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How different would life be without this invention? Nowadays, canned food is everywhere — but how did this industry begin? Tune in to learn how Nicholas Appert discovered the principles used in canning food — and why we have Napoleon to thank for this Stuff of Genius.
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Posted November 16, 2014Napoleon’s hat sells for $2.4 million at auction
Who was Napoleon?
Napoleon Bonaparte was a military general who became the first emperor of France. His drive for military expansion changed the world.
The guillotine is best known for its use in France, in particular during the French Revolution, when it “became a part of popular culture” and it became celebrated as the people’s avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents.”
The notorious killing machine of the French Revolution, was used to behead thousands, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. The guillotine continued to be used long after the Revolution and remained France’s standard method of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment with the backing of President François Mitterrand in 1981. The last person guillotined in France was Hamida Djandoubi, on 10 September 1977.
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What caused the French Revolution?
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Lola Rodríguez de Tió, (September 14, 1843 – November 10, 1924), was the first Puerto Rican-born woman poet to establish herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. A believer in women’s rights, she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and the independence of Puerto Rico.
Illustrative Examples (p 101) – Call for National Unification or Liberation
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Illustrative Examples (p 101) – Call for National Unification or Liberation
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Illustrative Examples (p 101) – Call for National Unification or Liberation
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You DO NOT have to know any dates for AP World Modern. BUT, Ben Freeman would argue knowing certain major events can give you an idea of the major themes and flow of the course.
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“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”
“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
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“My brave fellows, you have done all I asked you to do, and more than can be reasonably expected; but your country is at stake, your wives, your houses and all that you hold dear. You have worn yourselves out with fatigues and hardships, but we know not how to spare you. If you will consent to stay one month longer, you will render that service to the cause of liberty, and to your country, which you probably can never do under any other circumstances.”
“We have abundant reason to rejoice, that, in this land, the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart.”
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rev·o·lu·tion (noun)
– a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
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Elements of:
– Religion
– Territory
– Language
– History
– Culture
– Pride in one’s country
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The Slave Market of Marrakesh as depicted on the cover of Le Petit Parisien of June 2, 1907.
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(Reuters) MARCH 2007 – Britain marks 200 years on March 25 since it enacted a law banning the trans-Atlantic slave trade, although full abolition of slavery did not follow for another generation.
CHRONOLOGY
a·bol·ish (verb)
formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
example – “the tax was abolished in 1977”
ab·o·li·tion – the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
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