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- 1631: How Far Did The Policies Of Ol
- ... was by sea. In October 1639, Tromp, the Dutch admiral, defeated the fleet of Don Antonio de Oquendo, at the Battle of the Downs. This took out Spain’s naval capability in one blow. Furthermore control of Brazil was lost to the Dutch after a joint Portuguese and Spanish effort failed in 1638. From all these events Olivares felt that all of his gargantuan efforts were doomed to failure. His contempt ... seems that Portugal held the best scope for manoeuvre, and in 1634 Princess Margaret of Savoy became governess of Portugal. Through Margaret, Olivares hoped both to quench the lamentations of Royal neglect and achieve greater control over Portugal, by infiltrating the government with Castilians disguised as advisers. Unfortunately for Olivares, the Portuguese immediately saw through the ‘advisor’ scheme, leading to constant argument within the government. The populace had never favoured the ... his policies and on the 27th May, he ordered steps to be taken to re-conciliate the Catalans. However his actions were just too late and a riot on 7th June, put the diputcio in control following the brutal murder of the Count of Santa Coloma. Meanwhile the events within Catalonia had severe repercussions on Portugal leading to a revolt on 1st December 1640, when the Duke of Braganza was ...
- 1632: How Did Athens Take Over The L
- ... to the year 479 BC to be marked as the beginning of the Classical Greek period. At the other side, the year 479 BC does not represent a vital turning-point in politics. Sparta’s control over her allies was still unbroken. After the Greeks’ triumph on Plataea, when the fear of the Persian invasion decreased, the idea of the united Greeks started diminishing. Phthonos (envy) was what characterised the relationship ... the revolt. In the 464 BC an earthquake struck Laconia. Sparta was seriously affected. More then 20000 people died. Helots tried to take advantage of the calamity, but Sparta’s king Archidamus re-established the control in Laconia. Problem with Messenia continued. With all the military help from other allies in the Peloponnese and Athens, Sparta did not succeed to capture Mount Ithome. While Sparta was preoccupied with these developments, Athens ... states in Asia Minor. Sparta’s dominance and influence rapidly pared down. Taking all the evidence into account, it can be said that Thucydides was not entirely right in his explanation of the change in control in Greece after the Persian wars. Sparta did not part with her authority willingly but was forced into it by Athens’ accession and other circumstances which prevented Sparta’s further expansion for some time. ...
- 1633: Hong Kong Transferring Hands
- ... the British and Chinese governments began to become concerned about what might happen when the lease expired on July 1, 1997. Would China come marching in overrunning the city? Or would Britain refuse to relinquish control? It was in this environment of uncertainty that these two governments began working together on Hong Kong’s future. On September 26, 1984 a draft was agreed upon. The Prime Ministers of both countries signed ... an action of the Executive branch like the United States Constitution employs. The constitutions begin to differ when the presidential powers begin to be limited. In contrast the Basic Law authorizes the Chief Executive more control compared to The President. The United States constitution created three separate branches of government to ensure each branch was independent of the other, there by eliminating the possibility of one man taking control of the government. The three separate branches must work together to make the government function efficiently. This separation is non-existent in the Basic Law. The Chief Executive has all the authority and the ...
- 1634: Hong Kong 2
- ... days in Hong Kong are limited (Sesser 21). As China takes over many laws that restrict Hong Kong’s free speech are being put into effect, causing uneasiness among citizens. Despite China’s attempt to control, Hong Kong citizens struggle to maintain the democratic lifestyle to which they are accustomed. The Chinese government’s restriction of free speech has oppressed many citizens of Hong Kong. Before the hand-over on July ... disapproval and Tung Chee-hwa and the emergence of restrictive laws pose a threat to citizens who value their right to free speech. Hong Kong citizens fear expressing themselves through art because of China’s control. Many contemporary choreographers use the theater as a way to express political turmoil and other problems in Hong Kong. Issues range from AIDS, gay rights, and communism versus democracy. “The theater has become a place ... a bad economy, and unemployment have driven the citizens of Hong Kong into the arms of a democratic system similar to the one they once knew. Hong Kong fears that China’s legal system will control theirs, and attempts to assert autonomy. The trial of gangster Cheung Tze-keung has caused many to feel that China is controlling Hong Kong’s legal system. Known as “Big Spender”, Cheung Tze-keung ...
- 1635: Holocaust 6
- ... who was part of the Right Wing National Socialist German Workers Party or Nazis, became Chancellor of Germany. Chancellor was the highest and most powerful position in all of Germany, and this gave Hitler the control of everything and everyone in Germany, after that nothing would ever be the same. Hitler wanted a pure Aryan State, a country that had a superior race to the rest of the world. This meant ... 000 people per day were gassed. The gas they used was a form of cyanided called Zyklon-B which was a pesticide manufactured by people in other forced labour camps, ironically they were constructing the gun that was about to kill them. The second group was sent to industrial factories were they were forced into slave labour. There were 405,000 prisoners recorded as labourers from 1940-1945, and 340,000 ...
- 1636: How Athens Took Over The Leade
- ... to the year 479 BC to be marked as the beginning of the Classical Greek period. At the other side, the year 479 BC does not represent a vital turning-point in politics. Sparta’s control over her allies was still unbroken. After the Greeks’ triumph on Plataea, when the fear of the Persian invasion decreased, the idea of the united Greeks started diminishing. Phthonos (envy) was what characterised the relationship ... the revolt. In the 464 BC an earthquake struck Laconia. Sparta was seriously affected. More then 20000 people died. Helots tried to take advantage of the calamity, but Sparta’s king Archidamus re-established the control in Laconia. Problems with Messenia continued. With all the military help from other allies in the Peloponnese and Athens, Sparta did not succeed to capture Mount Ithome. While Sparta was preoccupied with these developments, Athens ... states in Asia Minor. Sparta’s dominance and influence rapidly pared down. Taking all the evidence into account, it can be said that Thucydides was not entirely right in his explanation of the change in control in Greece after the Persian wars. Sparta did not part with her authority willingly but was forced into it by Athens’ accession and other circumstances which prevented Sparta’s further expansion for some time. ...
- 1637: Gulf War 2
- ... the second 1990, Saddam Hussein and a fleet of tanks as well as 100,000 thousand troops invaded neighboring Kuwait with out provocation or warning. Iraq also had surface-to-surface missiles to take complete control of Kuwait; this all took place just hours after Saddam Hussein had assured neighboring countries that there would under no circumstances be an invasion. George Bush entered the Gulf War for the sole reason of ... power in the world. Neither Hitler nor Hussein cared for the people of their prospective lands, they cared for the benefit of their personal crusade as well as attempt at being the first ever to control the world. Hitler tried to accomplish this feat by just shear force. Saddam Hussein tried to achieve his goal of supremacy by controlling one of the worlds richest and much needed resources, the Kuwaiti oil ... of the UN realized that there was a great threat of Saddam Hussein attacking Saudi Arabia, therefore; it was reasonable to move the air units in, there was no question that Saddam Hussein wanted to control the middle-east, and all the oil sales and trade through out Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. With the power over one of the worlds greatest and richest resources Saddam Hussein knew that ...
- 1638: Gulf War
- ... military aid to Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War. Kuwait was invaded by Saddam Hussein and taken over in six short hours due to the lack of strength in Kuwait’s Army. Once Hussein took control he seized Kuwait City, airports, army barracks, and oil fields. This left Kuwait helpless and in desperate need. Therefore, the U.S. invaded after, Hussein’s control of Kuwait for six months. The U.S invaded for many reasons; Hussein was a threat and currently is to the Middle East as well as the world. He was beginning to build up an ... to the environment. Hussein alone is a very dangerous man and one of the missions of the war was to kill him. However, we were unsuccessful, and today he is a huge threat. Hussein’s control of Kuwait affected the U.S. economically. All of Kuwait’s oil was in Hussein’s power and the U.S. was unable to trade with him because of sanctions. Therefore, oil based product ...
- 1639: Great Powers In The 17th And 1
- ... the 17th and 18th centuries, Great Britain, France, and the Hapsburg Empire were all competing for the fate of Europe. France, in particular, was caught between being a continental power or a world power; taking control of the Rhine and most of Central Europe, or taking control of The New World. France’s primary goal at the time was for control of the Rhine, but this goal was not without obstacles. Great Britain’s main concern was to keep the balance of power in Europe on their side, while expanding overseas. The Hapsburg Empire’s ...
- 1640: Gibbons V. Ogden (1824)
- ... Federal versus State battle for power. Once again the question plagued Marshall whether to support Federalism, or keep States’ rights alive. Certain things became apparent to Marshall. The Constitution did give the federal government complete control over the nation’s commerce. (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3) Also, the Federal Law, according to the Constitution, was the supreme law of the land. (Article 6, Clause 2) Marshall, a Federalist, had always ... property to be bought and sold by trading in the South. The Southern states felt they could regulate this trade. Yet, the right to regulate commerce and trade was a right reserved for only federal control, not the States, as described in the Constitution. Henceforth, if Marshall and the Supreme Court ruled that Federal Law was supreme to govern interstate commerce in the case of Gibbons, it would also give the ... deemed unconstitutional, should be rejected. Therefore, States had the power to regulate their own trade, such as the southern slaves, but the Federal Government had the final say, and ultimately, supreme power. Congress henceforth could control intra and interstate commerce as the Constitution specified. Marshall’s decision was none other than extraordinary. He had single-handedly prevented further debate over slavery (for the meantime, anyhow), and satisfied any contention with ...
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