Sentences with phrase «war for independence»

American architects also favored the style for political reasons: the War of 1812 cast England in an unfavorable light; and public sentiment favored the Greeks in their war for independence in the 1820s.

Morristown has been called «the military capital of the American Revolution» because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.

Serving first as a battleground in the French and Indian War and the War for Independence, and later as an oyster - farming hub, this city has struggled during the «70s and «80s but its economy is strong.

Newspaper clippings, generic protest signs, album covers, a Danzig song title (along with its running length), corporate logos, flags from America's war for independence all become triggers for Einarsson's production of props which are then quite theatrically arranged.

She is unafraid to address controversial subjects, from a colonial war for independence in «The Woman of Algiers» (2001) to «The Widow» (2013) in which Pauline Lumumba can be seen walking bare - breasted through the streets of Léopoldville, in mourning for her dead husband, Patrice Lumumba, the former prime minister of Congo who was executed by firing squad in 1961 by Katangan forces, as well as themes derived from newspaper articles, religious imagery, the adult entertainment industry and the artist's imagination.

El Grito is a celebration of beginning of the Mexican war for Independence from Spain.

It was this experience in a tough boarding school during the aftermath of the war for independence that forms the foundation of his first novel, Out of Shadows.

This classic story of adventure during the Scottish war for independence follows the exploits of young Archie Forbes as he fights in defense of his family and his nation.

President Washington's Secretary of the Treasury had been General Washington's courageous aide - de-camp in the War for Independence.

One nation's glorious war for independence may be a pesky and pernicious insurrection to another people.

In Europe, Gillo Pontecorvo made the «The Battle of Algiers» about the Algerian War for Independence and the brutal response of the occupying French forces, while Jean - Luc Godard, one of the world's most highly regarded art - house filmmakers, made «Weekend,» a movie that stops dead in its tracks for a to - the - camera lecture about decolonization (Godard would quit mainstream filmmaking altogether shortly after to make experimental communist tracts as part of the Dziga Vertov group).

In 1776 South Carolina, a pacifist plantation owner joins the War for Independence after a British officer murders his 15 - year - old son.

In the mix is a small but ferocious band of guerrilla fighters, who also want to get their hands of the treasure to fund their war for independence.

In Bangladesh, for example, the researchers estimate that 269,000 people died violently in the 1971 war for independence, compared to previous estimates of 58,000.

The struggle between church and state can thus be dated from 1810, when the priest Hidalgo emitted his «Grito de Dolores» and touched off the war for independence.

While Morelos's Constitution of Apatzingán was never put into practice, the plan of Iguala (1821), drawn up by Iturbide after independence, also confirmed the official status of Catholicism as the state religion and denied toleration to all other religions.32 The war for independence, in other words, was reasonably conservative in purpose, especially with respect to the church.

While historians have welcomed Appleby's nuanced study of how the War for Independence altered the lives of ordinary Americans (Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans), an even broader and more appreciative audience has made David McCullough's biography of John Adams a run away best seller.

Contrasting judgments often arise from studying the Niagara of words that justified the American War for Independence — together with all the words that circulated anxiously during the parlous years under the Confederation Congress — which rose to a great flood in the period 1787 to 1790 in....

October 19 is also the anniversary of the end of the War for Independence, when the Americans and French won the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.

My parents were born in Eritrea, when the country was on the cusp of what would become a 30 - year war for independence from Ethiopia.

Set during Cuba's nineteenth - century wars for independence, this verse novel follows Rosa as she risks her life to nurse the sick and wounded.

Not exact matches

The handbag was part of the changes brought about after the First World War and the increasing emancipation of women, for whom carrying a bag became a sign of independence and stature.

The reason for this is that the nation's ideology had changed where it had once trumpeted the ideas of non-intervention and peace (except, of course, for the people of the South during their heroic attempt at independence) to those that glorified empire and war, largely based on the British model which, ironically, was the system that America seceded from in 1776.

If you criticize Israel for the displacement of Arabs in the 1948 War of Independence do you criticize the Arab nations for expelling the Jews who lived their countries in that same time period?

The War of Independence prepared the nation for the westward movement.

Although the United States had failed to isolate Nicaragua from Western assistance, the war and the credit crunch had both damaged Nicaragua's financial independence and converted the country into an important new client for socialist lenders.29

Striving for independence, striving to isolate her natural loves from the only context in which they could ultimately flourish, Orual had been making war on the reality principle of the universe.

Here some definition is imperative, for while revolutions seldom occur without some bloodshed, there is a difference between violent revolutions like the French Revolution or the American War of Independence, and the relatively peaceful Industrial Revolution or the Gandhian revolution by which India secured her iIndependence, and the relatively peaceful Industrial Revolution or the Gandhian revolution by which India secured her independenceindependence.

And, strangely enough, despite the defense of killing in war given by Krishna the god, he finds in it a support for his doctrine of satyagraha or soul - force by which non-violent means he achieved such signal victories and finally won the independence of India.

The War for Southern Independence was caused by a myriad of immoral acts, usurpations, and the threat to «domestick» institutions however, inherently it was about the expansion of the power of the central state to benefit an elite.

At independence in 1957, many predicted racial or religious civil war for the country, and a communist insurgency was put down only after a major struggle.

The Indonesian proclamation of independence on August 17, 1945, right after the Second World War, was followed by the 5 - year war of liberation against the Dutch Colonial Regime which colonized Indonesia for more than three and a half centuriWar, was followed by the 5 - year war of liberation against the Dutch Colonial Regime which colonized Indonesia for more than three and a half centuriwar of liberation against the Dutch Colonial Regime which colonized Indonesia for more than three and a half centuries.

If nations continue to assert their independence of all higher authority, the end will be either war to the death (for all) or the emergence of a single dominant world power which will maintain by force the minimal order necessary to insure the survival of civilization.

The root causes of war were westward expansion on the part of Americans and political instability in Mexico in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence which had made it difficult for the United States to negotiate with Mexico and for Mexico to administer its northern territoriwar were westward expansion on the part of Americans and political instability in Mexico in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence which had made it difficult for the United States to negotiate with Mexico and for Mexico to administer its northern territoriWar of Independence which had made it difficult for the United States to negotiate with Mexico and for Mexico to administer its northern territories.

Not only that, but as kids learn independence, every night can feel like you're fighting the War for the Dinner Table.

For example, refugees fleeing wars of independence faced a perilous and tough experience, but in some cases were welcomed by independent governments in solidarity with states in which the anti-colonial war had not yet been won.

And in America, on hearing the Declaration of Independence read for the first time, American colonists pulled to the ground a statue of King George III in Manhattan, destroying it and re-using the lead for the bullets and muskets of the Revolutionary War.

A recent example of a country joining the international community by fighting for independence, gaining independence, gaining a (in hindsight temporary) monopoly on violence, and not stepping on the toes of any great powers in the process would be South Sudan, which declared independence in 2011 and is now recognized by the international community (and engaged in a civil war).

Even during the Second World War, the BBC maintained its editorial independence; this was a deliberate policy, as it was believed the BBC would be more trusted if it was seen to be independent rather than a direct mouthpiece for government.

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Parment agreed with his fellow upstate residents, saying that hydrofracking could lead to energy independence for the country at a rate not seen since the Second World War.

The drumbeat of war for a second Scottish independence referendum, largely the result of May's refusal to consider Scottish pleas to stay in the single market, grew deafening.

But no war was fought in Nigeria for independence.

So much so that Sturgeon announced back in October that she is teeing up a second referendum bill and amassing for a war chest for the next tilt at independence.

Much of the infrastructure for mining was demolished during many wars of independence in South America.

It's a tempting idea for an action picture, given the noble impulses that led to the war and the sacrifices many ordinary people made to win their independence.

Produced for Netflix, his first big - budget project is a medieval epic about Robert The Bruce (Chris Pine, who co-starred in Hell Or High Water), the 14th - century Scottish king who led his people against England during The Wars Of Scottish Independence.

2 • The Lego Batman Movie • Logan • Wonder Woman • Spider - Man: Homecoming Now in Theaters: Blade Runner 2049 • The Killing of a Sacred Deer • The Florida Project • Wonderstruck Thor • Thor: The Dark World • Avengers: Age of Ultron Directed by Taika Waititi: Hunt for the Wilderpeople • What We Do in the Shadows • Eagle vs Shark Chris Hemsworth: The Cabin in the Woods • Red Dawn (2012) Tom Hiddleston: High - Rise • Crimson Peak Tessa Thompson: Creed Cate Blanchett: Cinderella • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Jeff Goldblum: Independence Day: Resurgence Ant - Man • Doctor Strange • Guardians of the Galaxy • Captain America: Civil War • Iron Man 3

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Outside the Law (Unrated) Historical drama revolving around the Algerian struggle for independence, as seen through the exploits of three Arab brothers (Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila) reunited in Paris after the end of World War II.