewrite Venezuelas constitution and so, Ch?vez was re-elected to a six-year term in 2000 (2002). Th...

Cass Sunstein's Republic.com

will shift toward a more extreme position against gun control. And the group as a whole, if a group decision is required, will mo...

The Underlying Reasons for the Russian Revolution

communism implemented in Russia was not really what Marx had written about at all. In part, this is due to the scant amount of inf...

Modern Art and the Impact of the Russian Revolution

II would introduce sweeping reforms, the largest and most influential of them being the freeing of the serfs(Service, 1998). This ...

China and Women's Roles

but isnt any longer. As the Cultural Revolution had its impact upon Chinese society, the role of women was forever changed...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Conservatism and British Political Philosopher Edmund Burke

actually been a supporter of revolution in the American colonies. Burke certainly believed in individual rights, but he stressed t...

Reasons for the American Civil War by Bruce Levin

saw slavery as absolutely essential to their economy, Levine argues that American workers viewed the institution of slavery as con...

Western Civilization Historical Periods

was an incredibly powerful and influential time in mankinds history and in the development of Western civilization. Prior to the R...

Copernian Revolution and Pseudoscience

case, then, this website does not suggest that the reader make up his or her mind on the topic, but rather slants the entire slant...

Bolshevik Revolution Success and the Leadership of Trotsky and Lenin

of Lenin and quite accomplished in inspiring the Russian people and organizing their revolution, Lenin proved time and time again ...

Pivotal Historical Point of the 1789 French Revolution

so deplorable a condition as it did in France under the reigns of the last three Bourbon kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI ...

Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution

more democratic, liberal and capitalistic visions of the 19th century (Wood 95). With republicanism we see that such things as ine...

Equality and the Birth of the United States

of Virginia going so far to offer slaves of anti-British masters their freedom if theyd desert their masters (Blackburn, 1991). Bu...

Jung's Analytical Psychology Journal Article Critiqued

the unconscious and its functioning. The Swiss psychoanalyst contended how the dual nature of mans unconscious mind reflects two ...

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...

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...

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...

Sexual Revolution of the 1960s

In six pages America's sexual revolution during the 1960s is examined in an overview of the impact of birth control and liberal at...

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...