(1.1)THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION OF 1791 In the year of 1789, at the demise of the French Revolution, the colony of St. Domingue, currently known as Haiti, employed one thousand ships, fifteen thousand French sailors and two thirds of France’s overseas trade. This colony became France’s richest largely because of its production of sugar, coffee, indigo, and cotton generated by an enslaved labour force. This played an essential role in the French economy as it was the greatest colonial market in the World
Soviet Accomplishments During the Cold War, the Soviets set out to make many accomplishments. Achievements like being the first country to release the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space. The Soviets had riots that led to revolution with Czar Nicholas II and had him and his family overthrown and killed. The Soviet were able to make nineteen different ballet schools. Two of which were famous Bolshoi and Kirov. The Cold War however brought up tensions between the communist Soviet union
Throughout history there have been many wars fought between many different countries. Some of these wars included the English Civil War, American Revolution, and the French Revolution and each war was in a different time period with different circumstances. Each of these occurrences had a different effect and helped shaped our world today. Theses wars were recorded in history and are defined by the results, aftereffects and how they differ from one another. To fully understand what happened during
1. What major economic, political and social changes resulted from the Urban revolution? Was it really a revolution? Was it a good thing or a bad thing? Why or why not? Economically, people became agricultural rather than nomadic. Settlements and cities formed, followed by small segments of craftspeople, who were men and women. Political changes existed in the form of expansion, which occurred due to lack of goods at home and access to luxury items. Social changes were a break with contacts, reemergence
He quickly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution and became the hero of the hour. During his military expedition in Egypt, a French soldier named Pierre Francois Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone, which provided the key to know the puzzle of hieroglyphics. After seizing political power in France in a coup d’état, he stablized France and crowned himself emperor in 1804. Ambitious and a genius military strategist, Napoleon won wars against many coalitions of European nations
have the similar long reigns and have serval wars in order to maintain their powers and enlarge their territory. For Kangxi, internally, there was a war against the three rebel leaders; externally, Kangxi fought between the Russians and the Mongol chieftain. For Louis XIV, he came into the War of Devolution, the Dutch War, a coalition of Germans, Dutch and English and the War of the Spanish Succession. Therefore, both empires have met a prolonged war. But, the different between two societies are
Some of his military tactics are still studied in modern-day military schools. Even French Revolutions that took place after he died, followed some of the political changes he set in place, like religious tolerance and more equal rights for the poor. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the Mediterranean island Corsica on August 15, 1769, but Napoleon
The first modern arms race took place when France and Russia challenged the naval superiority of Britain in the late nineteenth century. Germany’s attempt to exceed Britain’s fleet spilled over into World War I, while tensions after the war between the United States, Britain and Japan resulted in the first major arms-limitation treaty at the Washington Conference. Arms race as the separate concept appeared at the end of the 19th at the beginning of the 20th century .In the 20th century arms race
dynasties but there were some weakness that made this dynasty collapsed and became one of the shortest in all of Chinese history which last only about 15 years. There are some reasons that made the Qin Dynasty collapsed. First, it’s about the bad management. The Emperor Qin SiHuang who created the Qin dynasty held too much power alone in terms of military or leadership. According to history, after the died of this emperor ,Qin Er shi was made as the second emperor at the age of 21 has faced much troubles
Ready, Set, Revolution! A wise man once said that “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Countless individuals look at war in simplistic terms while disregarding the true purpose of the battle, the purpose of The Revolutionary War however is what compelled the intelligent Thomas Jefferson to say these words to begin with. The British colonies and the country of Britain started with a frail construction that was further amplified in the