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MUST BE THREE PAGES & FOLLOW THE OUTLINE OF PAPER // FIVE POINTS IN ESSAY  · STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO ANALYZE HAILE SELASSIE’S SPEECH BEFORE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN 1936 ABOUT THE ITALIAN INVASION OF ETHIOPIA, NOT TO WRITE A PAPER ABOUT SELASSIE.  ·  USE THE RUBRIC TO ORGANIZE YOUR PAPER AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE POINTS ASSIGNED TO EACH SECTION OF THE PAPER.   ·  ORGANIZE YOUR PAPER USING THE FORMAT OF THE PAPER ATTACHED WITH THE ASSIGNMENT. ·  USE THE SAMPLES OF ESSAY CRITIQUES AS GUIDELINES TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.Title: Author Source: Introductory Statement Derived Information Concluding Statement NameAPPEAL TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS June, 1936. Geneva, Switzerland Haile Selassie Haile Selassie made this passionate speech before the League of Nations following Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. I, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, am here today to claim that justice which is due to my people, and the assistance promised to it eight months ago, when fifty nations asserted that aggression had been committed in violation of international treaties. There is no precedent for a Head of State himself speaking in this assembly. But there is also no precedent for a people being victim of such injustice and being at present threatened by abandonment to its aggressor. Also, there has never before been an example of any Government proceeding to the systematic extermination of a nation by barbarous means, in violation of the most solemn promises made by the nations of the earth that there should not be used against innocent human beings the terrible poison of harmful gases. It is to defend a people struggling for its age-old independence that the head of the Ethiopian Empire has come to Geneva to fulfil this supreme duty, after having himself fought at the head of his armies. I pray to Almighty God that He may spare nations the terrible sufferings that have just been inflicted on my people, and of which the chiefs who accompany me here have been the horrified witnesses. It is my duty to inform the Governments assembled in Geneva, responsible as they are for the lives of millions of men, women and children, of the deadly peril which threatens them, by describing to them the fate which has been suffered by Ethiopia. It is not only upon warriors that the Italian Government has made war. It has above all attacked populations far removed from hostilities, in order to terrorize and exterminate them. At the beginning, towards the end of 1935, Italian aircraft hurled upon my armies bombs of tear-gas. Their effects were but slight. The soldiers learned to scatter, waiting until the wind had rapidly dispersed the poisonous gases. The Italian aircraft then resorted to mustard gas. Barrels of liquid were hurled upon armed groups. But this means also was not effective; the liquid affected only a few soldiers, and barrels upon the ground were themselves a warning to troops and to the population of the danger. It was at the time when the operations for the encircling of Makalle were taking place that the Italian command, fearing a rout, followed the procedure which it is now my duty to denounce to the world. Special sprayers were installed on board aircraft so that they could vaporize, over vast areas of territory, a fine, death-dealing rain. Groups of nine, fifteen, eighteen aircraft followed one another so that the fog issuing from them formed a continuous sheet. It was thus that, as from the end of January, 1936, soldiers, women, children, cattle, rivers, lakes and pastures were drenched continually with this deadly rRubric for critical essay Header (10 point): Title, Author, Source (Single Spaced only) Introductory Statement (30): Briefly provides some preliminary information about the reading. This should be in the form of an introductory statement which delineates the basic theme of the reading. Derived information (40): Identify and discuss 5 specific points/facts that you gained from the reading. Concluding statement (20): Provide a personal assessment of the value of the document relative to advancing your understanding of the History of World Civilizations Since 1750. Structural consideration:  All critiques must be typed written  All critiques must have a font of 12  All critiques must be double-spaced  Standard margins on all sides Header (Single Spaced) Introductory Statement: Derived Information: Concluding statement: Your Name:Title: Three Founding Fathers on the Stamp Act, 1765-1766. Author: George Washington (Mount Vernon, Letter to Frances Dandridge, London, 20 September 1765) Source: National Humanities Center Introductory Statement The Stamp act of 1765 was a tax on all legal documents, publications, and all printed material. The colonist thought to themselves that the Stamp act was unfair so, The colonists hosted angry protests and boycotts that led to the repeal of the Stamp Act. With the repeal, the British government then issued new taxes to raise revenue and force all colonists to pay for the cost of colonial administration. When the British issued new taxes, it caused tension in the colonist that led to the Boston Massacre. British troops opened fire on March 5, 1770, with the killing of five people. Violence began to occur in the colonies. After the Boston Massacre, more violence in the American colonies arose. British imposed a tax on tea that led to high tensions to the Boston Tea Party. The Stamp Act was the main cause of all the acts and taxes that were represented in the colonies during the American Revolution. Derived Information The first point I gained from the letter is that George Washington “looked at the Stamp act of 1765 as an unconstitutional method of taxation that was direful upon their rights and a cry out against the violation”. The Stamp act violated the liberties of the people. Every colonist had to pay on the tax. In my opinion, the tax was a war against the colonist and the tax won until 1766 when the colonist protested that the act was wrong. So, in 1766 the British parliament ended the act. The second point that I gained from the letter was that the ‘Mother Country would fall short of the expectations of the Ministry”. I interpreted that the Mother Country will not meet its goals for being a stronger colony and world. The Stamp act ruined colonies, colonies were not able to function better as they did before the Stamp Act was introduced. Taxing on all legal Title: Three Founding Fathers on the Stamp Act, 1765-1766. Author: George Washington (Mount Vernon, Letter to Frances Dandridge, London, 20 September 1765) Source: National Humanities Center documents, publications, and paperwork was unfair. Yes, I understand that a colony needs money to operate, but a tax on everything was not right. It ruined people lives. Money was already rough during the time of the Stamp Act, the act made it worse. I supposed that George Washington thought it was unfair, so years later after the letter he introduced the Declaration of Independence, giving rights to the people and not allowing the government to have majority control over the colonies. The Third point I gained from the letter was that “substances flowing to Great Britain”; contributed to shortening the importations and how it was hurtful to their manufactures during the Industrial Revolution. George Washing