John II of France

democracies responded to the Great Depression and the spread of radical ideologies by enacting laws, creating programs, and leading revolts. Nevertheless, their actions proved futile because what ended the Great Depression was an even worse crisis: World War II. On October 24, 1929, the American stock market crashed. On this day, known forever as Black Tuesday, the American economy plummeted into debt. Furthermore, international trade collapsed as nations raised tariffs against imports in order…

Jaqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was best known as the American icon of high style and grace First Lady of the White House. Although her life details tells she was a woman of so much more. On July 28 1929, in Southampton, New York, John and Janet Bouvier gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Born to a wealthy stockbroker and an accomplished equestrian rider. She attended school at Miss Chaplin's School in New York. Although you would not know it by looking at her adult life, she…

and impacting society. These ideals have been influencing countries all over the world with the way they run society. But, these ideals have influenced the enlightenment period the most during (1650-1800s). Countries during that time, especially in France, fought over natural rights. The main ideal that influenced revolutions and government change throughout the enlightenment is natural rights. Natural rights changed the way people thought of the time and led to revolutions and new types of…

war between the United States and the Soviet Union which never became “hot”. It was based upon ideological differences, the United States’ capitalism versus the Soviet Union’s communism. It was a competition to see who was better. After World War II the Cold War began. George Kennan, known as the “Father of Containment”, said that the Soviet Union was impervious to logic of reason, but only sensitive to logic of force. He said that we needed to contain communism else it would spread.…

this planet is prone to fighting. Like other species on Earth we fight constantly. The United states has been at war for 222 years out of the 241 years it has been a country. With wars like The U.S. Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, and World War II, the United States has spent hundreds of years at war. It was not until The Vietnam War began in 1955 however, that people such as singer and songwriter Edwin Starr began to ask the question “War, huh, yeah/What is it good for”. The answer that…

bride at the young age of 13. Margaret of Bavaria was the daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut. At the same time, Jean the Fearless’ sister, Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria, married Albrecht of Bavaria’s son, William II, Duke of Bavaria. The weddings were crucial to consolidate Jean the fearless’ position in the low countries. This land consisted of the costal region in northwestern Europe, especially in present day Belgium and the Netherlands, more specifically…

At the time of John Adams writing of the Novanglus Letter, much contempt had been stirred in the colonies regarding the lack of representation of the colonies in the British Parliamant. As Adams opens his letter, he addresses the fact that the colonies in the New World had been established before Great Britain, with the addition of Scotland, itself, without even the consideration of representation(Novanglus 79). Yet Scotland, when adopted, was given the right to representation immediately, as…

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born into one of the wealthiest, most educated, and highly affluent families in Europe during the Mid-Middle Ages. She grew up in Southern France at the Court of Poitiers, which was made famous through Eleanor’s grandfather, William IX of Aquitaine, who is often referred to throughout history as “The Troubadour”, due to the fact that he is known as the founding troubadour. As a young teenager Eleanor inherited the court after the death of her father, making her the…

Hadley Watson Dr. Keith Hale English 1213 Composition II 10 October 2016 European Encounters with the Beothuk Before European interaction, the natives of Newfoundland, the Beothuk, estimated a population of less than one thousand inhabitants (Pastore). John Cabot, sailing under the authority of England, sailed to the east coast of Canada in 1497, which lead to the first recorded foreign interactions with the Beothuk people. The Beothuk initially avoided the Europeans. However, England’s greed…

The Kennedy Family is both famous and infamous for many things, one of those things is The Kennedy Curse. The Kennedy Curse is said to impact the Kennedys and their relatives in bad ways after a great accomplishment that a Kennedy did. It is said that the Kennedy Curse was started by Patrick Kennedy. Another explanation is: “The Kennedy Curse is the result of destructive collision between the Kennedy’s fantasy omnipotence- their need to get away with things that others can not- and the cold,…