There was no need for slavery to continue in a growing society where the nation can do more than just produce cotton. The north was able to produce and manufacture products without the use of slaves, why couldn’t the south? That’s what many northerners believed. Though if abolitionist got their way in ending slavery then there would be an end to the cultivation of cotton. The country cannot go on cultivating such a ‘prized’ crop without the hands of slaves.
In 1945, the British viceroy handed power back to India freely. Mohandas Gandhi fought with nonviolence before the British handed over the power back to India. Gandhi describes the positive motives for a nonviolence approach to Indian independence, “Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering…” (Doc 3) India was a huge asset to the British Empire especially during World War II. Gandhi said, “I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” (Doc 3) He yelled this statement during the Salt March. Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya and leader for independence, stated, “The land is ours.
Locke and Montesquieu believed that limited government (government has limits and every person has rights) was best. Montesquieu thought that governments such as monarchies and despots caused conflict between the people and the government. Limiting the government’s power over the people would take away the chances of a monarchy or despotism forming, and the best way to do that would be to divide the government into three different branches. Dividing the government into three branches will make sure one branch is not becoming more powerful than another, eliminating the chances of it becoming ruled by a monarch or despot. Locke believed that the government should never even be given such a great amount of power.
He believed there should be a smychka (alliance) between peasants and workers (didn’t want to create differences between them.) • Trotsky wanted to abolish the NEP- Resented the fact that much of the USSR’s industry was under the direct control of the government. Hated the NEPMEN (traders who made large profits from the NEP.) Wanted to end the inequality between poor peasants and kulaks. Wanted to abolish private farms and introduce collective farming.
The Haitian Revolution was heavily influenced by the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment revolved around the theory of liberty and equality, which was attractive to the slaves of Haiti, who regularly experienced racial
Disagreements erupted over how the colonies felt that they should be treated and the way they were actually treated by Britain. The British stance was that the colonies were created for the benefit of Britain and the Colonialists wanted more say in their own existence. One main cause of the revolution was that the Colonists wanted more representation within the British government hence “no taxation without representation”, (Hickman n.d.), Britain was unwilling to do this. Another factor was the geographical distance between Britain and the Colonists, this created a sense of independence with in the colonies. Britain therefore tried to tighten control over the Colonists through a series of acts designed to quell any sense of rebellion.
On top of this, vertical integration put all the money and power into the hands of a few people that controlled whole industries and there was no attempt to regulate or try to monitor the system (Vries, 03 25 2003). The government needed to regulate businesses. and TR tried to fix it but was demonized and called “un-American”. He didn't want to restore competition at a lower level but wanted to show JP Morgan and Carnegie that they also had to feel democracy and follow the rules, no matter how wealthy they were they weren't an exception to equality (Vries, 03 25 2003). Roosevelt believed that the government had the right and the responsibility to regulate big business so that its actions did not
Pol Pot was the communist head of the Khmer Rouge that was founded in 1963. His goal in his regime was to create an agrarian utopian society. After Japan’s imperialistic forces pulled out of Cambodia, the Cambodian wanted nothing more to do with imperialism, and this led to Pol Pot leverage later in his campaign. After a rigged federal election of the elites, Pol Pot started his involvement in the Khmer Rouge Party. Rouge in French means red symbolizing, A communist party.
Test no.1 Essay How did the conflicting forces of the Enlightenment and Pietism combine to attack hierarchy in America and promote independent thinking? Thesis: It challenged the powers of the time, in the government, the science, and church. 1. John Locke encouraged people to assert their natural rights and advocated overthrowing leaders who don't respect those rights. * Locke believed that political power was not given by to the monarch by god, but was derived from social compacts that people made to preserve their natural rights.
This leads him to say that all the blood and pride for fighting for American Independence would be spent in vain. This meant that it was all for nothing if they cant keep true to the Constitution. “…it is our duty to take care that no injustice shall remain in their organic laws.” What he meant here is that Republicans must take control of the country as a whole and not let any state abide by its own rules; each state must follow the laws of its country. He urged for the minority of republicans in the rebel states to join with the slaves, creating one big body to lead the South. This would give a majority in all but