Although strikes could be an effective tool in increasing the bargaining power of workers through unions, some very large strikes had the opposite effect, since they would shut down plants that were loved by citizens--turning the citizens anger towards the workers instead of the factories.
<span>They started because the Persian Empire expanded into Ionia where there were several Greek colonies. The colonists sent back to Greece for help. The Athenians sent a few ships to help the colonists, but the cities were taken any way. To put the mainland Greeks in their place, the Persians sent a small force to punish the Greeks. So begins the battle of Marathon. </span>
The idea of "Camelot" called to mind an ideal sort of place, almost like a fairy tale existence. The original "Camelot," of course, was the court of the fabled King Arthur of England and his Knights of the Round Table.
Jackie Kennedy, the wife and then widow of President John F. Kennedy, is the one who originated the reference to the Kennedy time in the White House as "Camelot." She made that reference in an interview for LIFE magazine after her husband's assassination. She was trying to call to mind the high, idealistic principles of King Arthur of Camelot, comparing that to what her husband JFK had wanted to accomplish as president.
The Visigoths rebelled because the local Roman governors mistreated them. This led to widespread discontent among the Visigoths. By the year 376 CE open rebellion broke out. Later they attacked the neighboring Roman towns and plundered them completely. This way they started growing in power.
