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- 1041: Slavery - The Anti-Slavery Effort
- ... was quite rare in the New World with only a few wealthy landowners who owned slaves, however, public opinion would be swayed. Abolitionists first started appearing in America at about the time of the American revolution. Opponents of slavery included some of our distinguished Founding Fathers such as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Paine, and Benjamin Rush, who felt that slavery infringed on the concepts of the Declaration of ... existence that society was closely identified with Garrison's activities and opinions. Always a believer in "moral suasion," Garrison generally insisted that slavery would be abolished only when the mass of white Americans experienced a revolution in their consciences. Therefore, he started programs of agitation that aimed to convert public opinion in favor of the emancipation of the slaves and race equality. Garrison's belief in anticlericalism, perfectionism, radical pacifism, and ... of Temperance and for the American Anti-Slavery Society from 1856 until the outbreak of the Civil War. When she later joined up with Elizabeth Cady Stanton she published the New York liberal weekly The Revolution from 1868 to 1870 which demanded equal civil and political rights for women and blacks under the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, an antislavery novel ...
- 1042: A Brief History Of Clocks: Fro
- ... to accurately represent the motion of the heavens. According to Prof. Derek Price, the mean period of Saturn can be mechanically represented by a gear ratio of 30 to 1. In other words, for every revolution of the sun around the earth, Saturn will only accomplish 1/30th of its revolution around the earth. The mean period of Jupiter can be represented by a gear ratio of 12 to 1, and Mars can be represented by a gear ratio of 2.5 to 1. An interesting ... when it reappeared in a globe clock designed by Jobst Bürgi. The differential gear later became a critical component of the cotton gin, a late 18th century invention that marked the beginning of the industrial revolution. However, devices such a the Antikythera Mechanism were quite rare. The celestial sphere was the most common form of celestial representation, prompting a number of structural modifications. Because of the difficulty in imagining the ...
- 1043: Appeasement And Its Role In Th
- ... of Germany and Italy under Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. Their attitude to give them what they wanted to prevent a war in Central Europe. The underlying facts was the belief of British and French politicians that their publics would never risk a repetition of the horrors of World War I. The British government believed in appeasement till the day there was no other solution than to go to war ... should acquire the fringes of Czechoslovakia in which 3,500,000 of the inhabitants spoke German (Sudeten Germans), Chamberlain went several times to meet Hitler, the last on September 30, 1938, when he and the French prime minister, Daladier, flew to Munich. From there Chamberlain returned waving his notorious piece of paper, declaring that he had secured «peace in our time». This treaty is known as the Munich Pact. The agreement ... nations the Munich Pact became the symbol of appeasement. The Munich Pact came to be seen as a symbol of the dangers of appeasement, and of the subsequent humiliation of Great Britain. The British and French policy of appeasement—the concession to demands of the Nazi state in order to avoid war—ended with Hitler's invasion of Poland. Chamberlain recognised the failure of his policy and vowed support for ...
- 1044: Origins Of The Cold War
- ... conflict. The origins of the friction and disharmony between the two states, which served as a prelude to the Cold War disunity, can be traced back to the First World War. The War, the Russian revolution and the Russian civil war brought the armies of the two powers together for the first time, and paved the way for a continuing struggle for mutual survival, influence and dominance. The fundamental cause of ... history of the Cold War and the pre Cold War rivalry, the general policy of 'containment' of communism by the West and specifically America remained largely unchanged. This again supports the idea that the communist revolution can be marked as the very first of Cold War origins. The most lasting and important effect Western intervention had on Russia had been the impression of the West left in the minds of the Russian people and their leaders. The Russians had just been through a terrifyingly costly war with Germany, followed by a disruptive revolution and a civil war in which millions upon millions had died from famine, disease, or fighting for the causes of the Whites or Reds. The West had intervened to crush the Red Bolshevik regime ...
- 1045: WWII
- ... numerous and complex to be generalized. The following is said to be one of the main causes. At the end of WWI Europe was economically impoverished and politically divided. It faced the possibility of social revolution. During the early 1920's Europe experienced an economic depression and the course of European politics was determined largely by the communist revolution, which engulfed many countries. In the late 1920's Europe achieved a measure of economic recovery. However, all hope of political stability in Europe was shattered by the results of the depression that hit the ... unemployment and acute distress strained social relationships in Europe. The communist movement soon overwhelmed Europe. The triumph in 1933 of fascism, under the name of National Socialism, or Nazism, in Germany ended the threat of revolution in that country. However, the triumph of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler would prove to be more disastrous as time passed. The German society was transformed into a totalitarian state, which had withdrawn from ...
- 1046: Commercial Warfare
- By: Ryan Christopher In the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, continuing through Madison’s term, the United States initiated a policy to retaliate against the seizure of ships by the British and French. These three dominant nations entered a period between 1806-1810, known as Commercial Warfare. The Commercial War was a response by Americans to maintain their right of neutral commerce. The Acts by the United States ... long after it’s signing on March 27, 1802, to end the European wars between the allied France and Spain, and Great Britain, with the United States now neutral due to the coup of the French monarchy. Neither France, nor Britain upheld the treaty, and hostilities were reassumed. In 1805, Britain seized and condemned the US vessel Essex, engaging in trade with French West Indies. A year later, it was reported that Britain had seized over 120 American vessels. In April of 1806 Congress passed a non-importation act excluding trade with many British products. Britain and ...
- 1047: Civil Rights
- ... The urbanization of the South, the impact of television and radio, the desegregated armed forces, and other factors began to blur the distinctions between geographic regions. This all set the stage for the decade of revolution for Blacks in America. Blacks made more gains during the 1960s than they did in all the decades combined since the Civil War. It was kicked off on May 17, l954, which was the day ... civilized world clashed with the traditional southern values that southern Americans were clinging to. Americans inside and outside of Washington were realizing the damaging effects of segregation, and along with frustrated blacks, the civil rights revolution was born. The strong liberalism which filled America made fertile ground for civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X to step up and make their voices heard. Chief Justice Earl Warren, appointed ... in order to mobilize the vast power of the black churches on behalf of black rights. By organizing peaceful protests and giving motivating speeches, King truly was the most effective leader of the Civil Rights Revolution of the 1960's The civil rights movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's was a significant time period for blacks , but it cannot compare with the progress made for the ...
- 1048: Behind The Urals
- ... as they went from one extreme to another. The old Czarist government was always out to serve the rich landowners, while treating the peasantry as second-class humans rather than equals. However, when the Russian Revolution came to a head, and the Red Communists or Bolsheviks defeated the White Czarists, Russia was left with an entirely new system of thought in its government. This ideology viewed the working class and peasantry ... was easier on workers, and did not concentrate so much on the well being of the upper class. Valdek was much respected in Magnitogorsk and many of his fellow workers questioned the lack of a revolution in Poland. Valdek explained to them that if there were talk of a revolution, the revolutionaries would be immediately thrown in jail. Khaibulin, who was a tarter, exemplifies the diversity of the people who traveled to Magnitogorsk. His ancestors raised livestock for centuries and overall were very primitive. ...
- 1049: Battle Of Bunker Hill
- ... most notable injustices, as perceived by the colonists, were the Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament to raise money for repaying its war debt from the French and Indian War. The Act levied a tax on printed matter of all kinds including newspapers, advertisements, playing cards, and legal documents. The British government was expecting protest as result of the tax but the ... bolster the colonists confidence. So it came to be that the Battle of Bunker Hill would be the foundation that the colonists would look back to for the may battles that occurred during the American Revolution. The first being that the British suffered heavy losses and would no longer be convinced of a victory when they went to battle the colonists. Rhode Island's Nathaniel Grenne summed up the general feeling ...
- 1050: Commonwealth
- ... Ireland for good. Dubliners was published, followed by Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. Samuel Beckett was an excellent academic and sportsman and went to Paris as an exchange lecturer. He joined the French Resistance during the Second World War. He wrote three novels and addition the play "Waiting for Godot" which made him financially secure. Bram Stoker created the idea of "Dracula". The book has never been out ... the USA and Canada. People were also deported to British colonies. Women and children were sold as slaves. Irish rebels jointed continental armies. Protestants had come to Ireland as settlers. People left during the Industrial Revolution to work in the mills and mines of England and Wales. Some left with a spirit of adventure. New York, Boston, Sydney, London and Liverpool are bigger "Irish" cities than most cities in Ireland. Emigration ...
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