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John Brown’s Aspirations in 1859

August 2, 2018 / / 0 Comments

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John Brown, a radical abolitionist from Ohio who during the early 1850’s led a group against proslavery settlers in Kansas, led another interracial army (2 of his soldiers were his own sons) in an attempt to capture a federal arsenal with the hopes of inspiring slaves to rebellion. Brown spent three years planning his revolt and believed his “army” could take enough weapons to arm slaves and establish mountain bases for a black revolutionary republic which would serve as a place of refuge and a rallying point for subsequent slave insurgencies in the South. Continue reading

A Comparison of the American and the French Revolution

April 19, 2018 / / 0 Comments

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The two most destructive events in the history of humanistic progress are revolutions and war because they often occur together and they leave massive disarrangements in society. Although revolutions and war cause deaths, human suffering and reorganization of society, they occasionally the result of modernity creating progress in industry, new impetus for commercial progress, and they redress the inefficiencies in development (Eisenstadt, 2017). Both the American Revolution and the French Revolution were terrible events particularly for people who have so much love and admiration for the aristocracy. For enlightened liberals, the two events were sadly inevitable, regardless of the horror they left behind. In the case of the French, a king and his queen were beheaded and the aristocracy abolished. Continue reading

Sample Question: Vindolanda tablet 248

November 10, 2017 / / 0 Comments

TMA 01

Read the : Vindolanda tablet 248 below. Then, in no more than 1,500 words, write a critical analysis of it as a source of evidence, using the following to help you to structure your answer:

  • briefly provide its context
  • discuss any points of significance in respect of the following:
    • content
    • form
    • what this source reveals about the northern frontier of the Roman empire and the military community associated with it.

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Sample Paper: Presidential Executive Privilege

March 28, 2016 / / 0 Comments
executive privilege

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Executive privilege is defined as the exemption that the executive branch of government grants them or their officers, which exempt them from having to provide evidence. This rule specifically addresses the involvement of the president in court ruling and whether or not, he is at liberty of disclosing information when faced with inquiries from the Congress or the judiciary branch of government. Continue reading

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