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- 1091: The Major Cause of the French Revolution
- ... were changes in the lifestyle of the people, as well as in clothes and art. The monarchies were gone, and the king no longer ruled. The National Convention abolished all feudal customs and ended all slavery. Revolutionary leaders also established the metric system. They wanted to set up free public schools, but that never came about, due to the economic problems. In 1795, after the total ending of the Reign of ...
- 1092: The French Revolution
- ... were changes in the lifestyle of the people, as well as in clothes and art. The monarchies were gone, and the king no longer ruled. Te National Convention abolished all feudal customs and ended all slavery. Revolutionary leaders also established the metric system. They wanted to set up free public schools, but that never came about, due to the economic problems. In 1795, after the total ending of the Reign of ...
- 1093: The Reign of Terror
- ... of terror. The Jacobins also followed democratic principles and believed in the benefits of the middle class, peasants, and farmers and got to participate for the first time in a political event. The Convention abolished slavery. Many of these reforms were never carried out because of changes made later in the government. Many people of France wanted the reign of terror, the Jacobin's dictatorship, and the democratic revolution to end ...
- 1094: Cuba and Its History
- ... leader, Carlos de Cespedes, a wealthy planter, who proclaimed independence from Spain. Nearly 200,000 lives were lost, until the Treaty of El Zanjun was signed. This agreement promised the government would reform and abolish slavery and the tyrannical rule it held over the Cubans. The treaty was not honored however, and resistance was again put up in 1885. The Spanish king at the time Alfonso XIII, encouraged the use of ...
- 1095: The Vikings
- ... master and a master usually had many slaves. A slave had no rights and his master owned him the same way he owned his animals. When a slave married his children would be born into slavery. If one of these men ever tried to run away he could end up beaten, dead, or one of his body parts could be cut off. Once the Vikings studied Christianity, thralls were beginning to ...
- 1096: Effects of World War II on Japan
- ... people, that sought more freedom in their society. "The Japanese Constitution of 1946, pledge to uphold the high ideals of peace and democratic order with the international society and also the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all" (The Japan of Today, 15). This citation shows the change in the Japanese after World War II. In this constitution the Japanese created a more democratic country and also a ...
- 1097: The French Revolution
- ... were changes in the lifestyle of the people, as well as in clothes and art. The monarchies were gone, and the king no longer ruled. Te National Convention abolished all feudal customs and ended all slavery. Revolutionary leaders also established the metric system. They wanted to set up free public schools, but that never came about, due to the economic problems. In 1795, after the total ending of the Reign of ...
- 1098: Alexander's Empire
- ... death, some Greek cities under Macedonian rule revolted. In 335 B.C. Alexander's army stormed the walls of the rebellious city of Thebes and demolished the city. About 30,000 inhabitants were sold in slavery. Alexander's action against Thebes discouraged, for a time, rebellion by other Greek cities With Greece under control, Alexander turned to his fathers plan for attacking the Persian Empire. In 334 B.C., he led ...
- 1099: Affirmative Action in Florida
- ... were an oppressed slave - like class, we extended privileges and advantages to women that had originally been designed to compensate for our immorality to blacks. For women - and only women - to take advantage of this slavery compensation was its own brand of immorality. For men to cooperate was its own brand of ignorance." Warren Farrell, PH. D "The Myth of Male Power" The act of giving preferential treatment to women and ...
- 1100: The Horrible Truth Of Child Labor
- ... unfortunate children are themselves oblivious of the actual sorry state of affairs, . In an article published in CHILDVIEW by World Vision Canada (1995), they talk about a boy who had tried to escape his pseudo-slavery and was put in chains because of it. The authors then mention that World Vision staff saw the boy in chains and basically threatened the foreman to remove the shackles. The authors describe the shackles ...
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