Day: January 25, 2020

American Civil War with reference to Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery: Part III Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious areas “are, and henceforward shall be free.” selfstudyhistory.com Abolitionists had long been urging Lincoln to free all […]

American Civil War with reference to Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery: Part II Causes of American Civil War The causes of the Civil War were complex and have been controversial since the war began. Slavery was the central source of escalating political tension in the 1850s. selfstudyhistory.com The Republican Party was determined to […]

Chinese Revolution: Part I China had a long history of national unity and since the mid-seventeenth century had been ruled by the Manchu or Ch’ing dynasty. selfstudyhistory.com However, during the 1840s, the country moved into a troubled period of foreign interference, civil war and disintegration, which lasted until the communist victory in 1949. The last […]

Chinese Revolution: Part II The weakness of the Kuomintang and the strength of the Communists led to the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Revolution KMT’s weakness The KMT administration was inefficient and corrupt, much of its American aid finding its way into the pockets of officials. selfstudyhistory.com The KMT had to bear the […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part IX- The Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna was an assembly in 1814–15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars (and defeat of Napoleon). The final Act of Congress was signed on June 9, 1815. selfstudyhistory.com France was also dealt with separately by the […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part VII The Consulate (1799-1804) The overthrow of the Directory by Napoleon necessitated the revision of the constitution. Its forms and details as drawn up by Sieyes and amended by Napoleon gave to France a Consular Constitution. selfstudyhistory.com The following were its main features: The executive power was vested in […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part VI Nature of French Revolution The French Revolution, that shook France, was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799 and denoted the end of the ancien régime in France. It was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part V The National Convention (Sept. 21, 1792 to Oct. 25 1795) The National Convention met on Sept. 21. 1792 on the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. It was summoned to draft a new constitution, necessitated by the suspension of Louis XVI. Its first act was to abolish monarchy and […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part IV The Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly met on the first day at October, 1791. in accordance with the provisions of the new constitution. selfstudyhistory.com It was composed of 745 members, all new men without any experience. self-denying ordinance: For the Constituent Assembly at the time of its dissolution […]

French revolution and aftermath, 1789-1815: Part III Accession of Louis XVI (1774-1793) His character: Louis XVI succeeded his grand-father to the French crown in 1774. He was the unhappy monarch under whom the long accumulating evils of France reached their culminating point. selfstudyhistory.com He was honest. well-intentioned and had a genuine desire to serve his […]