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- 811: Andrew Jackson
- ... superbly under him. In foreign affairs, Jackson scored two diplomatic triumphs, one with Great Britain and one with France. These triumphs ended the long-standing disputes with those countries. Since the end of the American Revolution, Great Britain had restricted and sometimes barred American trade with British ports in the West Indies. All U.S. presidents had tried, using both diplomacy and retaliation, to regain free access to this prosperous overseas ... in that conflict. In 1831 Jackson got France to agree to pay damages to American ships. But, by 1834 the first two installments had not been paid. Jackson asked Congress to authorize the confiscation of French holdings in the United States. The French government cut off diplomatic relations, but Jackson stood firm. Finally, in 1836, France paid four overdue installments, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were restored. Jackson's intelligence and good decision making skills ...
- 812: Alexander I
- ... country. Alexander nevertheless retained his newly found fixation and came to profess a universal religion. Alexander I, inspired by devotion and his universal religion, proposed the Holy Alliance at the Congress of Vienna after the French Revolution. The alliance was supposed to bring about a peace based on Christian love to the monarchs and peoples of Europe. It was a joke. The other members of the congress, except Britain, signed it out ... to Russia, he left everything in assistant s hands. For Alexander, it was a period of fatigue, discouragement, and dark thoughts. For Russia, it was a period of reaction and struggle against real and imagined revolution. Alexander thought he saw "the reign of Satan" everywhere. In opposition, secret societies spread, composed of young men, mostly from the military, who sought to regenerate and liberalize the country. Plots were made. Alexander ...
- 813: Alexander The Great 3
- ... Christianity by opening up the Greek world to Oriental influence. Napoleon and his family were forced to flee Marseilles after coming into conflict with Pasquale PAOLI, a Corsican nationalist. Napoleon for his role in the French Revolution was eventually appointed commander of the Army of the Interior . From this position began his practice of dividing and conquering and successfully defeated the Sardinian and Austrian armies in Italy. Napoleon began to meddle in ... to be Exiled again. As can be seen Alexander the Great and Napoleon where both military geniuses, both slightly mad, and both driven to pursue glory and expand the sphere of influence of Hellenistic and French culture respectively. Both men although Heroes in their day would probably not be regarded son in a more modern setting because of the high price paid in blood for their conquests.
- 814: Monroe Doctrine
- ... Spain. The European powers had still considered the new nations as still belonging to Spain. The Americans had a sense of pride in the former Spanish colonies gaining independence. They felt as if the American Revolution was a model for these new Latin American nations (Faragher 265). After Napoleon went down, the monarchy in Spain regained power ("Monroe Doctrine" 617). The Spanish had felt embarrassed after losing their colonies to independence ... question, by George Canning, if he could make a joint declaration between the United States and Great Britain. Rush was startled by Canning’s proposition, since it had been only 40 years since the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was just awhile back (May 3). At first without consulting John Q. Adams he had agreed to. President Monroe favored this idea along with former presidents Jefferson and Madison. Jefferson ... Navy to stop European intervention whether or not they had a joint declaration ("Monroe Doctrine" 617). Then on October 12th, 1823 Canning had a number of meetings with Prince Jules de Polignac who was a French ambassador in London. Their meetings concluded with the Polignac Memorandum, saying that France would not help Spain regain her lost colonies. All of this hindered the action toward cooperation. John Q. Adams had opposed ...
- 815: First Civilization Arose In Asia
- ... This was a revolutionary achievement that makes the expression of enormous numbers feasible and viable. The earliest known example is dated 595 CE. Europe did not receive this information until between 999-1003CE through a French Christian monk. The rise of Islam is also recognized as part of Asia-centered history and is the largest religion in the world today with 1.1 billion Muslims worldwide. The prophet Muhammed was born ... cause for Luther's dismay and for which he posted his 13 theses, or list of grievances, to the church. Other reforms also took place within the Catholic church and among newly founded churches. Scientific revolution also took place as a consequence of the supremity and authority of the church being underminded and lessened. Copernicus came up with the heliocentric model that placed the sun in the center of the universe ... emerged in which people participated in the government. Many changes were taking place on a worldwide scale and, for the first time, Europeans were at the center of the modern changes. The Dutch, English, and French followed the Spanish and Portugeuse in exploration to ensure that the Iberian powers would not monopolize exploration and expansion. British charters funded the North American colonies. Trade routes and its centers were established through ...
- 816: The Nazis and Their Rise to Power and Downfall
- ... sprawling Bürgerbräukeller, some 600 Nazis and right-wing sympathizers surrounded the beer hall. Hitler burst into the building and leaped onto a table, brandishing a revolver and firing a shot into the ceiling. "The National Revolution," he cried, "has begun!" At that point, informed that fighting had broken out in another part of the city, Hitler rushed to that scene. His prisoners were allowed to leave, and they talked about organizing ... 23 the Seine was reached southeast and northwest of the capital, and two days later the great city, the glory of France, was liberated after four years of German occupation when General Jacques Leclerc's French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division broke into it and found that French resistance units were largely in control.
- 817: Hitler, Nazis, and The National Socialist German Workers' Party
- ... sprawling Bürgerbräukeller, some 600 Nazis and right-wing sympathizers surrounded the beer hall. Hitler burst into the building and leaped onto a table, brandishing a revolver and firing a shot into the ceiling. "The National Revolution," he cried, "has begun!" At that point, informed that fighting had broken out in another part of the city, Hitler rushed to that scene. His prisoners were allowed to leave, and they talked about organizing ... 23 the Seine was reached southeast and northwest of the capital, and two days later the great city, the glory of France, was liberated after four years of German occupation when General Jacques Leclerc's French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division broke into it and found that French resistance units were largely in control.
- 818: Karl Marx
- ... had gone through the German philosophic school and while abroad they came to the same conclusions but while Marx arrived at an understanding of the struggles and the demands of the age basis of the French Revolution, Engles did so on the basis of English industry. Friedrich Engles was born in 1820 in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia. Like Marx he was brought up with the German philosophies of ... he discussed the issues in the manifesto with Engles. It documents the objectives and principals of the Communist League, an organization of artist and intellectuals. It was published in London in 1848, shortly before the revolution in Paris. The manifesto is divided into four parts. The first part outlines his ideas on history and a prediction on what is yet to come. He predicts a confrontation between the proletariat and ...
- 819: History 2
- ... to the American culture was the Presbyterian Church. By 1776 the Scotch-Irish had 500 communities and each one had at least one Presbyterian Church. The Scotch-Irish played a big part in the American Revolution. John Stark was especially commendable, as he played a big part in getting the French to ally with us. Without the Scotch-Irish and their burning hatred for the controlling British the United States would not be where it is today. Nine of the first 13 governors of the newly ... Scotch-Irish had a profound contribution to almost every aspect of the American life. The Paxton Boys made a lasting impression on the Indians of Pennsylvania and our government. Many were still reeling over the French and Indian War after the fact, leading to a smaller uprising called Pontiac’s War. This was the second time the frontier of Pennsylvania began to feel the sting for invading the Indian’s ...
- 820: Boston Tea Party
- The Boston Tea Party was the key-event for the Revolutionary War. With this act, the colonists started the violent part of the revolution. It was the first try of the colonists, to rebel with violence against their own government. The following events were created by the snowball effect. There, all the colonists realized the first time, that they ... didn't gine them the possibility by controlling them. The causes for the Boston Tea Party The events leading to the Boston Tea Party began already ten years before ( 1763 ), when the English won the French-and-Indian War. The king of Britain passed taxes on the colonies to make up for the loss of money because of the war. He did it in a line of acts, called the Sugar ... the taxes. This act was called the Tea Act, which was of great importance for the following Boston Tea Party. The colonists reacted to this act by holding meetings to discuss it. Supporter of the revolution ( just to name some of them: John Adams, John Hancock, Dr. Joseph Warren ) wrote letters of protest to the government's officials, but they didn't achieve anything. The tea ships arriving in Boston ...
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