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What is the historical significance of The Plastic People of the Universe?

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  • 1968-1989
  • Rock band from Prague, Czech Republic
  • Emerge out of the underground culture in Communist ruled society
  • Heavily influenced by contemporary American Rock artists
  • Become more experimental and Avant-Grande as they go against “Normalization” and include issues in society
  • Help influenced the Velvet Revolution
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What is the historical significance of King Leopold II?

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  • King of Belgium from mid 1800’s to 1900’s
  • During the Conference of Berlin obtains the Congo
  • Uses it as his personal estate
  • He extracts resources from the land, uses African labor, and does not set up any long term infrastructure
  • After millions of natives death reform is bought to the Congo
  • anomaly to imperialism to have a weak country have large piece of land
  • Influences freedom in the Congo from European control
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What is the historical significance of Cercles Coloniaux?

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  • Is a organization that emerges after King Leopold is removed from the Congo
  • The groups goal is to keep the idea of colonialism alive and ties to the Congo
  • Consider King Leopold in high regard and rewrite history of colonialism with no consideration to the natives
  • They represent a group part of a fading culture
  • American is delegitimizing imperialism
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