The Battle of the Alamo took place between February 23 and March 6, 1836. The battle consisted of a thirteen day siege proceeding an all out attack from the Alamo Mission near what is now San Antonio, Texas. The battle left an estimated 300 of the Mexican forces killed or wounded and just two of the Republic of Texas surviving. I believe that this battle really helped to cement the idea of secession into the minds of the Texians and pushed them to revolt. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico at the time, started to move the governmental system of Mexico towards a dictatorship.
In the hours following the disaster there were feelings of confusion, disbelief and terror. When the cleared from all of the media buzz and reports surfaced, they placed the blame on Islamic extremists and explained their motives behind the attack. Now, 10 years after this historic event and a thorough amount of research questions arise about how these events actually transpired. Oswald Mosley once said “Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy….“. Yet, according to a Scripps-Howard poll 36% of those asked believe that the American government performed the 9/11 attacks themselves.
In a single attack the combination of the Sudaneese army and the janjaweed 60,000 peoples lives were changed forever (Hueschen). Unlike Iraq where the government is trying to help the people of it’s country, the Sudaneese government are the one responsible for the suffering of it’s people. The European union and the African Union both say that the events in Darfur is not Genocide. However the U.S. congress disagrees (The Black Commentator). The former Nigerian president and also the former chair of the African union Obasanjo said in a press conference on September 23rd
The Vietnam War Jordyn Heche November 22, 2009 The Vietnam War The 1960’s in America were full of turmoil. The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing, and there was a growing counterculture that sought a “more just and less materialistic society” (Davidson, 2006, p. 884). American society was splintering into different factions; demonstrations by “student radicals, minority dissidents, feminists and gays” (Davidson, 2006, p. 884) were becoming commonplace. The entry of America directly into the Vietnam War was the fuse to the powder keg of political and social activism in the United States. The resulting damage included political and social unrest, and an unheard of humiliation of those who served
There were fixed levels of oil production October and the 1973 Yom Kippur War prompted OPEC to declare an oil embargo, and exports suddenly stopped , as well as prices rocketed to 4 times usual price, as a result in Britain there long queues outside petrol stations. This was worsened with NUM then demanded a huge pay rise in November 1973, causing 3 day weeks in Britain. Something that the administrations of both men suffered from were tensions with the trade unions, with both Wilson and Heath had similar polices which was consequently a disaster for both PM’s. Trade Unions had come to wield such influence due to post war consensus politics and were important in maintaining full employment, as well as being very favourable with the some of the public with opinion polls in the 1960’s showed 60% people had favourable view of them. The trade unions became a problem when real wages for workers was decreasing and the price of goods was increasing and as a result Wild cat strikes broke out and this presented issues for both governments and trade unions.
Seemingly the most significant event to my Dad, the Kennedy assassination consumed the majority of the conversation. In the days following Kennedy’s death, he expressed the country to be in a stand still. The mere thought of a president being assassinated seemed to be such an absurd idea that the nation was in shock. Church memorials and the transportation of the President’s body across the country seemed to consume the media for the next few weeks. However, as the United States was recovering from the devastation, they began to worry about their future under Lyndon Johnson.
It would be one of the last speeches he would give as a member of the Nation of Islam. The speech was given to a congregation of African American people desperate for some good news. The March on Washington had taken place weeks earlier and President Kennedy had just been elected. On September 15, 1963 the 16th Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama had been bombed by members of the KKK killing four young girls. This was a turning point in the civil right movement as it motivated many people to take action (UCLA film and television archive).
The next night it got a little bigger and a little bit more boisterous, the same protesting demonstrations were going on for the most part and there were a few more arrests then the previous night. The National Guard was now there and they even tried using tear gas to clear out the students. The next day was when the government and rest of Kent officials began getting really angry. The governor of Kent called the protests “un-American” and openly expressed his anger with the protesting. They made it clear that night that they were intent on putting an end to the protesting as soon as possible.
With the ignition of the Palestinian people, uprisings began to flourish. As movements persisted over the next months, The UNL (United National Leadership) came into existence. This organization became the backbone of the Palestinian cause, coordinating movements against the Israeli. The UNL refused Israeli law, focusing on passive disobedience as opposed to the violent acts. The Israelis responded similarly to their previous reprisals, striking down on the Palestinians with force, killing over a thousand protesters.
The last handful of years leading up to the American Revolution was a tumultuous period marked by vocal and physical protest. The colonists were no longer willing to accept the imperial rule being imposed on to them by Parliament and the King. Their protests varied in intensity and manner, which caused varying reactions between the colonists and the British Thomas Hutchinson was a wealthy, leading conservative in Massachusetts, who at the height of the uproar over the stamp act became a target of mass protest. Hutchinson’s home was destroyed during the night by a mob of Massachusetts’ protestors. The act of violence that brought about this destruction results the mob mentality that goes along with the nature of mass protests.