THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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tyrant
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liberty
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Detailed explanation-1: -A tyrant is a ruler who is cruel and unjust.
Detailed explanation-2: -A tyrant (from Ancient Greek (túrannos) ‘absolute ruler’), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler’s sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defend their positions by resorting to repressive means.
Detailed explanation-3: -: an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution. : a usurper of sovereignty. : a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally. : one resembling an oppressive ruler in the harsh use of authority or power.
Detailed explanation-4: -tyrant, Greek tyrannos, a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such power.
Detailed explanation-5: -Josef Stalin. Stalin was one of the worst tyrants of the 20th century. His real name Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili and he was born in 1879. His father was a poor shoemaker.