three religious wars broke out between protestants and catholics. The article entitled “ Prologue to Massacre: Popular Unrest in Paris, 1557-1572” describes these wars and how they built up into the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre on August 24th , 1572 . Barbara Diefendorf, the author, is professor of Early Modern Europe and French History at the Boston University. She has been teaching at Boston University since 1980, she has authored multiple books about a variety of topics relating to sixteenth
Causes & Effects of the American Revolution There were many causes of the American Revolution it began in 1775 between the colonies and Great Britain. The war was a result of the way Great Britain treated the colonies. There were many things Great Britain did that outraged the colonist like the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts. There were also many effects to the war like making America it’s own country. The Quartering Act was one of many Acts that made the colonist angry
was a bigger threat in America, one that not only affects teenagers but adults as well. This threat hides in our computer screens, billboards, and even our televisions. Ellen Goodman exposes the social media effects on young girls and women, in her Boston Globe column “The Culture of Thin bites Fiji. Goodman insinuates the introduction of television has caused a complete 180 to the island of Fiji. Fiji was an island oblivious to the western culture, a place where “being fat” was desired. Shortly after