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WILL GIVE 25 POINTS iF YOU GIVE ME THE SUMMARY OF THIS STORYJosephe was a Spanish-speaking Indian questioned by a royal attorney in Mexico City investigatingthe Pueblo Revolt. The revolt of the Indian population, in 1680, temporarily drove Spanish settlersfrom present-day New Mexico.Asked what causes or motives the said Indian rebels had for renouncing the law of God andobedience to his Majesty, and for committing so many of crimes, [he answered] the causes they havewere alleged ill treatment and injuries received from [Spanish authorities], because they beat them,took away what they had, and made them work without pay. Thus he replies.Asked if he has learned if it has come to his notice during the time that he has been here the reasonwhy the apostates burned the images, churches, and things pertaining to divine worship, making amockery and a trophy of them, killing the priests and doing the other things they did, he said that heknows and had heard it generally stated that while they were besieging the villa the rebellious traitorsburned the church and shouted in loud voices, Now the God of the Spaniards, who was their father,is dead, and Santa Maria, who was their mother, and the saints, who were pieces of rotten wood,saying that only their own god lived. Thus they ordered all the temples and images, crosses androsaries burned, and their function being over, they all went to bathe in the rivers, saying that theythereby washed away the water of baptism. For their churches, they placed on the four sides and inthe center of the plaza some small circular enclosures of stone where they went to offer flour,feathers, and the seed of maguey [a local plant], maize, and tobacco, and performed othersuperstitious rites, giving the children to understand that they must all do this in the future. Thecaptains and the chiefs ordered that the names of Jesus and Mary should nowhere be uttered. . . . Hehas seen many houses of idolatry which they have built, dancing the dance of the cachina [part of atraditional Indian religious ceremony], which this declarant has also danced. Thus he replies to thequestion.
Sire We working men of St. Petersburg, our wives and children, and our helpless parents, aged men and women, have come to you, O Tsar, in search of justice and protection. We have been impoverished and oppressed, and excessively burdened with hard work and labor. We have been treated with contempt. We are not recognized as human beings, but are treated as slaves who must suffer in silence. . . . We ask for a representative legislature. . . Liberty of speech and of the press. . . Equality of all persons before the law. . . The repeal of [unfair taxation]. . . An eight-hour working day. . . And a normal working wage. "The St. Petersburg Workmens Petition to the Tsar," January 22, 1905 What rights and freedoms do the Russian workers demand in this petition? Check all that apply. Freedom of speech freedom of religion an eight-hour workday equal rights for all citizens representation in government an end to all forms of taxation.