Just as governmental institutions in pre-Revolutionary America were part of a larger grouping of institutions centering in England, so the pattern of political activity in the colonies was part of a more comprehensive British pattern and cannot be understood in isolation from that larger system."... He believes that those ideologies become the basis for the Revolutionary movement in the American colonies. ... Few British statesmen and politicians understood what this development meant. ... The belief "that leadership in politics should fall to the leaders of society -- natural leaders, leade...

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Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The establishment of a democratic political and social structure, the rule of law, the set-up of new political parties, and a pluralist parliamentary system are but a few of the exacting tasks that have been met. ... It had a great impact on the British Empire. ... All these factors combined to persuade many English leaders that the colonies needed a major reorganization and that the central authority should be in London. The English leaders set in moti...

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Such human rights provisions as states own constitutions, and international covenants on political, economic, civil, and cultural rights. ... The establishment of a democratic political and social structure, the rule of law, the set-up of new political parties, and a pluralist parliamentary system are but a few of the exacting tasks that have been met. ... It had a great impact on the British Empire. ... All these factors combined to persuade many English leaders that the colonies needed a major reorganization and that the central authority should be in London. The English leaders set in moti...

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Born into poverty as Joseph Vissarionovich Djugashvili, Stalin became involved in revolutionary politics as a young man. Stalin joined up with the Bolshevik revolutionaries. ... Stalin was one of the most ruthless world leaders. ... In the mid-1930s Stalin launched a major campaign of political terror. ... Stalin joined the Allies - Britain and the United States. ...

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Karl Marx was German political philosopher and revolutionist, and one of the most influential people in the history of the world. ... In his writings Marx, criticized political and social conditions. ... Marx was later ordered to leave Paris because of revolutionary activities and settled in Brussels. ... Then in November a political called the Bolsheviks led a further rebellion which ousted the provisional government. ... Not long afterward, Communist Russia was attacked by Britain, America and France, who wanted to get rid of the communist government. ...

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Although Chinese leaders may have had different methods and motives for establishing new political and economic systems, they all sought to shake off the hold European powers had on their ancient civilisation. At the foreground of this struggle during the twentieth century, was revolutionary Mao Tse-Tung who, from the 1920's to the 1970's sought to transform China. ... Mao, now seventeen, witnessed the widespread discontent with the dynastic system and although he did not take part in the fighting (Chen, J. 1970), became an avid supporter of the rebellion and its prominent leader, D...

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Stalin then set his site on entering the world of politics. ... Stalin escaped but he lost his job and became a professional revolutionary. ... While Stalin was in prison the political group the Social Democrats split into two different branches. ... After many arrests within the ranks of the Georgian Bolsheviks Stalin rose to be there new leader. Stalin soon wrote a document which attracted the attention of the Bolshevik leader Lenin. ...

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It means full participation by each individual in the intellectual, cultural, and political life of society. ... From the political point of view, they sinned by the fact that they inevitably, invited the peasant to adopt the attitude of a small proprietor instead of urging him to adopt the point of view of the revolutionary proletarian. ... Though it is still active in Fabian educational and awareness activities, it serves today as more of a left of center think-tank for the British Labor Party it helped to create. ... The leaders of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were disinterested in ana...

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The means by which they sought to achieve these goals ranged from peaceful negotiation to armed insurrection and protracted revolutionary warfare. ... Some movements were purely nationalist, of no particular political colour. ... Not so, the British commander, Maj. ... Bao Dai was another figure on the political scene in the South. ... A number of Viet Minh remained in the South as a cadre for a future revolutionary movement. ...

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Despite this failure, he was still a great political leader and set the basis of Communism in Russia. His life contributed to the way people think today, and because of him people are more open to suggestion and are quicker to create ideas on political issues. ... From there, Karl moved on to journalism, but due to his radical political views, few editors were willing to publish his articles. ... There he was offered the position of editor for a new political journal, Franco-German Annals. ... In Brussels, there was a considerable community of political exiles, including the man who conver...

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There were many problems; both political and economic, facing the Soviet Union in 1928 and the decision to launch the five-year plans must have been influenced in part by these. ... Memories of help given to the counter revolutionaries during the civil war only helped to highlight the potential disputes. In 1927, this was bought to the surface when the British government raided the Soviet trade mission in London. ... However, the economic reasons were secondary to the political needs of the communism. ... To do this Stalin had to secure more power, because to reunite the party, it needed a lea...

• Word Count: 5589
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate