(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
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
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
In the early 1900’s Russia was on the verge of a revolution. For decades the country had been in an immense struggle between the Czars (rulers of Russia) and the people. Corrupt leadership and inequalities throughout the Russian society eventually lead to a revolution. Nevertheless when Russia started fighting in World War One it was evident that the spark had been ignited and the insurgency had begun. And as Europe approached the end of the war, Russia further advanced into chaos. Vladimir Lenin
In a war that was meant to end all wars, a war that left millions dead, a war that left powerful empires destroyed, the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s 14 Points played a huge role. The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I, while Wilson’s 14 Points tried to help set world peace through grace. By seeing how both statements played out we can better understand their differences and their importance in the Great War. The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty made to establish guidelines for
Therefore war propaganda was prominent in western European countries. Throughout history the government have use propaganda as a powerful tool for drumming up support during the interwar periods, as a result of the widespread of propaganda depicting the Germans as
its American colonies, then in France, Spain and Portugal. While abolitionism, as combating trafficking, managed, relatively quickly, to take hold on governments, not just as it was for the abolition of slavery itself, for whose destruction it took years of struggle. Abolitionism very soon joined the states where slaves constituted a very low percentage of the total population. Typical is the case of the United States in New England, where they were released before anywhere else, slaves accounted for
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill? A military conflict between two sides: the American colonists and the British government before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Bunker Hill, also known as Battle of Breed’s Hill, was the first major battle during the American Revolution. Taking place on June 17th, 1775, this war was fought in Charlestown, now known as Boston, during the Siege of Boston. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, more than 15,00 troops gathered from
began to spin out of control due to rising humanitarian issues (severe food, water, and medical shortages) and increased Sunni opposition against the Kurdish minority in Syria. This in turn, caused Syria to become decentralized and a massive civil war among the government and the opposition ensued. Many of the insurgents fled into neighboring Iraq and created their own group called ISIS. The ISIS organization is a definite product of globalization and they are connecting the world through a strong
must consider Mao’s consolidation of power through Mao’s creation of the PRC government, political reform of collectivism and the influence of Mao’s ideological goals, the institution of terror and repression, the use of propaganda and imposition of military control. Political reform