1625: Earliest documented attack by Barbary pirates on American merchant ships. 1678: Algerian pirates seize 14 ships from American colonies. September 1783: Algerian pirates attack American ships on their way back from peace talks with Britain. Americans assume that Britain is paying the Pirates to attack them. October 1784: The Betsy‚ a 300-ton ship from Boston‚ is attacked 100 miles from Africa’s western coast‚ in the Atlantic. The ship’s sailors are captured‚ chained and carted off to slave
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Corey Jean UW-Madison‚ 2010 Faugh A Ballagh : Irish Immigrants in the American Civil War Understanding an immigrant’s willingness to fight for a country he has only called home for only part of his life is easier to comprehend when you ask‚ “What cause is he willing to die for?” In the case of the American Civil War‚ the Irish immigrant’s “cause” depended completely on perspective. While two books‚ God Help the Irish! History of the Irish Brigade by Phillip Thomas Tucker and Irish Americans
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Arndt‚ Joshua Captain Wade MS III 02/16/2017 The Military Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo‚ fought on June 18‚ 1815‚ was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. "On 13 March 1815‚ six days before Napoleon reached Paris‚ the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw. Four days later‚ the United Kingdom‚ Russia‚ Austria‚ and Prussia mobilized armies to defeat Napoleon. Critically outnumbered‚ Napoleon knew that once his attempts at dissuading one or more of the Seventh Coalition
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was a peace conference after the Napoleonic Wars. During the Congress of Vienna the European powers‚ Britain‚ Austria‚ Russia and Prussia began to draw up a settlement that they hoped would ensure them a place in Europe. This settlement‚ from 1814-1815 was dominated by a few leading statesmen from the major powers. Austria’s chancellor Prince Metternich had a major influence at the Vienna peace conference. Britain’s foreign minister‚ Lord Castlereagh‚ Russian Tsar Alexander I and Prussian King
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Liberal ideas from France and Britain spread rapidly‚ and from 1789 the French Revolution became the genesis of "liberal Italians". A series of political and military events resulted in a unified kingdom of Italy in 1861. The settlements reached in 1815 at the Vienna Congress had restored Austrian domination over the Italian peninsula but had left Italy completely fragmented . The Congress had divided the territory among a number of European nations and the victors of the Napoleonic Wars. The Kingdom
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University of Phoenix Material- “Lemel Johnson” July25‚ 2011 Economic‚ Social‚ and Political Change Worksheet Agricultural Revolution Respond to each of the following questions in two to three sentences: 1. What are the three most important factors contributing to the agricultural revolution in Europe? The potato’s vitamins‚ minerals‚ and high carbohydrate content provided a rich source of energy to Europe’s rural poor. It was simple to plant‚ required little or no cultivation‚ and
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dangerous. There were no measures of safety for the men or the environment they were working in. Hopkins‚ E. (1982). Working Hours and Conditions During the Industrial Revolution: A Re-Appraisal. EconomicHistoryReview Western Social Change between 1815 and 1914 Write two to three sentences per concept about how each of the following changed in Western society between
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Review for the AP U.S. History Exam © 2003 James L. Smith TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Advanced Placement U.S. History Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Information about the AP exam and helpful hints for obtaining the highest grade possible. 2. Important Dates in U.S. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Memorize these dates! 3. 250 Things Every
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Woman Writers of the Romantic Period Romanticism (also called Romantic Era or Romantic period) was a complex artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe‚ and developed in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. In part‚ it was a movement against various social and political norms and ideas of the Age of Enlightenment. It strongly influenced the visual arts‚ music‚ and literature‚ but it had impact on education and natural history
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From man-powered treadmills to man-powered capstan mills‚ to horse driven mills‚ to Sydney’s first windmill in 1797. Without the right men to operate the mill‚ it was not a great success. The first successful watermill dates from 1812 and in 1815 the first steam mill opened‚ though as Farrer (1999) explains‚ for most of the nineteenth century the motive power was water or wind. This technology was a runner stone revolving on a fixed bed stone that ground the grain‚ until the introduction
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