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- 581: Lester Pearson
- ... the illusion that the Liberals would transform the country during their first 2 months in power where in reality they hadn't. Pearson's government finally became aware of Quebec nationalism and separatism problems when French terrorists in Quebec city planted bombs in public buildings and mailboxes. The most dramatic indication was when the Queen visited Montreal and was confronted by a large mob. The treatment towards the Queen from Quebec shocked Pearson and the rest of the government. Pearson started to worry about a full scale revolution in Quebec. Pearson's only mistake was to take power right after WW II because that was the time the provinces needed revenue the most. While Pearson was in government Quebec announced that it didn't want to be run by a English government. They said that they needed a French government for the “awakened” Quebec. Pearson said that this problem could only be resolved by cooperation. During his first year and a half Pearson called more meetings than Diefenbaker had in his six year ...
- 582: History Of The Car
- ... electric propulsion. At the beginning of the century, petrol driven internal-combustion motor car had established itself as the dominant mechanical road vehicle and started its expansion with great rapidity (Ware 291). In 1894, the French newspaper La Petit Journal introduced a new invention to the wider public by organizing a trial run of motor cars from Paris to Rouen. In 1895 the race was organized from Paris to Bordeaux. The winner averaged fifteen miles an hour. In the first decade of 1900's, French led the world in the production of cars, and automobiles even took part in French army maneuvers. In England, they were allowed to travel on roads at fourteen miles an hour. Around the same time in the United States, Henry Ford was making twin-cylinder water-cooled engine cars, ...
- 583: Saint Francis of Assissi
- ... make his mark with a Greek cross, the letter tau, the cross used by the crusaders. However, somewhere - probably in the first instance from his father and his father's business acquaintances - he learned enough French to be able to converse in that language, and earn himself the nickname il Francesco, ‘the Frenchman', although whether it was given to him by his father, as pious legend has always maintained, or by the wits of Assisi, is uncertain. Whoever gave it to him, it was the obvious name for a boy wearing French cloth, talking with French visitors, and singing French tunes, the songs of troubadours and jongleurs. John Bernardone became ‘ Francis' early in life, and has remained Francis throughout the years since. Which dialect of French he spoke is unknown. ...
- 584: William Wordsworth Biography
- ... define himself in relation to that power. Wordsworth's college years were from 1787-1791 at St. John's college, Cambridge. He went on a walking tour with Robert Jones, a Cambridge student, over the French and Swiss Alps in 1790 and another such tour in 1791. In 1792, Wordsworth went to France, amidst the tumult of the French Revolution, where he met Michel Beaupuy, a French officer who is spoken of in The Prelude. In France, he also met Annette Vallon, with whom he had an illegitimate child, Caroline. Wordsworth returned to England ...
- 585: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- The world was at the edge of a third world war. This was the result of a variety of things: the Cuban Revolution, the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, US anti-communism, insecurity of the Soviet Union, and Cuba’s fear of invasion all made causes for war. However, war was not the result due to ... won. Mankind won." 1 The world had almost seen another world war, the effects of which would have been devastating because of the weapons involved. Humanity, indeed, was the prevention of the war. The Cuban Revolution was a background cause to the crisis. On January 1st, 1959 a Marxist regime in Cuba would have seemed unlikely. To the communist party in Cuba, Fidel Castro appeared tempestuous, irresponsible and stubbornly bourgeois. In ... pushing Cuba to the left, and as a result many Cubans left, along with the American investors. There was so much opposition to Castro’s developments that he created a Committee for Defense of the Revolution out of fear of invasion from the US, internal guerrilla uprisings, and black marketing "counterrevolutionary activity". Castro improved life in Cuba with communism; he managed to solve the problem of unemployment, put in place ...
- 586: Aaron Burr Jr.
- ... rather not live than not to be the daughter of such a man." At her mother's death, Theodosia was eleven years old and already versed in philosophy and history. She could speak German and French, and played the harp and pianoforte. Burr concentrated on a program for her education, which he was to supervise under all conditions. Her father was determined to make a prodigy of her in spite of ... a conflict sprang up between Jefferson and Burr, a hostility fomented by Hamilton, and furthered by Monroe and Madison. The political situation was rendered more complicated by the rivalry between Jefferson and Hamilton. Then the French Revolution came along to further complicate matters. The Federalist Party was on the decline, but the Republicans were not united so as to profit by their confusion. Burr's French sympathies were in conflict with ...
- 587: Catherine The Great: Empress Of All Russia
- ... was deposed (and subsequently murdered) and Catherine was placed on the throne in his place. Catherine was fascinated with the philosophies and theories of the Enlightenment, and was well acquainted with the literature of the French Enlightenment, which was an important influence on her own political influence. She corresponded extensively with Voltaire and Denis Diderot, gave financial support to them and a number of other French writers, and played host to Diderot at her court in 1773. Although, this gesticulation of hospitality was partially aimed at creating a favorable image in Western Europe, she was probably sincere in her interest and ... townspeople, also began to organize associations for the promotion of schools and publications. Catherine, who did not want to surrender control over social and cultural policy, viewed these activities with suspicion. The outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and the publication of Alexandre Radishchev’s journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow in 1790, in which the author denounced the evils of serfdom, the immorality of society, and the abuses ...
- 588: General George S. Patton
- ... cluster of holes he had already put in the target. Still, Patton finished fifth overall, an excellent finish in an event traditionally dominated by European marksmen. After the Olympics, Patton kept busy by visiting the French cavalry school as an observer and studying French sword drill. The latter studies helped him become the U.S. Army's Master of the Sword when he was assigned to teach the use of the blade to fellow officers. Patton, also designed a ... it made the user too vulnerable to attack. These activities kept Patton busy, but he wanted to go to war, so when World War I started in 1914, Patton asked permission to serve with the French cavalry, but the War Department turned him down. In 1915 Lt. Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where he led routine cavalry patrols until 1916 when he accompanied General Pershing ...
- 589: General George Patton
- ... cluster of holes he had already put in the target. Still, Patton finished fifth overall, an excellent finish in an event traditionally dominated by European marksmen. After the Olympics, Patton kept busy by visiting the French cavalry school as an observer and studying French sword drill. The latter studies helped him become the U.S. Army's Master of the Sword when he was assigned to teach the use of the blade to fellow officers. Patton, also designed a ... it made the user too vulnerable to attack. These activities kept Patton busy, but he wanted to go to war, so when World War I started in 1914, Patton asked permission to serve with the French cavalry, but the War Department turned him down. In 1915 Lt. Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where he led routine cavalry patrols until 1916 when he accompanied General Pershing ...
- 590: Napoleon And Unrest In Europe
- ... Compensation for the victors. 2) Restoration of balance of power. 3) Legitimacy: restoring the monarchies of pre-napoleon Europe. Legitimacy threatened Liberals causing revolts. The response was The Troppau Protocol and Carlsbad decrees. These banned revolution and promised military intervention. The first failure of the Troppau protocol was Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire. This sparked two series of revolts. In Eastern and Central Europe the focus was nationalism. In Western ... many. Despite reforms, the Empire’s could not fully prevent internal rebellion. The Empire declined creating a “Power Vacuum” in the Balkan Peninsula, which fueled conflicts. After Louis Phillipe of France was abdicated the Second French Republic formed, with universal manhood suffrage. Napoleon III surrendered during the Franco Prussian war, forming the third French republic. Through these liberals caused rulers to enact reforms, but divisions in French society led to continuing political instability. In Germany Bismarck enacted the anti catholic Kulturkampf, to limit the power of the Catholic ...
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