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    The Progressive Peasant Revolution Inhabiting the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century‚ the upper class considered peasants a mere subhuman. Conversely‚ Martin Luther‚ a German professor of theology‚ influenced reformation to the German state. This reformation focused on the peasants‚ especially the peasant revolt of 1524. As the revolution continued‚ the Peasant Parliament formed to coordinate activates and strive for optimistic results of the revolt. Consequently‚ peasants offered moderate

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    1524-1526 was mainly caused by the peasants’ confusion of Lutheran teachings and also the economic depression that was oppressed by the lords. The response to the peasant revolts in German states varied from violent outcries to semi peaceful actions such as marches and gatherings. During 1524-1526 many peasant revolts occurred within the German states primarily caused by the confusion of Lutheran teachings and ideologies. In documents 1‚ 3 and 6 demonstrate how the peasants unified through Lutheran teachings

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    of arms 1. Erning de Castro Farmer tenants; Sharecroppers; Peasants Occupation of vacant lot; Lack of own land; Sabotage of their crops by the landowners causing debt; Blocking of irrigation systems Provide them with the alleged unsettled and idle land; Stop the sabotage and harassment Low influence‚ has power to unite with other peasant farmers with the same opinions and views 2. Luz de Castro Farmer tenants; Sharecroppers; Peasants Idleness of the Aquafil land since she was 15; Lack of basic

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    Russia. March 3rd 1861. Society is becoming restless and demanding change in system. Tsar Alexander II gives the people the ​ Emancipation​ of the serfs which states that peasants will no longer be possessed by the Nobles. What is considered significant is how society reacted in the following decades to the 1861 Act. The edict effect both sides society which in turn‚ resulted in action against government. The Gentry and Peasantry both suffered socioeconomic problems. This lead to the greatest consequence

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    Land Reforms in the year of 1944. This consisted of the peasants regaining their land back from the landlords and the once favored landlords (in the time of the KMT) were humiliated publicly and removed from their positions. This changed the whole system due to the fact that the unlike before peasants were encouraged to denounced and discriminated against their landlords‚ something that was forbidden prior to the land reforms. Furthermore peasants had gone from prisioners of the land to liberated people

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    exacerbated by internal conflicts which can dislocate rural and farming communities. These issues and challenges are the normal and repetitive debates among the global community of practice regarding food security while the needs and necessities of the peasant farmers‚ who are responsible for the majority of food production around the globe‚ are not addressed. In The Food Wars‚ Walden Bello presents the important and burning issues of the North-South power gap and hierarchy regarding food security. Bello

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    <br><br>The problem with showing the peasant class in a bleak manner is that‚ by virtue of their position‚ the audience knows their life is bleak in terms of money. By featuring a peasant class‚ it would be redundant to make a movie about their lack of finances‚ intelligence‚ or other virtues not usually associated with a so-called "lower" class. So in the same way that Ibsen shows us that the upper classes have troubles with life‚ Synge shows us that the peasant class loves life to its fullest through

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    truth that a series of wealth-bloated and soft-handed caliphs were to rule the new empire. By the third caliph‚ al-Mahdi‚ the empire was already in decline; the royal harem was outrageously large‚ mosques were built bigger and bigger‚ crushing the peasant class under the weight of extreme taxation. All the while‚ the caliphs in their garnished palaces partied and lived in extravagant fashion with little care for their countries impending demise. As the Empire spiraled further downward‚ the cause became

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    also negative impacts of Witte’s policies. The Trans-Siberian railway was only partially built and therefore only the major cities were interconnected. Also in order to provide money for industrial developments‚ taxes were raised which squeezed the peasants and therefore made them penniless to buy consumer goods‚ resulting in the economy of Russia itself to stagnate. Witte’s industrial policies show that there was some development of the economy‚ but the changes were not completely beneficial to industry

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    Furthermore‚ on the way to Machu Picchu high in the Andes‚ he was struck by the devastating poverty of the remote rural areas‚ where peasant farmers worked small plots of land owned by wealthy landlords. Che meet one of the peasant farmers who explained to Che and Mial that he was kicked off his employers land where the peasant farmer lived for no reason at all. The peasant farmer told Che that he and the other farmers had to work together so that they could have a way to support their families. Later

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