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Bauhaus
917 Words - 4 Pages

.... students to achieve. Artist and craftsmen were accepted into the program in an effort to get them to work collectively to combine all of their skills. Secondly, the students were to design everyday objects as works of art. This would advance modern art into the sense of functional design. The third goal was to maintain contact with the leaders of industry so the students could be their consultants. Ilkka Huovio stated in , The New Man - The New Technique that "The idealistic basis of was a socially orientate programme. An artist must be conscious of his social responsibility to the community. On the other hand the community has to accept the artist and support him" ....


The Boston Tea Party
1476 Words - 6 Pages

.... The Sugar Act was formed so that the colonists would have to pay import taxes on molasses, sugar, wine, and other commodities. Although, the Sugar Act brought England some funding, it did not supply enough, so the Stamp Act was put into effect in 1765. The Stamp Act was a direct tax on all the newspapers printed in the colonies and on most commercial and legal documents used in business. These two Acts alone provided about half of the funding needed to support the British Army. The Stamp Act caused much controversy amongst the colonists and the Stamp Act congress of 1765 said the colonists could not be taxed without their consent. The Stamp Act was repealed in 1776 and ....


World Wars Of The 20th Century
1009 Words - 4 Pages

.... while France started out with 1,600,000. Russia called up an army of 1,400,000. Great Britain had only all-volunteers army in Europe, had only 120,000 at the start of the war.?????dont under stand sentence???? By 1917 the British Army had increased tenfold the French land forces had been enlarged to 2,600,000 and in 1918 the American Army in France numbered 1,200,000. It was the addition of troops from the United States that made it possible to defeat German forces numbering about 2.5 million. Army organization for all the belligerents remained the same as it had been throughout the 19th century. They all had similar infantry and cavalry divisions, artillery brigades, engi ....


The Dreyfus Affair And Its Cause
1008 Words - 4 Pages

.... His trousers had their stripes ripped off by the mob, his sword was broken in two while the mob spat and shouted: "Death to the Jew!" Alfred Dreyfus was shipped to Devil's Island to suffer the deadly and harsh conditions, to be tortured on an island from which he couldn't escape from anyway. There were still a few minds who believed in Dreyfus's innocence, such as, his wife and brother; Golgar Demange, a highly respected devout catholic; and even Captain George Picquart.(5) George Picquart was one of the main figures in the unravelling of the Dreyfus affair, he was the officer asked by his supervisor to look into Dreyfus's motives. Picquart found many flaws and peculiar ....


Articles Of Confederation
386 Words - 2 Pages

.... had no power to tax the states, instead it depended on donations by the states. The states desired moderate government involvement and thus, were repulsed by the idea of federal taxation. Lacking in adequate funding, inflation soon overwhelmed the nation. Another obstacle in effective governing was that The Articles did not grant Congress the power to enforce its laws, instead depending on voluntary compliance by the states. In place of executive and judicial branches, The Articles created an inefficient committee system branching out of Congress. Most importantly, any amendment to the required the ratification by all the states, a measure that virtually eliminated ....


Buddhism 2
919 Words - 4 Pages

.... ruler of an important tribe called “shakya”1 Young Siddartha spent his early life enclosed within the walls of the palace, where he was sheltered from anything but luxury, and serenity. He was not satisfied with only material possessions. Siddartha felt like he needed something else in his life. So he pleaded to his father that he could become a follower of the polytheistic religion that was at that time the only religion in India. When his father refused, Siddartha stood in one place for days on end, until his father agreed. So Siddartha left his enclosed palace and set out on his own. Not long after he started his venture out of his home, Si ....


Aztec Civilization
660 Words - 3 Pages

.... had many other important gods, such as Tlaloc, the god of rain, Quetzalcoatl, the god of wind and of learning, and Tenochtitlan, the sun god. The Aztecs believed in order to appease these and many other gods that they needed to perform human sacrifices. The main purpose of the great Aztec pyramids was, in fact, human sacrifices. They also believed that there were “lucky” and “unlucky” days for baptism and to declare war on, which were decided by a priest. Most art and architecture in the was based on their religion. There are many brightly colored murals and paintings on walls and on bark which depict religious ceremonies, along with large ido ....


Reasons, Causes And Details Of Plantation Slavery
1756 Words - 7 Pages

.... that were in the south for a strong economy. At first, colonists had indentured servants work for them. This worked out good but in the end they had allow them to be independent. Soon the indentured servants populations started to decrease, causing less indentured servants available. Without the indentured servants, colonist could not make as much money since they relied on them to do their work. With the idea of slaves, the colonists knew that slaves could be the next source of labor on their plantations. Before slaves came into the picture, indentured servants were the only source of labor colonists had. The population of indentured servants was decreasing because ....



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