The Reasons Behind Bloody Sunday
Both of these sources are primary as both were written at the time,
but Source B is an account written by someone who was actually within
the workers of the strike whereas Source A is the account of events as
the Tsar saw them or heard about them. This however does not make
Source B more useful than Source A just because it was written by
someone within the crowd. This source could have been written possibly
some hours after the march and some details may have got confused or
to make the report sound more interesting the writer's imagination
could have come in to use.
Source A is the Tsars version of events on what happened on Bloody
Sunday. Even though the Tsar was the leader of the country the
information about Bloody Sunday was relayed to him because he was not
present to witness the goings on. We can tell this as in his diary he
says he went out for a walk and lunch. This could mean that the
information he was told was information he wanted to hear and not the
actual details. The person who told him could not have told the Tsar
everything to make sure the events didn't sound as bad as they were.
This however could not be true and everything he wrote in his diary
was true as it was probably him that ordered the troops on the crowd.
In his diary he also writes how he feels about the events: 'God, how
painful and sad!' But then he swiftly moves on to the other events in
his day. This makes it seem like he does not really care about what
happened and what is written in his diary could all have been for
show. This also explains why his diary doesn't go into the accident in
detail.
Source B...
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the Tsar to be an autocratic ruler and rule his people fully without
choice. This could have annoyed the workers and peasants as they felt
they need the choice and they wanted democracy. Source K relates to
Source J in that it shows the industrialisation of the country which
possibly aided the communication of the revolutionary groups, the
workers and the peasants.
Some of these sources appear to tell us that the reasons for the
strikes and marches were that the peasants and workers were fed up
with the situation they were. On the other end there are the sources
that don't indicate any reasons for the strikes what so ever. In the
middle are the sources that don't show us that the reasons were
because of poor living and working conditions but they indicate other
reasons such as the industrialisation of Russia.
someone to tell him what to do, and if they did tell him what to do he often wouldn't do it. This
evidence, so it is hard to find out which one is right. Some of the
...n who obviously showed no signs of knowing it themselves. Moreover, this was perhaps his primary purpose.
The causes in why British troops were sent in can be put into an order
in the book, that he is a good natured old gossip. He is a useful
In the Bogside area of Derry, there was a tragic incident known as Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Massacre for sometimes. Twenty-eight unarmed civilians were shot down by equipped British soldiers when protesting internment without trial introduced to deal with the escalating level of violence peacefully.(Gillespie). As a reaction to the tragedy, Bano in an Irish band called U2 wrote a protest song called Sunday Bloody Sunday, in which he asked for the peaceful future without conflicts. Repeating “how long must we sing this song?” among the whole lyric, this protest song Bano wrote utilized a peaceful way to depict the scenes of Bloody Sunday, the loathing for the horrible massacre, and their beautiful expects for the future filling with hopes.
On March 5, 1770 a fight broke out in the streets of Boston, Massachusetts between a patriot mob and British soldiers. Citizens attacked a squad of soldiers by throwing snowballs, stones and sticks. British Army soldiers in turn killed five civilians and injured six others. The presence of British troops had been stationed in Boston, the capital of Province of Massachusetts Bay since 17681. The British existence was increasingly unwelcome. The British troops were sent to Boston in order to protect and support the crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation.
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In the roaring twenties, the life of organized crimes was at its peak. What was the greatest mob hit ever pulled off in history? Well I'll tell you. It all happened on Valentines Day, the morning of February 14th, 1929. This incident was call, "The St. Valentines Day Massacre". The man behind this infamous crime was none other than, the infamous Al "Scarface" Capone. Al Capone was the all time greatest mobster of all time. The idea of organized crime fascinates me in so many ways. Capone was the only person to have pulled off such a crime. Al Capone was top gangster in Chicago and was one of the greatest members of the Italian Mafia and George "Bugs" Moran was the leader of the Irish/German mafia and he was the main target behind this hit. He targeted Capone because Al Capones had a bounty on his head, $60,000,000, and found George Moran as a threat. George was Capone's biggest threat of all. He needed to take him out quickly. (Al Capone, True Crime Story). Writing this paper will let me learn a lot more about this massacre. There is one question I would like answered, "Why hadn't Moran's crew made an attempt to fight back?" (Al Capone, True Crime Story). Moran's men had a long history of being violent with others. This is one question that we will never know. My most used source on this essay will be internet information and a book. I feel these sources will give me the most amount of information. Using a magazine will too but it was very hard to find a 20's magazine article.
without her. "He was his wife's man and not his own." When he became aware of
What do you think of when you hear the words Valentine's Day? Probably love, hearts,