... would retain a life long interest. It was around this period that de Valera's career moved from being an enthusiastic intellectual to that of a dynamic revolutionary. De Valera joined the Gaelic League in 1908 where he developed a love for the Irish language. He married his Irish teacher Sinead Flanagan, whom was ... public opinion against the executions. Relatively unknown before the Rising, de Valera, the senior surviving Commandant, subsequently showed himself to be a powerful political figure. He was released from prison in June 1917 and stood as the Sinn Fein candidate in the East Cl...

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... at the University of Virginia Law School, briefly practiced law in Atlanta, and in 1883 entered The Johns Hopkins University for graduate study in political science. His widely acclaimed book, Congressional Government (1885), was published a year before he received the doctoral degree. Wilson taught at Bryn ... him in an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a Pan-American pact guaranteeing the integrity of the Western Hemisphere. In attempting to deal with revolutionary Mexico, Wilson first sought to promote self-government by refusing to recognize the military usurper Victoriano Huerta an...

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• Grade Level: High School

... at the University of Virginia Law School, briefly practiced law in Atlanta, and in 1883 entered The Johns Hopkins University for graduate study in political science. His widely acclaimed book, Congressional Government (1885), was published a year before he received the doctoral degree. Wilson taught at Bryn ... him in an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a Pan-American pact guaranteeing the integrity of the Western Hemisphere. In attempting to deal with revolutionary Mexico, Wilson first sought to promote self-government by refusing to recognize the military usurper Victoriano Huerta an...

• Word Count: 4612
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School