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- 2571: Colonial Impact On The Indian
- ... century was undoubtedly one of the main centers of world trade and industry. This status of India was completely destroyed under colonial times. Its beginnings can be traced to the after-math of the industrial Revolution in England. The machine made cloth of England began to replace the indigenous manufactures. India's artisans were forced out of production. The number of weavers also declined. It was this pressure from the British ... Dewani rights was remitted by the Company to England. (Bagchi, Page 185) This monopoly plunder and exploitation by the Company continued till the end of eighteenth century when England moved from mercantile capitalism to industrial revolution and the emerging industrial capitalists in Britain started demanding the end of Company rule in India. Besides the external drain theory, the Indian nationalists argued that British rule led to the de-industrialization of India ... the East India Company, representing the British mercantile class, took over the Indian control. During the same period a fundamental change was taking place in Britain by a series of inventions leading to the industrial Revolution: for example, the spinning-Jenny of Hargreaves in 1764, Watt's steam engine in 1765, water frame of Arkwright in 1769, Crompton's mule in 1779, and Cartweight's power-loom in 1785. Before ...
- 2572: Civil War 3
- The American Civil War The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be ...
- 2573: Civil War 2
- Civil War During the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, over 620,000 accounted soldiers were killed. Known as the "the first modern war", historians generally agree that the reason for this was because this was a time ... giant shotgun. At close range against masses infantry this round was devastating, cutting huge swaths through the attacking men. Grape shot was widely used in the 19th century wars, but by the time of the American Civil War, grape was primarily used by navel gun crews. Similar to canister, grape shot consisted of meat balls, but unlike canister which fired 76 balls, a round of grape shot consisted of nine or ... until 1866. My conclusion is that I would not want to be shot by any of these guns. They used very heavy ammunition that devastated what ever it hit. I guess that is why the American Civil War was called the bloodiest war of all time. Not only are you trying to kill your opponent, you are trying to kill a fellow American which must of been tougher. Also, if ...
- 2574: The Defining of a Nation
- ... that a great many will fail at. The fact that many early immigrants braved an unknown wilderness so they would have the opportunity to make a better life for themselves and their ancestors gives the American people their character, thus giving a definitive character to the actual country. This bravery of early Americans has allowed them to triumph over tremendous odds. The courage of Americans was evident as they triumphed over ... of our governing system and has changed little over the past two centuries. Just as our independence was born through treasonous acts against England, so was this document born out of treasonous acts against the American government preceding our modern government. This was a government clinging to life support in dire need of saving. The Constitution, however treasonous, presented a cure to a government that was terminally ill. With this cure ... last to present day and, hopefully, for a long time to come. The words scrolled on this document encompass the meaning of this country through its government, and its principals. Irony has been apart of American history since its beginnings and has served as a tool in shaping the country as a whole. Religious persecution in England caused a religious group, known as Puritans, to venture to America. Once there, ...
- 2575: Hiroshima And Nagasaki Bombing
- ... our own science and technology, because it not only exceeded all previous limits in destruction but had, in effect, declared that there were no limits to destruction. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. Taking the Americans by surprise 19 ships were sunk and about 2,400 American soldiers and sailors were killed. Four years later, on August 6 and August 9, 1945 the Americans would take the Japanese by surprise by destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with two atomic bombs ... 14 million men under arms, including more than 300,000 Americans, had died. Another 25 million civilians had perished. Much of Asia and Europe had suffered terrible damage. The war had a profound impact on American life. Mobilization altered the structure of the economy; accelerated trends toward advancement in business, agriculture, and labor; and drastically enlarged the role of the military in many aspects of American life. The revolutionary advances ...
- 2576: John Paul Jones: The Undaunted Sailor
- ... his lasting legacy. From his existence on, his uncommon valor, persistence, and courage in the greatest times of hopelessness would never be forgotten. Benjamin Franklin once considered John Paul Jones as the "chief weapon of American forces in Europe and Thomas Jefferson had described him as the principal hope of American in their struggle for independence." His commerce raiding and naval battles against the HMS Drake and the Serapis clearly support their statements. John Paul Jones's victories were made possible through a combination of strategy ... his duty before taking pleasure led him to become a distinguished officer. John Adams once wrote, "Jones has art, and secrecy, and aspires very high, he is the most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American Navy." Jones achieved his recognition through years of discipline and self-motivation. He was constantly searching for opportunities to further himself in tactical knowledge and naval strategy. He was always prepared for battle. His ...
- 2577: How the Decision to Declare War was Influenced
- How the Decision to Declare War was Influenced The decision to declare war on Germany was greatly influenced by allied propaganda, American economic interests, and German naval policies. Although most Americans were against involvement in a European war these influences increased its position in the war. The loss of money and the demand for defense was necessary ... more ships than Germany. Britain still had control of the seas. The U.S. had been so anti-war that they were not prepared when they entered. The war had not been a threat to American property or lives. Most Americans wanted the Allies to win, but they did not want to get involved. However, they did have an opinion that was strong and divided. Many of the naturalized American citizens were in support of the country where they originally lived. Socialists were critical of the war because they felt it was English and German business mens way of controlling raw materials and ...
- 2578: A Review of Lawrence E. Walshs Iran/Contra
- ... agenda. Lawrence Walsh clearly shows how the President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence, and National Security advisors skirted the laws and blatantly tried to mislead congress and the American people. This book will give the reader all the details, and the final outcome of most of the events prior to and after Iran/Contra. Lawrence E. Walsh was born in 1912 and is a ... in Albany under Republican governors, and served in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations. Lawrence Walsh is a former Federal District Court judge, has practiced law on Wall Street and is the former president of the American Bar Association. Since Iran/Contra he has since gone on and wrote several more books on varying subjects. As the Independent Counsel investigating Iran/Contra, Walsh comes up with two distinct issues that Iran/Contra ... from the sale of weapons to Iran were diverted to support the contra effort in Nicaragua. The secrecy of these two distinct operations was exposed in October 1986, when Nicaraguan government soldiers shot down an American cargo plane carrying military supplies to contra forces; the one surviving crewmember, American Eugene Hasenfus, was captured. He publicly claimed he worked for the CIA. A month later, President Reagans secret sale of ...
- 2579: Birth Control Or Legal Murder
- ... throughout society, especially into the various religious denominations. Their main defense, The Holy Bible, has proved very effective in their conflict with pro-choice activists. Exodus 20:13, a very familiar verse which most every American has seen: "Thou shalt not kill"; and Jeremiah 1:5, "Before I made you in your mother's womb, I chose you. Before you were born, I set you apart for a special work..." are ... won't again argue the religious rights and wrongs of abortion. No answers can be derived until we focus on what the law and our citizens do value, because this is how laws are changed. American laws hold sacred the value of human rights....but when do a woman's end, and a child's begin? The saving grace, and ultimately, the great flaw of the Constitution is it's variability ... this little one because abortion is the taking of a human life? This fact is undeniable; however much of the members of the Women's Liberation Movement, the new Feminists, Dr. Henry Morgentaler or the American Medical Association President feel about it, does not alter the fact of the matter. An incontrovertible fact that cannot change as feelings change. If abortion is undeniably the taking of human life and yet ...
- 2580: Brazil 2
- ... Argentina, which has locked its own currency into a one-to-one relationship with the U.S. dollar by means of a currency board) has put enormous strains on the fledgling trade bloc. Other Latin American governments worried that investors would not differentiate between Brazil and the rest of the region, slowing down access to the foreign capital needed to meet their own borrowing requirements. The rest of the world grew fearful of "contagion." For the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the U.S. Treasury (and ultimately the American taxpayer), which gambled in November 1998 that a huge $41.5 billion package of multilateral assistance for Brazil would sustain the value of the real, the realization began to sink in that, as with Russia ... The Fall from Grace How did Brazil get into this sorry state? Who or what was to blame? The fall from grace was dramatic, to say the least. Only a year before, this vast South American nation of 167 million people, with the world's eighth largest economy, had seemed firmly set on the path to a more prosperous, modern, and even equitable future. It was led by a polyglot, ...
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