Francisco Franco

Andrew Chen Ms. Bergen AP European History 4 June 2018 Josip Broz Tito: The Rebel Communist Josip Broz, more commonly known as Tito, was born on May 7, 1892 in the village of Kumrovec in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia). He was the seventh of fifteen children in a large peasant family, with a Croat father and a Slovene mother. At the early age of seven, he began working on his family’s farm. He entered primary school in Kumrovec at…

The answer to this perplexing question lies on how the French viewed the outside world. By turning Egypt into an object to be visited and observed, the event organizers created an image of Egypt as something set apart from Europe that could be acquired. In a very real sense, the exhibit made the French ponder how their own unique culture compared to that of the Egyptians. As a result, this had the unintended consequences of stirring French nationalism and a desire for empire, especially when…

The 19th century is regarded to be full of revolutions in the life of France as a number of them showed presence. Despite their objective to tackle giant and menacing problems such as unemployt, corruption and conflicts, France had come unexpectedly and unknowingly into an unstable position. Some historians put forward the standpoint that the instability of France between those years is due to political factors as there were wars between countries, conflicts within the government and,…

The Haitian Revolution took place in Haiti, which is part of an the island Hispaniola. The island of Hispaniola was split into two parts, Santo Domingo (the Spanish Side) and St. Dominique (the French side and also known as Haiti). St. Dominique’s economy was mainly agriculture based and because of this there were many slaves. These slaves were mistreated and wanted to be free. In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began when slaves in the colony rebelled. France tried to end the rebellion by giving…

Nationalism Essay Nationalism is the sense of loyalty to one’s nation — has been widespread throughout history. Prior to the 19th century, nationalism was seen in Dynasties in China, The Maurya and Gupta Empire. Nationalism first developed in Europe. Europe nations were already industrialized. In size of the world was shrinking in the 19th century. Nationalism spread by the certain commonalities, like common language, common history, common culture, common religion and common ethnicity.…

In 1862 the King of Prussia was not being allowed to increase military spending because of the Prussian representative assembly. Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia was asked by the King of Prussia to appear in front of the Budget Committee to stress the importance of the military in allowing Prussia to remain in power during the German nations unification. Bismarck gave a speech known as “Blood and Iron” to express his reasoning behind why the military deserved to receive an…

In 1866, Bismarck made an offensive alliance with Italy . He was not only realized the war with Austria was inevitable for German unification but also confident that Austria was unable to defend herself. Rapid victory on the battlefield has long been a foregone conclusion to Bismarck. Prussia’s army had better training than the Austria’s army. Helmuth von Moltke, the chief of staff of the Prussian Army, used the railway efficiently led to Prussia’s military was able to move rapidly and his…

Revolutions are a natural part of human history. Ever since people could be their minds, they’ve had differing opinions. These opinions, if left unlistened to, will cause revolts that scale into revolutions. These revolutions can either be passive or they leave a pool of red in their wake. One revolution of red became the most successful revolutions during this period. The French Revolution had some winning points to its cause. It was the start of people changing the way they think.The people…

On the 7th of December in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The following year, in the middle of February, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that allowed for the relocation of all those living in coastal Washington, Oregon, and California with Japanese ancestry. Those living on the West coast were relocated to desolate places far away from the Pacific Ocean and placed in camps with other Japanese Americans. There were a few reasons for the relocation of Japanese…

After the game against South San Francisco we had a record of 6 to 2 while South San Francisco had a record of 8 to 0. In the 8th grade year there are championships and our team was able to make it to the final round where we faced the one and only South San Francisco again, but this time it was for the championship. I remember that game at Parkside Middle School at 6:30. This game was the most important…