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- 1041: John Gough
- ... sixty times. 1772-1777 Self employed as a tutor at New College. Joined the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Published Meteorological Observations and Essays. 1802 Stated my law of Partial Pressures: “Experimental Essays on the Constitution of Mixed Gases; on the Force of Steam or Vapor from water and other liquids in different temperatures, both in a Torricellian vacuum and in air; on Evaporation; and on the Expansion of Gasses by ...
- 1042: Napoleon And Unrest In Europe
- ... frighten Jews out of Russia. The Ottoman rulers tried modernizing Western reforms to reverse the empire’s decline. A series of reforms was called the “Tanzimat”. Pan Arabism, or Arab Nationalism, arose. The Young Turks constitution seeking secret society was the most successful of many. Despite reforms, the Empire’s could not fully prevent internal rebellion. The Empire declined creating a “Power Vacuum” in the Balkan Peninsula, which fueled conflicts. After ...
- 1043: Yuan Shih-k’ai’s Transformation of the Chinese Military
- ... p. 38). The reforms of this new movement would mean greater clarity of communication between the rulers and the people by making the society more open to political discussion. This would lead to a new constitution and the creation of a parliament. In the end, this meant the end of the Confusious Empire and the beginning of a modern nation-state using a constitutional monarchy. At his meeting with the emperor ...
- 1044: Andrew Jackson: Indian Fighter
- ... march from Georgia to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). In 1791, a United States treaty had recognized Cherokee territory in Georgia as independent, and the Cherokee people had created a thriving republic with a written constitution(Remini 224). For decades, the state of Georgia sought to enforce its authority over the Cherokee Nation, but its efforts had little effect until the election of President Andrew Jackson, a longtime supporter of Indian ...
- 1045: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... Lincoln for not going all the way and refused to support him but Garrison no longer opposed the President. On February 1, 1865, The Congress Of The United States approved the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, forever abolishing slavery everywhere in the land. (Faber 113) "Hallelujah!" That was the headline in the Liberator. "Praise be to God!" Garrison rejoiced. On May 24, 1879, William Lloyd Garrison passed away. (Faber 120) The ...
- 1046: Ben Franklin’s Involvement in the Age of Reason
- ... a small piece of the Declaration of Independence. He participated in many political activities that were pertinent to the world peace problem. The Declaration of Independence gave the people freedom. He involved himself in the Constitution, along with other peace treaties. He had high hopes for political liberty, or liberty itself. He once had problems back in Boston, his original hometown, with his brother, and had to leave only to obtain ...
- 1047: The Nomination of Andrew Jackson to the "Presidents Hall of Fame"
- ... were a larger risk and the bank didn't see it in it's interest to make such a gamble with it's money. And in his mind the bank was in violation on the Constitution. Even though the bank's charter wasn't due to expire until 1836, Jackson's political enemies pushed a bill through congress granting the banks re-charter, Jackson vetoed the bill. The "Bank" issue was ...
- 1048: Nelson Mandela
- ... ANC. Mandela's release from prison marked the beginning of the end of apartheid in South Africa when he once again became the head of the ANC. He began the process to from a new constitution in South Africa which would allow political power to the black majority. Finally in 1991 the South African government repealed the laws that had upheld apartheid. In May, 1994 Nelson Mandela became South Africa's ...
- 1049: Napoleon Bonaparte
- ... and fraternity. In exchange, he took away their liberty. Another reform was the creation of the national eduction system. This was a pleasant addition because it adds knowledge to the Empire. Another was a knew constitution, in this he presented to the public in a plebiscite that required them either to accept fully his version or to allow him to govern without the restrictions of a constitutions. This was a lose ...
- 1050: Abraham Lincoln: Biography
- ... Emancipation Proclamation, issued in 1863. But Lincoln knew that something else had to be done to insure liberty for the slaves after the war. So he worked hard to pass an antislavery amendment to the Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment, passed by Congress in 1865, prohibited slavery in all states. It was this important act, and the Emancipation Proclamation, that won Lincoln his reputation as the Great Emancipator.
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