DENVER II

Philip II of Spain was a dignified king who sought to achieve the best for his country. However, during his reign as king, King Philip II was unrightfully murdered one night. The group of people who ended the king’s life all had one similarity. They all had a list of motives to backup why they plotted against the King of Spain. These motives fueled the hatred burning within the assassins lead them to conspire against Philip and ultimately kill him. To seek revenge William of Orange, Antonio…

The First World War was caused between the triple entente 's which include the United Kingdom, the Russian empire, and France, along with the triple alliance which included Austria- Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany. The United States had decided they wanted to join the war. Howard Zinn has an argument on why the United States decided to enter the war. The United States has a lot of reasons or ways that they wanted to go into the war with all the other counties. The overall argument of…

World War I is something that fascinates a lot of people. However, most people tend to only think of the fighting that was happening during this time, or they will think about the weapons that are involved in the war. The living conditions of the soldiers had a great affect on them, just like the actual fighting did. There were many things that affected them in this like food quality, rats, privacy, and trench foot. These things could have almost the same impact on them as the fighting itself.…

Since the end of World War II, the American military established their country as a world power. American patriotism erupted and the American ideals to protect liberty were reborn. Never was one nation so proud of its soldiers. However, by the early 21st century, Americans would be involved in a different war in the Middle East--where honor on the battlefield suggested more than bravery, and machines fought alongside men--the stakes of foreign relations were high and the rules of the battlefield…

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade” (Kennedy qtd in Space Race). On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon. (Race to the Moon). The accomplishments of landing on the moon, building bomb shelters, and passing education acts all contributed to the idea that America, as a whole, reacted in many different ways. Fear, excitement, happiness, and relief all shined through the dark smoky clouds of the space race. Although the Soviet Union continually surpassed the U…

Page 1 Source five states that Leopold put hospitals into effect at every important point in the region. He produced churches, schools, and laboratories, and organized government buildings. He cleared non-providing forests with land to produce rubber, cocoa, coffee, and other food-providing trees, vines, and crops. The locals would have noticed Leopold 's reforms in ways suggested in the picture documents. Railways, hospitals, and new currency were just some of Leopold’s reforms in order to…

After World War I, the United States became increasingly isolationist until World War II, when America was forced to become more involved in foreign affairs to support France and Britain against Germany and Japan. Originally, the devastating consequences of World War I including war costs, the failure of the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations in the US, and the harsh treatment of Germany led to America’s isolationism and neutrality. After pulling out troops from Latin American nations,…

World War I, also known as the Great War, has transformed the lives of millions of people, leading to new innovations, and different forms of government. But along with new innovation, a lot of violence erupted, causing millions of lives to be lost. War is a transformative event for individuals because the deaths caused by war impacts people in a negative way, causing witnesses to have physical and/ or mental disorders, along with a feeling of helplessness and loss of faith in government. The…

Immediately after the allies rose victorious of the Nazis and the rest of the axis powers. A potentially more dangerous and devastating war broke out. This war, however was a battle about ideology and cultural habits and ways. This war would be against one of our crucial allies during WWII, the soviets. The tension broke out early after the russians had conquered their way back into the German heartland and had captured Berlin. But afterwards they would be hesitant to give all the land they had…

Throughout time, there has always been the question have who truly started the First World War and up to this day, many historians still discuss who is responsible. Although in the Treaty of Versailles Germany was designated to the responsibility and had to take on the consequences of the outbreak of the war, they were not the only ones who should have been blamed; Germany was not the only instigator of World War One. Other nations like Serbia and Austria-Hungary were at fault for the outbreak…