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- 571: England's Territorial Expansion
- ... for separation began to grow among the settlers long before the War of Independence. And when England took notice of these feelings, it imposed restrictions on the colonies that only fanned the flames of the revolution. After the victorious French and Indian War, England had accumulated an extremely large debt. Since the war was fought for the benefit and protection of the colonies, England expected them to pay for at least a third of the ... hatred. The settlers no longer felt that England was on their side and many underground groups had been talking about a rebellion, but it wasn’t until the battle of Lexington and Concord that the revolution truly began. Tracing back to the roots of the colonies, it is obvious that independence was inevitable. Many of the first settlers came to the New World to escape persecution, and how could they ...
- 572: Louis XIV Had A Greater Impact On European History Than Peter The Great
- ... King Louis XIV, France achieved unprecedented dominance in Europe, and her culture flourished. Louis’ court was renowned for its splendor and sophistication. He helped advance the arts in every field through his enlightened patronage. Everything French was in vogue on the continent.” (Louis XIV: French Mastermind). His seventy-two year reign was the longer than any other ruler in modern European history. “Louis XIV brought France to its peak of absolute power and his words ‘L’etat c’est moi ... authority. His absolutism brought him into conflict with the Huguenots and the papacy, with damaging repercussions. His many foreign wars became a financial burden, yet his long reign is associated with the greatest age of French culture, symbolized by the Palace of Versailles.” (Biographies: Louis XIV). His influence was paramount to all other monarchs prior to him and the glorification of France was his ruthless priority. The legacy of the “ ...
- 573: Don Pepe Figueres
- ... Gueverra, and Sandino, Jose Figueres Ferrer holds a place as one of the most important revolutionary and political forces in Latin American history. This so-called father of modern Costa Rica led his country to revolution and eventual democracy. Known affectionately as Don Pepe by his admirers, Figueres was both an enemy of communist and a thorn in the side of the United States. While putting down a communist regime and ... to the rightful winner of the 1948 election, and Figueres would return for three terms as president, the first in 1953 and the final beginning in 1970. (Longley, 3) During his interim term following the revolution and his subsequent terms as president, Figueres would institute a number of changes that would steamroll Costa Rican democracy. Don Pepe began by extending suffrage and full political rights to blacks and women, a certain ... outlet which he himself had been exiled for using. (Baker, 5) In a much darker move, Don Pepe reneged on the peace terms that guaranteed the safety of calderonistas that had been ousted following the revolution. While most of the calderonistas were exiled to Mexico, many had their property seized, were thrown in prison, or in the most extreme cases murdered. Thus, Figueres underlying government concentrated on a state-controlled ...
- 574: Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
- ... railroad car on a trip that lasted three days in the Polish winter. She arrived safely to her long-since- childhood dream, the city of Paris. Manya Sklodowska quickly became Marie. While Marie improved her French, she stayed with Bronya and her husband. They lived more than an hour away from the university. Marie wanted to be nearer to her work, so she eventually ended up moving out of her sister ... of mathematics and second in physics. By 1894, at the age of 27, Marie had aquired not one, but two degrees from France's top university and also became a totally fluent speaker of the French language. Marie had always ruled love and marriage out of her life's program. She was obsessed by her dreams, harassed by poverty, and overdriven by intensive work. Nothing else counted; nothing else existed. She ... rays were used to locate a bullet in a man's leg. The world of medicine had acquired a major new tool for examining the sick and injured. The year after Roentgen's discovery, a French researcher and a friend of the Curie's, Antoine Henri Becquerel found that a rare substance called uranium gave off rays that seemed to be very much like the x-rays that Wilhelm Roentgen ...
- 575: A Consise History Of Germany
- ... The Carolingian Empire was based on the social structure of the late Roman Empire. The official language of the court and the church was Latin, but Franks in Gaul adopted the Latinate vernacular that became French, and Franks and other Germanic tribes in the east spoke various languages that became German. The only relic of Old High German is the Hildebrandslied ("Lay of Hildebrand"), a fragmentary 8th-century poem, based on ... was making headway against the league when he suddenly died. Frederick's young son Conrad IV inherited Sicily and the imperial title, but Italy and Germany were never united again. The popes, allied with the French, ousted the Hohenstaufens from Sicily. Germany suffered the turmoil of the Great Interregnum (1254-1273), during which foreigners claimed the crown and the princes won a six-century ascendancy. Society and Culture in the High ... century, and was complete in 1669. At the height of the league, the rich burghers built city walls, cathedrals, and elaborate town halls and guildhalls as expressions of civic pride. By the mid-13th century, French Gothic influences were affecting German architecture. The lofty cathedrals of Bamberg, Strasbourg, Naumburg, and Cologne were richly decorated with sculpture, and they were filled with light from the stained glass in their large, pointed- ...
- 576: Normandy
- ... experiances as a solider in World War II, he wrote two other Landmark Books about the war; From Casablanca to Berlin and From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa. Since the war he has written The American Revolution as well as many other books articles, and reviews. He lives with his wife and co-author, Naomi, and his college-age son in New York City. Summary Strategy D-Day began with the concept ... Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, or SHAEF. The overlooked question about D-Day is why it didn't happen in 1943. The Germans were greatly weakened after defeats at Stalingrad and North Africa in 1942. The French resistance was at its most effective. Instead, the British and Americans squabbled about how to proceed, and the delay meant that, in effect, nothing happened in 1943. It's one of the most interesting What ... 4,000 in both cases lighter than expected. Commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the Germans nevertheless defended tenaciously in terrain ideally suited to the defense. This was hedgerow country, where through the centuries French farmers had erected high banks of earth around every small field to fence livestock and protect crops from coastal winds. These banks were thick with the roots of shrubs and trees, and in many ...
- 577: A Consise History Of Germany
- ... The Carolingian Empire was based on the social structure of the late Roman Empire. The official language of the court and the church was Latin, but Franks in Gaul adopted the Latinate vernacular that became French, and Franks and other Germanic tribes in the east spoke various languages that became German. The only relic of Old High German is the Hildebrandslied ("Lay of Hildebrand"), a fragmentary 8th-century poem, based on ... was making headway against the league when he suddenly died. Frederick's young son Conrad IV inherited Sicily and the imperial title, but Italy and Germany were never united again. The popes, allied with the French, ousted the Hohenstaufens from Sicily. Germany suffered the turmoil of the Great Interregnum (1254-1273), during which foreigners claimed the crown and the princes won a six-century ascendancy. Society and Culture in the High ... century, and was complete in 1669. At the height of the league, the rich burghers built city walls, cathedrals, and elaborate town halls and guildhalls as expressions of civic pride. By the mid-13th century, French Gothic influences were affecting German architecture. The lofty cathedrals of Bamberg, Strasbourg, Naumburg, and Cologne were richly decorated with sculpture, and they were filled with light from the stained glass in their large, pointed- ...
- 578: American Foreign Policy Towards Cuba
- ... interests. He was brought back to power by a bloodless coup in 1952 and canceled elections scheduled three months away. Washington quickly recognized Batista’s new government. On December 2, 1956 Fidel Castro began a revolution that would eventually free Cuba from American control. By the late 1950’s American capital investment is in controled of 90% of Cuba’s mines, 80% of its public utilities, 50% of its railways, 40% of its sugar production and 25% of its bank deposits. Early in 1958, at the height of the revolution Batista received $1,000,000 in military aid from the US. All of Batista's arms, planes, tanks, ships, and military supplies came from the US. His army was trained by a joint mission of ... of Havana, and Batista fled to the US. The History of US Foreign Policy towards Cuba The foreign policy that America holds today towards Cuba, can be traced to the days following Castro’s successful revolution. On mach 17, 1960 then President Eisenhower approved a “powerful propaganda campaign” that was designed to overthrow Castro. It included the termination of US sugar purchases from Cuba, the end of all oil deliveries, ...
- 579: Weapons of World War 1
- ... Russia, France, and England formed the rival Triple Entente Powers. Later called the Allies. The States sided with Serbia and the Allies. Serbia's enemies were on the side of the Central Powers. The Industrial Revolution with its large, manufacturing ability, massive assembly-line production , and expanded shiping distribution had a powerful influence on the development of weapons. The navy was the first to make use of the improved weapons. Breech ... the permanent name. During World War I Germany launched chemical war for the first time during the battle of Ypres on April 22, 1915,. They did this by releasing chlorine gas toward the British and French lines. The first attack created thousands of casualties, and both sides quickly developed and used a variety of poisonous gases throughout the remainder of the war. In 1917 the Germans used a more effective blistering ... cartridge to power a series of mechanical reactions to load and fire the following round. Repeating guns, developed in the first half of the 19th century, represented a major step toward fully automatic weapons. The French mitrailleuse and the American Gatling gun, were both first developed in the 1860s . The French weapon had a 37-barrel, one-ton gun mounted on a carriage pulled by four horses. It delivered 370 ...
- 580: Teddy Roosevelt
- ... J.M. Maroquin, who had seized power in July of 1900. At the time he had been elected Vice-President, but assumed office when he had the President M. A. Sanclamente killed. In 1903 the French Panama Company had rights to build a canal through Panama. The U.S., however, prior to the Hay-Herran Treaty worked with the French Panama Company and signed the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in order to get rights to build the canal. The U.S. Hay-Herran treaty offered the payment of $250,000 a year plus a $10 million ... the legislation. The puppet Congress suggested that the U.S. wait another year before the Congress would reconvene and possibly ratify the treaty. The Colombians wanted to wait another year, because by that time the French Panama Company would have to forfeit its rights to build the canal, thus leaving more money for the government of Colombia. Roosevelt was outraged by this and began to think of other plans. The ...
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