Nearly 800 people were injured or died in the June Rebellion of 1832. (Haven) Although Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is fiction, it is important to remember that the events outlining this book are history. There really was a barricade, and people really did die. The question we need to ask ourselves is: did their deaths matter? Both the fictional and historical people in the June Rebellion fought a noble fight. The people of the barricade in Les Miserables had good reason to lose their lives. The rebels in the barricade were able to give immense hope to the people of Paris because they were willing to take a stand. The movie exemplifies this throughout the ending scene. All the characters are together walking through the streets and singing …show more content…
Carolyn McDowall described it as, “it wooed a whole new generation of American people to its powerful message of love, liberty, fraternity, hope and freedom.” (McDowall) People who read and watched Les Miserables were felt uplifted by the barricade scene because of the hope that comes with people giving up their lives for what they believe in. In this same way, the people of Paris that witnessed the fight in the barricade experienced the Insurgents inspiration. Parisians lived in awful conditions in the 1830s. Even though they were not willing to join in the fight, they felt inspired just to know that someone else was fighting for a better …show more content…
Throughout the whole novel, there is an abundance of light references used to describe the republic and what they were fighting for. The flag of the republic was pictured as, “Nothing could be seen but the red flag, fearfully lighted up, as if by an enormous dark lantern” (Hugo, 275) Nothing else received Hugo’s praise as much as the symbol of the republic’s fight. The flag received the same symbolism that the bishop did when Jean Valjean decided not to kill him in his sleep. Another example of Hugo’s light references is when he wrote about Marius’s fight. “The torch in his hand, his stern face lighted by a deadly resolution, bending the flame of the torch towards that formidable pile in which they discerned the broken barrel of powder, and uttering that terrific cry.” (Hugo, 285) Marius’s face was filled with purpose to fight for a better
Starting in the 1869, with the purchase of the Rupert’s land, Canada had encountered many issues dealing with a distant and unsatisfactory connection between the Canadian government and western Canada. Ignoring land claims, not respecting treaty rights and bringing fear of being pushed off the land, the government caused a growth in frustration for Aboriginal groups in the west during the 1880s. In 1885, the North-West Rebellion started when the Métis, lead by Louis Riel, created a provisional government and a small military force to act against government troops. Having enough of an unsupportive government, the Métis people started the North-West Rebellion, in order to prevent the loss of their land in present-day Saskatchewan and Alberta.
The American Revolution was preceded in part by a series of British Parliament laws that regulated trade and taxes. Rumors from England that more taxes might follow encouraged some colonists to begin thinking about whether they really consented to taxes passed by a Parliament to which they elected no representatives. (1) This particular legislation of taxation caused tensions between colonists and local imperial officials, who readdressed the colonists concerns that the British Parliament would not address American complaints concerning the new laws. The unwillingness to respond to American demands for change by the British opened the doors to colonial argument that they were part of a corrupt and tyrannical empire in which their traditional liberties were at stake! This position eventually served as the foundation for the Declaration of Independence.
Even though French patriots revere the storming of the Bastille as a heroic uprising against oppression, the prison itself was an obsolete relic. Practically empty of political prisoners, the fortress expressed power only symbolically. This symbol, though hollow, inspired a revolution after a Parisian crowd attacked it on July 14, 1789; the mob contained members of diverse socio-economic backgrounds, but they united in their opposition to the status quo: popular suffering and a lack of governmental relief. Although absolutist tyranny contributed to popular anger, the crowd stormed the Bastille in a protest primarily against spiking food prices because the revolutionaries feared starvation and military repression. The Bastille,
The Rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada all began from the way their province was being ruled by the British. The Lower Canada rebels wanted the farming industry of the French Population to be more noticeable and less about business interest. Moreover, the reality is that the British are trying to take away the French culture and language in lower Canada. The French rebels believe that the “Château Clique” should not be controlled by the British. The leader of the Rebellions in the Lower Canada was Louis Joseph Papineau. His main goal was he wanted to monitor the revenues because at the time he gathers that the money was not spent correctly. The Rebellions wrote a political demands list, and the list got rejected by London, farmers in Lower
One of the more extreme measures taken in an attempt to control population has been China's one-child policy. Population advocate Garet Hardin suggests the rest of the world adopt similar policies. This paper is to show a country's government acting on theories that Hardin is popular for and the ethical and environmental effects that it had on people and the land. Hardin fails to see the ethical problems laid out by governments that suppress peoples thoughts and beliefs.
There are many lasting impacts of the rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada that are even present today 200 years later. First is that Canada has a democratic government. During the rebellions, Canadians could elect representatives but the representatives had very little power. The government didn’t care about the thoughts of the common person. Today the people cast votes for the Prime Minister instead of it already being decided by a counsel of rich people. He cares about people’s opinions and tries to appeal to them to win office. Another way Canada has been influenced is we are one country and are multicultural. Back in 1837 Canada was divided into two parts the French-speaking
As our discussion post provided this week, the colonists responded with rebellion because of the new acts that were imposed upon them by the British (Schultz, K., 2013). Their attempt to reform the American colonies contributed to the growth of the Revolutionary movement because the British tried to enforce stricter policies and laws (Schultz, K. M., 2013). The British wanted to tighten the policies over the colonial officials so that it would reduce the corruption, the British wanted control over the area of land that the settlers occupied, and they wanted to raise revenue by taxing goods. Although the British were adamant about their purpose, the colonist believed that rebelling against them would help in receiving their independence.
In history, the wars and revolutions of countries have begun with rebellions and those in the rebellions fighting back. Those rebellions are often a response to tyranny and unjust demands from the government against their subjects. After the colonies had settled themselves into the new land, the British became greedy for more money and power. They began to pass Acts after Acts that taxed the colonies on many everyday things like paper, tea, sugar, etc. and even forcing the colonies to keep British soldiers in their houses and feed them. These actions from Britain made the colonies feel like the king of England did not treat them like adults and it angered the colonists. The colonists were outraged at how the British were taxing them, and how
The American Revolution was undeniably the most pivotal time period in respect to United States History, but who was really to blame for initiating the conflict? While both the British politicians and American colonists shared the blame for the kindling of the revolution, one party was certainly more at fault than the other: the British. Through short-term causes of taxation and incommodious trade acts, and long-term causes of salutary neglect and involvement in the burdensome French & Indian War, the British politicians proved to ultimately be the most responsible for igniting the Revolutionary War.
The first Pilgrims in America set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. More than 100 people were aboard the ship, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World. In November the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod which in present day would be called Massachusetts. The intended destination was near the Hudson River in Virginia, an already established colony. They sent out a search party toward the end of December to look for the group of passengers but the pilgrims had landed at Plymouth Harbor by mistake.
Throughout the years many historians have compilated and examined why Indian people were so desperate to gain back their independence from the British Empire during their rule over India, from 1612 to 1947. The reasoning can most definitely be found as the British discriminated against Indian people as they believe that they were inferior; it is no surprise that Indian people fought so hard for their independence. Throughout the British Raj, they placed and put forward unbelievably racist acts and laws which discriminated against Indian people. Which of course led to Indians to rebel against the British rule and which the British reacted with causing massacres. Explaining the nationalistic many India’s felt during the British Raj.
The American Revolution was much more than an insurrection against British tariffs and patronage decree. Rather, it was a bureaucratic catastrophe in which colonists from the thirteen American colonies denied the British sovereignty, eradicated the jurisdiction of Great Britain and established the United States of America. The upheaval was a primitive modern revolution in which generality traversed for liberty in the statute of law, constitutional privilege and supremacy. Ensuing years of contention and maltreatment, the colonists adjudicated to take action for what they postulated was ethical. The colonists were able to win the American Revolution against the British, despite the fact that they faced numerous disadvantages, by their
The American Revolution was one of the most vital events in American History lasting form 1775 to 1783, it effected the nation socially, economically and politically. The American Revolution brought upon many changes in America, and freedom of the nation. The Revolutionary War was a stepping stone to what we are as a nation today, it created both short and long-term effects on the world. When wanting to blame a certain side, the British politicians or the American agitators, several key points lead to one considering the British Politicians being at fault for the events that led up to and occurred during The American Revolution.
Fragile X Syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes intellectual disability and is very common. The main characteristic is that children find it hard to process, understand information and work. You can identify fragile x syndrome is babies miss important developmental steps, or if their are noticeable physical traits like a different face or a big head circumference. This disability causes difficulty in learning, development and in their behaviour social/behavioural.
This position paper will attempt to challenge previous opinions regarding capital punishment. The objective is to persuade the audience to oppose capital punishment by revealing biblical, political, and moral perspectives, as well as supplying effective counters to traditional thinking. This paper seeks to balance each rationale in order to appeal to several mindsets, and beliefs in regard to capital punishment.