The national government was weak and disconnected, and the federal powers were greatly lacking. After the drafting of the Articles of Confederation, the system controlling domestic affairs was heavily flawed. The federal government was given little power while the states were almost autonomous, creating the root of all problems for the struggling central authority. As a result of the decentralized government, Congress had no authority to impose taxes or regulate domestic and foreign affairs. There was no national court system to settle interstate disputes, forcing settlements to occur in the courts of one of the states involved.
However, they never lead to the considerable improvements he expected as they were somewhat incomplete and many were not satisfied with them. In 1861 Alexander II emancipated the serfs; they were freed from their feudal obligations and allotted land for their needs. They were given freedom from noble interference and control of their lives, as well as being freed from fear of being forced to do military service. The serfs were given very little land and that which they received was of poor quality. The system of land distribution was unfair and most peasants received 4% less land than they had rented before, many received much less.
Why can’t people feed themselves? As of today, third world countries do not have access to the high-quality land to feed themselves. The plentiful land they once owned has been ruined. Unfortunately, due to clear cutting by plantations many years ago, the soil has no nutrients left. “Colonialism destroyed the cultural patterns of production and exchange by which traditional societies in “underdeveloped” countries previously had met the needs of people.”(Lappe, p.184) Furthermore, the useable land that is left is not available to them.
After 1905 the Tsar seemed to be giving in slightly and live did improve for people in little ways, people were mostly worse off than before though. Although the Tsar started a Duma he did not give them much power and he still made most off the decisions. For the first three Dumas the Tsar did not work with them at all but by the fourth he began to. The Duma could also just be completely dissolved by the Tsar at any time. For some peasants life did improve dramatically, Stolypin set up banks that would help peasants get loans and buy land.
They had not yet brought in any form of democracy, however, with the country being 80% peasants, it was not yet possible. As the majority of the country are people who are being treated badly by their ruler, there was no way they would vote for the Tsar and therefore the country had to continue as they were, in an autocratic state. This was one of they key factors which labeled them as ‘backwards’, the country was ran in a way that was considered outdated and un-modern. The country’s education system was another factor that was continuously preventing them from moving forward into the modern day world. With 90% of the country being illiterate, there was no way for the country to industrialize (which would also go on to effect their economy), without people being able to read or write, it became even more difficult for the country to move forward.
The revolution of 1905 was as you could say, not expected. Russia wasn’t developed in any way, being a communist country before 1905. Karl Marx said that society in Russia was feudal, with the majority of the country being known to be Serfs, peasants who look after the land. The whole of Russia was always a reformed country, with many problems whilst Alexander II and even when Alexander III took the reign, nothing improved. When Alexander III became Tsar, he wanted to improve Russia after not really agreeing with his Fathers decisions.
During the middle ages, the feudal system left commoners in western Europe oppressed. Making up 95% of the population, the peasants and serfs of the roman empire were limited to their land. They worked day in and out. Working on farms, they were the providers of crops to the nobility. They had very few rights, as most did not own land and they were forbidden to hunt.
Also the league wasn’t responsible enough to take care of all the problems in Europe as its powers were not so strong. Also the interests of the leading powers were normally fulfilled so the League in reality didn’t have any power to execute its rules they made up, thus being the weakest point of the league. The League of Nations was set up by the twenty six clauses in chorological order from 1~26 in the Treaty of Versailles, it is called the Covenant of the League
Okonkwo’s father Unoka, “was a debtor”, “lazy and improvident” and when he “died, he had taken no title at all and was heavily in debt”. Okonkwo’s father left him to fend for himself with accumulated debts and he started off life with little possessions and lowly status in society. He worked as if he was “possessed” and persevered to rise through the ranks to become one of the “egwugwu”, or leaders of the tribe. Although it may be argued that Okonkwo eventually built his status, it is undeniable that without a noble birth, it would be extremely difficult to be a tragic hero or
Backwardness of Russian farming In 1928 agriculture was still very backward and most farmers only had a small field and had hardly any grain output because of how the way land was shared after the revolution. Most work was done by people. They were virtually no tractors in the USSR, and no combine harvests. Stalin wanted to create large farms