Massacre of the Innocents

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    Scenes showed Indians on massive horses carrying rifles and arrows while circling innocent wagon trains. In the movies settlers, cowboys, gangs, and Indians died amidst bullets firing everywhere on a daily basis. On the contrary, fictional stories about the West are a stark contrast between what we read in history books and the actual

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    Rubens Innocent Painting

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    The Massacre of the Innocent would be the oldest painting in our exhibition when compare to other artworks of our exhibition, since in 16th century the most common technique of painting is Oil painting on Canvas, that the reason why all the Ruben's artwork are Oil on Canvas. This artwork was painted after he back to his native Antwerp in 1608. Since Antwerp have been involved in the warfare and there have around 8000 citizens have ordered by the king ( Herod ) to kill all the young male children

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    The Bloody Sunday massacre unfolded on the 22nd January 1905. An unarmed, peaceful march in St. Petersburg, Russia to the Winter Palace was organized by Father Gapon. Approximately 200,000 workers gathered with pictures of their ‘Little Father’ the Tsar, singing the anthem God Save the Tsar all the way along. The problem that it was illegal to hold any demonstration against the Tsar’s authority had threatened the government to believe that it would became a riot and thus, ordered the Imperial Guard

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    While it is technically the fault of the colonist mob for the massacre occurring, the Boston Massacre was but one of many explosive culminations of American frustration with the British crown. From pieces of legislature that ridiculously taxed the colonies to an excess military presence, the Boston Massacre, despite the casualties, was a victory for rallying support for the coming war against the British army. This is why the Boston Massacre is considered to be the first battle of the American Revolution

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    Kevin Glenn Dr. Brooks Flippen History 1523 6 November 2015 McMurtry, Larry. Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846-1890. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Oh What A Slaughter Book Review On Earth, there are different peoples who have been coexisting together for years – take for example some of the Native American tribes. The settlement of people in the world is such that different people who come from one tribe tend to settle in a given region where they live together peacefully

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    The Boston Massacre affected many people because it had a salary of 5 killed colonists because of the culmination of tensions in American colonies. This tensions also affected the Americas because of the Taxes being given to the citizens by the Townshend Acts. These acts were to add taxes on tea which also introduces the stamp act which imposed these taxes just to sending a letter out. This Massacre was on March 5, 1770, it took pace in Boston in front of the Old State House. The effect that

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    Imagine, waking up to your neighbors and family being brutally murdered. You manage to escape, and later find out that those responsible for the massacre of your community have gotten off, scot free. When people commit a horrible crime, we expect there to be consequences. Son My is a village that had been heavily mined by the Viet Cong, a communist organization that fought against the South Vietnamese government, many American soldiers had been killed or injured by those mines. Seeking “revenge”

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    the Lai Massacre violated the international humanitarian law of war. The Lai Massacre and the Vietnam War raises critical questions about how America conduct war and its military leadership in Vietnam. The massacre of innocent unarmed civilians illustrates the horrendous war crime committed by American soldiers. Lippman discusses how the United States tried to keep the events of My Lai Massacre from the public. The My Lai Massacre makes me wonder if this was only one of the many massacres in Vietnam

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    -- has not responded to the loss of so many children and teenagers with the same sorrow, anger, or grief as was roused by Vietnam”. As the quote indicates, the American public does not react immediately to violence within their communities until massacres like the Aurora, Colorado

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    of safety, grief, sadness, and shock as each and everyone is affected by this Natural disaster. According to Calming Presence (Counseling Today, 2012, p. 2) Charleston Church Massacre Fear and trauma can easily address when looking at the Charleston Church Massacre shooting that took place in June of 2015. Innocent man and women were in a church, studying the Bible and openly invited a stranger to attend not knowing that his attention was to take their lives. Leaving the church and then returning

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