{Yemen

A difficult strive to success

Francesca GavinoPeriod 1

Located in Asia. It’s right under Saudi Arabia and East of the Red Sea. Sanaa is the capital of Yemmen.

Yemen

President: Ali Abdullah Saleh Vice P: Abd al-Rab Mansur al-Hadi Prime Minister: Ali Mohammed Mujur

Leaders

Population: 23,495,361 Religion:

Muslim 98.9% (Sunni 58% and Shi'a 42%) Hindu (0.7%) Christian (0.2%)

Age: 0-14 (43.5%) 15-64 (53.9%) 65+ (2.6%)

Demographics

Race: Arab (92.8%) Somali (3.7%) Black (1.1%) Indo-Pakistan (1%) Other (1.4%)

Language: Arabic

Demographics

Against the government The colonists wanted to take down the British

Government. The citizens of Yemen protested that the president, Ali

Abdullah Saleh, should resign from office. Financial Issues

In the colonies, the government couldn’t tax the citizens so that made it very difficult to get out of debt and pay for expenses.

Yemen is naturally a low income country. It relies on declining oil resources for revenue.

Government In both, most had bicameral legislatures. Meaning it has

two houses.

SimilaritiesYemen Today VS. American Revolution

Military During the 1700s in the colonies, women were limited to

jobs and couldn’t serve in the military. In Yemen, there are 4,116,895 women qualified to serve in

the military. Slavery

In the colonies, whites were the superior race. Slaves weren’t freed because their labor was needed. (abolished in 1808)

In Yemen, everyone is equal no matter their race, age, nationality, etc.

Government The colonies didn’t have an executive or judicial branch. Yemen today, has an executive, judicial, and legislative.

DifferencesYemen Today VS. American Revolution

It will take a long time for Yemen to encounter anything close to peace. With a president like Yemen’s , it will be difficult to get the country on the right path to success especially when you have a president that won’t voluntarily leave office anytime soon. It is very possible that another revolution will come.

On the right path?

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