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- 20651: The Political And Religious Wi
- ... the clergy and upper society began to refuse allegiance; they stated that they had already sworn allegiance to James II (Tomlinson 5). After William and Mary consideration was given to the Duke of Monmouth who’s father was Charles II. This could not be legally proved, so he was then excluded, and his supporters were executed (Kinshlansky 62). Execution was seen as a must, trust was held sacred, and privacy cherished ... their present circumstances (Tomlinson 3). Unity and Order became the keys to control of religion in the seventeenth century. They were operating as one, which resulted in a unified and orderly clergy (Sutherland 6). God’s work began to take on a new shape as the belief that god worked through people spread. People were not to be judged because judging them would be like judging God (Roots 215). Now that ... no voice in their government (Kagan 449). The court at Versailles had more influence on European culture than any other (Wright 188). These became the models of other countries, and only the monarchy that wasn’t dependant on the church or landed gentry could survive (Kagan 449/450). Nearing the end of the rule of James II, a plot was revealed, in which the Jesuits (a catholic order) would assassinate ...
- 20652: Hitler Youth
- ... Organization numbered around one hundred thousand. Until two months later when Hitler was given dictatorial powers, which meant the state, was behind the Hitler Youth now. Immediately Hitler ordered that either organizations join the Nazi’s or disband. If the organizations chose to join the Hitler Youth Movement were under the power of Baldur Von Schirach who Hitler appointed to be the head of The Youth organization, with only Hitler to answer to. Schirach began quickly by sending the fifty boys into The Reich’s Committee of German Youth Association, and taking the six million members under the authority of the Hitler youth. So most of the recruitment for the Youth Movement was forced. Some groups did join willing though, but groups like The Catholic Youth Organization held out for as long as three years. Schirach soon organized Hitler’s Youth Movement into a precise running machine. He set up age brackets as well as a Hitlers youth for girls called the BDM(Bund Deutcher Madel{League of German Girls}). The age brackets for ...
- 20653: The Civil War
- ... the United States . . . citizens of the United States." It also provided that, "No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." This not only gave new meaning to black men's freedom, but it also gave a new and broader meaning to citizenship. Those drafting the amendment hoped that the broadness of would cover "unanticipated abuses", yet, the general phrasing was only an advantage to abusers. There is no listing of the "privileges or immunities" offered to U.S. citizens. In fact, there is not even a clarification of what rights a "citizen" has. These generalities, and the abuses that went with them, prompted the adoption of the fifteenth amendment in 1870. The final ... that fact. As well, the radical Republican reconstruction plan called for an official renunciation of secession, before states could be readmitted to the Union. If secession from the Union was now illegal, then Daniel Webster's theory of the Constitution being a people's government, and not a compact of states had to be true. "The Constitution . . . [begins] with the words 'We the people,' and it was the people, not ...
- 20654: Gandhi
- ... People opposed them and the press all over the world was talking about these tests. That was non-violent resistance. Marches all over the world and other non-violent actions. Also Martin Luther King didn't use violence in his fight for the rights of the black people in America. An example which all of us see and experience from time to time, is the strike. Gandhi made the strike as a way of fighting popular and it is still used today very often. At the start of the 20th century the British Empire was the biggest empire in the world. India was it's biggest colony and was very important to Britain. Gandhi managed to get India independent of the British. The biggest Empire in the world lost a war of independence against a country like India which not even used violence and good weapons for it's fights. That was a sign for the world. And especially for the other countries ruled by the British. It was then that many of those countries saw their chance for independence. Gandhi showed them ...
- 20655: Music In Video Games
- ... system which controls every single sound which a system produces. This, then, obviously includes music. Specifically, the CPU controls what sounds are to be played at what time, their volume and dynamics, and each sound's length and rhythm. In a sense, the sound CPU acts as a conductor who has absolute control over every single instrument in his orchestra. The increase of the number of bits serves to improve music ... main functions. The first of its functions is to store data concerning the layout of a song. This data contains information such as which voices will be played at what time, specifications concerning a song's rhythm, dynamics and structure, and any other information which is used by the sound CPU when it produces sounds. When compared to music in the mainstream musical industry, the ARAM can be seen as the musical score which musicians read in order to gain the information to play a song. Since the ARAM stores a song's structure, increasing the size of the ARAM will obviously have a profound effect on the overall length and the variations in structure of a particular song. The result is that an increase in ARAM ...
- 20656: The Spread Of Christianity
- ... have strong faith in Christ. The young Timothy, another Christianity follower, joined Paul and Silas in Lystra. The Apostles journeyed to Macedonia, and in the city of Philippi, Paul and Silas were imprisoned. On Paul's third missionary journey, the apostle traveled to Ephesus and holds a revival at the church. In Ephesus, Paul preached to the people about the Holy Spirit. He also went to Macedonia to visit the troubled church in Corinth. This church had a problem about turning away from God. He stayed there for three months preaching and teaching the gospel. Paul's fourth voyage was to Rome and this voyage was about to fulfill God's plan. Since he was jailed in Jerusalem and Caesarea, the apostle appealed to Caesar and was sent to Rome. When he arrived at Rome, he would preach to the Roman guards from his imprisoned ...
- 20657: Early History of the Pipe Organ
- ... a larger compass, and required a second person to operate the bellows, of which there were usually two.” (Randel 485) The positive was sometimes added to a larger, stationary organ and joined to the larger's keyboard (two manuals), with the positive being located in front of the larger organ with the organist located between them. (Hopkins & Rimbault 42-3) Up until this time, organs did not possess pedals. The pedal ... helped spark harmony in music composition. (Hopkins & Rimbault 36-8) During this time the pedal began receiving its own set of stops separate from those of the other manuals. At this point in the organ's history, development was fairly uniform throughout Europe due mainly to the unrestricted travel of organ builders and musicians whose input would influence foreign builders. The uniformity of the Catholic church also helped perpetuate the use ... ranging in size from 32´ to 1´, including “foundations, mixtures, mutations, flutes and reeds” and a complete pedal division. These large, multi-faceted organs would be the precursors to the influential Baroque organs of J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Scheidemann and others; these organs also influenced builders in northern Holland. (Randel 585-586) While initially Flemish in design and influence, a new school of organ design and playing began to develop ...
- 20658: World War II
- ... this return to "normalcy" very troublesome. This laborious task of reintegrating into American culture would eventually lead to problems in the gender relations in post war America. One of the major problems that G.I.'s faced upon there return to the States was the availability of jobs. During the war, the U.S. government encouraged women and minorities to enter the industrial work force due to labor shortages and increased demand for war goods. By 1944 a total of 1,360,000 women with husbands in the service ... fathers had to fulfill his paternal role and impose discipline. The fathers return disrupted the homefront in various other ways also. Some children feared that their fathers would not stay and as a result didn't want to become to attached to them, in fear that they might again leave. Other children were angry that the fathers had left in the first place. The homecoming was especially hard on both ...
- 20659: JFK
- Statesman and 35th U.S. president (1961-63), born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts; the second of Joseph and Rose Kennedy's nine children. Kennedy was the youngest man elected president of the United States, dying from an assassin’s bullet after serving less than one term in office. Kennedy attended private elementary schools, including a year at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, and four years at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. He ...
- 20660: Song Analysis: "Betterman”
- ... believe songs can hold many different emotions and can mean so much to someone just hearing it. I think songs are really special and can bring back memories that you set at moments and didn’t even realize that you were doing it. Songs even tend to mark history you set in your footsteps. This song really set a memory for me and I love to hear it. I think it ... lets you realize you are not alone and has such a strong message it attracts you to listen to it. I think the main reason people loved this song was because it was real. It’s message was real and the lyrics really say something. I don’t think to many people know this song just because of the way Pearl Jam doesn’t do videos and present their songs on television but the are very successful. I bet most people know ...
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