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- 2091: Julius Caesar Biography
- ... Mithridates of Pontus attacked Asia Minor in 74 BC. Caesar raised a small army and defended some towns giving time for Commander Lucullus to also raise an army and defeat them. Now Caesar was a war hero and returned to Rome in 73 BC. His career as a general and politician had begun. In 68, Caesar was elected as one of the twenty quaestors, allowing him to enter the Senate. After ... as a Roman Senator was quite normal. But from now on, his acts were often criminal. However, since he always had an office or army post, he was immune against prosecution. Next, Caesar's Spanish War restored order on the west-coast of present-day Portugal. He looted some silver mines and became rich. Caesar's consulship was rather secure. In December of 60 BC, he was elected to the highest ... the southern part of the Italian Peninsula, including Rome. Caesar was in charge of an army in the north. He took his army across the Rubicon River, said "The die is cast," and started the civil war between the two (Caesar and Pompey). Pompey was defeated which left Caesar in charge of Rome's military. It was also the end of the Roman Republic. Caesar was then appointed dictator for ...
- 2092: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- ... Gandhi negotiated many compromises in 1913 for more rights of the Indian people. Considering his goal achieved he returned to India in 1914. When Gandhi came back to India he began supporting Britain in World War One. During this time he was not actively involved in politics. Gandhi had been friendly with the British, but when they passed the Rowlatt bills he became very upset. The bills stated that those suspected of sedition could be arrested without a trial. Gandhi called for a Satyagraha (civil disobedience) struggle against Great Britain. He had meant for the people to use ahmisa (non-violence) methods in their protests, but they protested violently in some places, and that lead to the killing of 400 ... areas of India, which accounted for 85% of the population. He encouraged the peasants to spin and weave to supplement their incomes. He himself eventually moved to Sevagram and centered his program there. When World War Two started, the Indian National Congress supported Britain on the condition that they withdraw completely from India. Gandhi demanded their withdrawal as well. India became independent shortly after the war in 1947. India, however, ...
- 2093: Foreign Policy
- ... Presidents took to an interventionist or disinterventionist policy based on conscientious reasons. Economic principles, nonetheless, were the primary dominants in the stand the nation took concerning its foreign policy. McKinley's decision to go to war with Spain was, among other reasons already mentioned, a result of the pressures of those who had much to gain from the war. Many in business favored expanded foreign trade to obtain new markets for their products. Since a victory in the war guaranteed new territory, the war therefore stood as a promise for the new markets to easily develop and control. The new territories also assured of natural resources that would be placed at the hands ...
- 2094: Nevil Shute
- ... Locker 396). Nevil Norway spent his early years during the early parts of the Sinn Fein Rebellion, where he helped served with the Red Cross. He later served as a soldier in France during World War I. After the war's end in 1918, he returned home and went to Oxford to finish his studies (Kunitz 1034). He had gained an interest in engineering and aeronautics after being influenced through the many years of war. He also had a craving for writing and describing things on paper, which would later help him in his studies, engineering career, and his future writings (Locker 396). Some years after graduating from Oxford ...
- 2095: Cuban Missle Crisis
- Many agree that the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war; but exactly how close did it come? The Crisis was ultimately a showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union from October 16 to October 28, 1962. During those thirteen stressful days, the world ... Cuba. In the speech Kennedy would give to the nation, he would use the word "quarantine" instead of "blockade." This was an important detail. A blockade, as defined under international treaties, is an act of war. A quarantine, however, is merely an attempt to keep something unwanted out of a particular area. In this way, the US could have its blockade, but the international community would not consider it an act of war. Later in the day, another U-2 flight revealed bombers and MiGs being assembled and cruise missile sites being built on Cuba’s northern shore. (Brugioni 315) On Monday, October 22, within minutes of ...
- 2096: Biography of Moshe Dayan
- ... with the Allied forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from the Vichy French. During this campaign he lost his left eye and adopted the black eye patch that became his distinguishing feature. During Israel's war of independence (1948-49) Dayan was a commander on the Jerusalem front. He became chief of Israel's general staff in 1953 and as such supervised the Sinai campaign of 1956. Leaving the army in ... elected to the Israeli Parliament in 1959 and served (1959-64) as minister of agriculture in the government of David Ben-Gurion. By popular demand, Dayan was made defense minister just before the Six-Day War of 1967, which greatly enhanced his reputation. He was, however, blamed for Israel's unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and he subsequently resigned (1974). Named foreign minister in Menachem Begin's government in 1977, he played an important role in negotiating the peace treaty with Egypt signed in 1979. Later that ...
- 2097: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
- ... the appointment of a day of general fasting & prayer would be most likely to call up & alarm their attention. No example of such a solemnity had existed since the days of our distresses in the war of 55. since which a new generation had grown up. With the help therefore of Rushworth, whom we rummaged over for the revolutionary precedents & forms of the Puritans of that day, preserved by him, we ... modernizing their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the Port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation & prayer, to implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the King & parliament to moderation & justice. To give greater emphasis to our proposition, we agreed to wait the ...
- 2098: Equal Human Rights
- ... legally ratified it"(U.S. New and World Report). Southern states also disagreed with the Amendment, but were urged to pass the Amendment, which it did in 1868. This Amendment was very important after the Civil War because the South States had to approve of the Amendment before they were allowed back into the union. The Amendment was not only important to African-Americans in the 1860's and 1870's but it also became very useful during the Civil rights Movement of the 1960's. However, ignoring the conflicts over this Amendment I believe it serves a just points in allowing equal rights and protection to all people who lived in the United ...
- 2099: Jane Addams 2
- ... Addams was "busy with the old question eternally suggested by the inequalities of the human lot."(Pg.47 Ch.1) There were not many inequalities in Cedarville, but even there were poverty and frustration: the war widows, the desolate old couple who had lost all five of their sons, the farmers who were victims of the postwar depression, and the newcomers who could never really get started. And when she visited ... He was also a local political leader who served for sixteen years as an Illinois state senator from 1854 -1870. A friend and admirer of Abraham Lincoln, John also fought as an officer in the Civil War. He was quiet and hard working and had a hatred of tyranny and injustice in the world. At the age of seven years old, a new woman entered the life of Jane Addams. Her ...
- 2100: Absolutism
- ... God. Absolutism shaped the future of two major powers in Europe, France and England. Between 1638 - 1715, Louis XIV ruled France with majesty and wit, making his reign a prime example of absolutism. In England, civil war and feudal brawls forced the monarchy to establish absolutism as a way to restore order. Eventually absolutism failed, but its aftereffect changed England forever. To be an absolute ruler, politically, the monarch had to be ... themselves from paying taxes. In turn, most taxes fell on the peasants. Tax farmers in France collected taxes from the peasants an kept much of the money for individual profit. Because of his love of war, Louis XIV spent much of France's money on military conquest. He put no restrictions on the money he spent. Therefore, worthless tax collecting and misuse of money lead France into financial ruin. In ...
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