Dutch Revolt

The Two Armies Face Off - John Adams- colonist leader - Brits and Americans thought war would be quick and easy - Brits wanted to pound the colonists into the ground - Patriots ○ Americans who wanted independence from Brits ○ Thought Brits would give up after losing major battles British Advantages - Brits had advantage ○ Strong navy ○ Trained Army ○ Rich empire ○ Many people (8 mil) - Patriots had no advantage ○ Weak navy ○ No real army ○ No experience ○ Few weapons

The Haitian Revolution The Origin The origin of the Haitian Revolution can ironically be traced to the Revolution that started in their Mother Country France in 1789. In that year, the French people rallied and motivated by the watchwords of Liberty, fraternity and Equality decided to begin the process that would radically change the political and social order of France. This revolution appealed to the Grand Blancs of San Domingue as the colony was named before the revolution. They decided that it

AP WORLD HISTORY MRS. HEFFERNAN NAME: _____________________________________ PERIOD: _____ QUIZ: CHAPTER 16 & 17 MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. ______ 1) How was the global trade network of the 15th century different from that of previous eras? A) Trade prior to the 15th century was limited to the Western Hemisphere. B) In previous eras, most attention was given to the development of larger regional economies

The economic system of capitalism was implemented in India with the British East India Company during the seventeen and eighteen hundreds. It was unsuccessful because it became corrupt, abusive of workers, and was ultimately replaced because of revolts. The economic system of capitalism did not address the needs of both entrepreneurs and workers because the workers didn’t ask to be abused like they were and the entrepreneurs sort of did because they got to run their business how they wanted to.

HI 101 Essay 3 Zhenli Xu Protestant Reformation Protestant Reformation is admittedly one of the most important schisms in the history of Christianity. It started with Martin Luther nailing the Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Catholic Church in Germany in 1517, and ended with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The Reformation was a religious movement triggered by the rise of humanism during the Renaissance and the general corruption of the Roman Catholic Church that eventually led to the

William Sun Mr Hughes AP European History (6) 15 October 2015 Chapter 15 Questions 1. Briefly summarize the four phases of the 30 Years War. How did the war change the economic and political landscape of the Holy Roman Empire? The four phases of the thirty years can be summarised as the Bohemian phase, Danish phase, Swedish phase and French phase, which induced the Holy Roman Empire to lose money and caused the empire to split. The Bohemian phase from 1618 to 1625 was sparked by the defenestration

In the early 19th century Russian rulers did anything in their power to keep the "French plague" from infiltrating Russia. The "French Plague" was a gradual move towards freedom and a more influential say in government. Russia avoided the "French Plague" by a period of isolation and oppression of their people. Japan also had a long period of isolation. The Japanese believed in the Mandate of Heaven or that there culture was the best. Because of their ethnocentric culture, only one Japanese port,

      1-Man was created free, ie. "I made him just and right/Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall".  This is covered in lines 97-111;       2-It is through free-will that man chose to fall, ie. "...they themselves decreed/Thir own revolt, not I".  This is covered in lines 111-119;       3-Though fallen, man shall not lose their free-will, ie. "I form'd them free, and free they must remain"; the notion of the non-mutability of God is also contained here.  This is covered in

The Puritans based their lifestyles heavily on religious beliefs. Calvinism served as their primary religion. This religion encompassed beliefs that held on the idea that their lives have been planned out by God from birth and any disruption to that plan should be eradicated. During the 17th century, witch hunts occurred due in part to Puritan’s stringent religious way of life. The controversy between John Winthrop and Anne Hutchinson rose up out of sexism, pose of threat and flawed theory in the

In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon rebelled and held a revolt in Colonial Virginia. High taxes, low prices for tobacco, and resentment against special privileges given those close to the governor, Sir William Berkeley, provided the background for the uprising. These factors made the rebellion inevitable. All of the chaos was precipitated by Governor Berkeley's failure to defend the frontier against attacks by Native Americans. Bacon commanded two unauthorized but successful expeditions against the tribes