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What caused the pueblo revolt of the 1680?
... hatred towards the missionaries was building up until that final spark ignited. The spark ignited and the Revolt in 1680 was a total success, the Pueblos ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Was There a Trojan War? This essay attempts to answer a question that is very controversial.
... the fair Helen, and eloped with her. She was the spark that ignited the fury for a war so terrible. Enraged and thirsty for revenge ... we see today? Out of so many wars, why did this one ignite the passion to write such a remarkable story? These questions may ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Innovative Weapons Of The Civil War Era
... nipple on the exterior of the weapon near the hammer to ignite the black powder. When fired, the percussion cap's small ... powder. When fired, the percussion cap's small explosion would ignite the propellant, in this case black powder, and the hot gases ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
Weapons of the civil war
... time fuse. The rest of the rifled shells used percussion caps to ignite. The case shot was and improvement on the simple shell because ... black powder. All round shells and a few rifled shells were ignited by a time fuse. The rest of the rifled shells used ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Why did US citizens change their opinion on the Vietnam War as it progressed?
... Guards shot four students at Kent State University, Ohio. This ignited numerous college campuses protests across the States. Two more ... embassy there. The goal of the Tet Offensive was to ignite and encourage the people of South Vietnam to overthrow ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars
How did the 1975 Lebanese Civil War start? What were the main causes? What were the main conflicting ideologies?
... remains the most influential factor of all. The Lebanese civil war ignited during a violent period of the Cold War that opposed the ... up as a result of the Zionist destabilization of the region ignited on Lebanese soil when 30 unarmed Palestinians on board a ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Anti-War Movement In the U.S during Vietnam
... paralyzed America's higher-education system. The Kent State tragedy ignited a nationwide campus disaster. Between May 4 and May 8, ... 1970 news of the My Lai massacre became public and ignited widespread outrage. In April President Nixon, who had previously ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
What were the long term causes of WWI?
... the fuse was in the powder keg and in 1914 one shot ignited the bomb. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 by the ... been developing for over three decades. WWI, as all major wars, was ignited by a single tragedy but caused by a long fuse of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I
Roots of the Space Race
... , Matthew. Red Moon Rising Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age (New York: Times Books, 2007), 25. � Brzezinski, ... Matthew. Red Moon Rising Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age. New York: Times Books, 2007. Print ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
Analyse to what extent this comment reflects the move to Bolshevism/Communism in Russia from 1917. Evaluate to what extent Stalin’s rule of the Soviet Union reflected revolutionary committee power?
... was massively important as it motivated the people in Russia to ignite the revolution as they knew that change was required in order ... which remained in the country after the October revolution as it ignited the civil war. It also shows that power was not ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History