Alexander III of Russia

Born on August 15 of 1769, in the small capital of Ajaccio, Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte. A great fact is that he was named after a well-known Egyptian religious symbol (Thutmose III). Maria Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Bonaparte had eight living kids and Napoleon was the second son of the eight. Napoleon was a small and furious young boy and would often fight his older brother (Joseph Bonaparte) and even win those childish and foolish fights. The Bonaparte family was known for being generous and…

in trade just like the British. China was forced to sign yet another document, the Boxer Protocol. The Protocol demanded China to pay the Japanese and Europeans reparations. They also owed them an apology. The Russo-Japanese broke out in 1904 and Russia was kicked out of Manchuria. They established a sphere of influence and became elevated, now seen as a world power and imperial…

formal statement by the thirteen American colonies, which provides a list of their grievances against the king, and declares the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence does not tell King George III, the Parliament of Great Britain, or any…

Finland did not have it easy. Its history was built on bloody wars and severe famines which affected policies and the national psyche for many generations. On December 6, 1917, just weeks after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Finland declared its independence, but experienced a terrible civil war a few months later between the ‘whites’ (educated class supported by Germany and the large class of small farmers) and the ‘reds’ (the workers supported by the Russians, who were landless and lacked…

science fiction musings of H. G. Wells. e. an accurate clock 3. Most railways were built by European or American engineers with equipment from the West. The exception to this was in a. Japan.* b. China. c. Mexico. d. the Orient Express. e. Russia. 4. The largest railway network in the world at the end of the nineteenth century was in a. Great Britain. b. Canada. c. Mexico. d. Japan. e. the United States.* 5. Industrial chemistry was a great advantage to Germany at the end of the…

When you look past the systematic killing of eleven million people, Adolf Hitler was a terrific leader who led disadvantaged Germany to conquer much of Europe. Alexander the Great took an established Macedon to defeat much of Asia and North Africa through exceptional leadership and strategy. Attila the Hun led his nomadic people to dominate ancient Europe and brought Eastern Rome to its knees. These were great…

Chapter 12 The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812-1824 On to Canada over Land and Lakes The Americans tried to invade Canada from Detroit, Niagara, and Lake Champlain. All were fought off by the Canadians. The Americans then attacked by sea and were more successful. Oliver Hazard Perry: captured a British fleet in Lake Erie. General Harrison's army overtook the British at Detroit and Fort Malden in the Battle of the Thames in October 1813. Thomas Macdonough:…

Prussia: A Forgotten Nation From the rise and fall of the Holy Roman Empire - 962 AD to 1806- ("Holy"), to the American Revolution -1765 and 1783-, there have been many different nations to exist, then split up, change their names, or completely disband. Sikkim -1642 to 1975-, Czechoslovakia - 1918 to 1993-, Yugoslavia -1918 to 1992- and Neutral Moresnet -1816 to 1920-(Hoeller), all of these are either nations that used to exist, or nations that have gone through some name changes. Much like…

Chapter 34 Study Guide FDR and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941 Isolationism Rise of Totalitarian Regimes General Tojo Hitler Mussolini Spain-Franco League Of Nations Good Neighbor Policy China 1937 Poland Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Russia (1941) Pearl Harbor (1941) The Atlantic Charter Winston Churchill Cash-Carry Lend-Lease American First Wendell Willkie Manchuria Fascism 1936…

Every single one of these projects required intensive labor, and most of that labor came from us, the peasants. This policy extracted great animosity from us, especially since many died as a result of these rigorous efforts to complete the projects. Since the projects were so costly, the Mongols resorted to deliberate inflation of currency to cover the costs. These financial problems lead to the undermining of the economy, which the Mongols could not maintain any longer. To add on to this…