Pequot Indian Massacre Essay

The Mongols completely destroyed all of Azerbaijan (this was where the Mongols invaded). They destroyed all of their buildings, but this time they specifically destroyed religious buildings and symbols for Muslims. They also even attempted to destroy their economy by trying to destroy their paper money trade. They were disrespecting religions and wiping out an entire city, which is very barbaric. Finally, the Mongols also did some very bad stuff to Baghdad.

“[We’d have to become] extremely aggressive and we couldn’t afford to take ny more causalities”[ Belknap, 57] Lieutenant William Calley, Jr. Later testifies. After the “impromptu funeral for Sergeant Cox,”[ Belknap, 57] Captain Ernest Medina held a briefing that explained the group were to go on a search and destroy mission the next morning after being tipped off my intelligence reports and that by the time they arrive all innocent civilians should have left for the market. For the Charlie Company, it was their opportunity to get revenge for all of the casualties they had suffered. Medina concluded the briefing by telling the soldiers to destroy the village by burning it down, destroying food crops, and killing all inhabitants. However, reports of Company C veterans all vary about what happened towards the end of the briefing.

Boston Massacre On march 5, 1700 the boston massacre happened but there were two sides to the story. One side of the story the red coats attacked the colonists and killed them. On the other side they were protecting themselves against the crowd of colonists. Paul Revere publish a paper showing what had happened.he lied at some part to get the red coats kicked out of town. Really it was a gravity because the red coats were attacked and slammed and harassed, but still they killed people and the ones that shot pey were persecuted.

Sherman and his forces tore up tracks burnt down the town of Meridian, crippling the main supply hub and rail depot for the Confederates, Sherman also showed compassion for the civilians along the route by saving some of the homes from the farmers that where just trying to survive. Sherman had Hurlbut and McPherson destroy tracks in four different directions, heading away from Meridian for up to 120 miles; the troops

The Boston Massacre took place on March 5th, 1770. British soldiers were placed in Boston to control the colonists and make sure they payed the Townsend Acts, Britain didn 't want a repeat of the Stamp Act. One day (March 5th, 1770) a patriot mob started throwing snowballs, rocks, and sticks at a few British soldiers. The soldiers began firing their muskets into the crowd. Some men were killed, others were injured, and a few died because of their injuries later.

When Huayna Capac died, Atahualpa (the favorite son) declared war on his brother Cuzco (the official son). Atahualpa forced Cuzco to witness the killing of all of his supporters. After Cuzco watched his supporters die, Atahualpa killed his brother and used his skull as a vessel for maize - beer. During the 12th century the Inca first deInca empire were split and lack of clarity of inheritance system. In 1532 the Spaniards arrived and founded the empire divided they quickly used the opportunity to exploit.

Daniel Shays led a rebellion after the U.S. went into economic depression. This caused the Massachusetts government to seize several farms and sell them to re-gain profits. Shays led a mob of 1,000 enraged Massachusetts farmers to get weaponry from a state warehouse in August 1786. The rebellion was a fail because Shays and other fellow comrades were arrested. All in all, Daniel Shays led a rebellion because many farmers plots of land were taken and sold for profit.

They act like everybody should feel sorry for the colonists for stealing innocent people’s land and killing them. Throughout A Patriot’s History of the United States there are many incidents like on page 20 where it states, “killing more than three hundred settlers, the English retaliated by destroying Indian cornfields.” Was killing at least thousands of Native Americans before not enough? The authors are trying to make it seem like the colonists did nothing wrong, and they act like the Native Americans are just the “hostile Natives” for no reason throughout the entire book. I prefer A People’s History of the United States to A Patriot’s History of the United States. It explains history much clearer and is much more accurate.

General William Shepard, had canons firing towards Daniel Shay and his army of rebels. He did this because he was trying to force them to disperse. With the canon the governor troops attacked the rebels and left many dead and more wounded. After realizing all the causalities, the rest of the rebels’ fled. This proves that the Shays Rebellion was a poorly planned and an unsuccessful

As early as the 16th century during the Spanish Conquest, Catholic missionaries outlawed Maya religion and burned their sacred books (American Indian Heritage Foundation, “Where Did the Maya Empire Go”). Many more were killed in battle or died from being exposed to diseases the Europeans brought with them. Their land was also taken form them and many Mayas were