armies‚ led by the Bohemian mercenary Wallenstein‚ and by 1629 they had had enough of fighting without effective support from their allies‚ and sued for peace. The alliance collapsed‚ and it seemed that Protestant hopes were lost‚ particularly when Ferdinand attempted to return to the state of affairs that had existed at the time of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555‚ demanding the return to Catholicism of lands that had subsequently converted to the Protestant faith by issuing the Edict of Restitution. For
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life & times of three European explorers Introduction: In this essay you will be reading about the legacy of three explorers during renaissance. Firstly you will be reading about Marco Polo secondly about Christopher Columbus and lastly Ferdinand Magellan. These explorers have all changed the world by adding to the world map and proving things that no one else has discovered or seen before Marco Polo Marco Polo was a voyager‚ born in Venice‚ Italy. He was born on September 15th 1254
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Europeans richer in the sense of knowledge and began to bring Europeans to a different level of communication with the other lands. Europe was never very much aware of their surroundings‚ they only knew of close lands such as the Mediterranean. Ferdinand and Isabella were not willing to negotiate with Columbus until the fall of Granada. Columbus then had no chance of bringing the people of Europe to the New Land because of
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her time to develop‚ thus she has the opportunity to meet Ferdinand and fall in love. When Ferdinand first meets Prospero‚ at which point he has already declared his love to Miranda‚ Prospero treats him with a similar attitude as he shows to Caliban‚ as an outcast and someone with considerably less importance; dismissing any idea of a possible relationship between Ferdinand and his daughter. After Prospero comes to and agreement with Ferdinand‚ that he shall work as Prospero’s slave in order to prove
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for Columbus’ journey to satisfy his curiosity‚ which meant he needed to find a very convincing reason to his supporters. So‚ Columbus claimed that any of his backers would become rich‚ drawing the Spanish rulers attention. These Spanish rulers‚ Ferdinand and Isabella‚ had two main reasons for signing to the project. Other than the tempting profits‚ they wanted to spread Catholicism to any new land they could possibly reach. Luckily‚ Columbus arrived at Spanish court when the
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about an election fraud supposedly done by Ferdinand Marcos during February 1986. EDSA I lasted five days from February 21-25 1986. Many of Corazon Aquino’s devoted followers were angered because they were not able to vote due to the fact that their names were deleted from the registered voter’s list. Members of the Commission on Election left work because they were offended that Ferdinand Marcos was demanding that he should be the winner. After Ferdinand Marcos left his position‚ he went to Hawaii
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everyone expected. That spark was touched off in Sarajevo‚ the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In an attempt to ease tensions between Austria-Hungary and people in the Balkans‚ the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife made a ceremonial trip to Sarajevo. Ferdinand was in line to be the next emperor of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. The Archduke had made enemies in the neighboring kingdom of Serbia because he once favored the reorganization of the empire to create a third kingdom
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tried going to kings in France and England‚ but they would not give him the ships needed for his voyage. Finally Columbus went to the king and queen of Spain; King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He asked them for money to try out his idea of traveling west to reach the East. Queen Isabella refused Columbus at first. Later King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave Columbus three ships‚ a crew of about ninety men‚ and some money. The three ships were the Niña‚ Pinta‚ and Santa María. On August 2‚ 1492
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these people were a secret gang made from Serbian officers and officials. They hated being part of austria and the government itself and wanted to be free. To prove their point‚ they planned to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ which made things worse for them. Ferdinand was actually thinking about the Serbian side and that their argument had some merit to it. The Black Hand assassinating him was one of the biggest mistakes in the war‚ which also happens to start it. Another contributor
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of this war‚ and they could be divided into long and short term causes. The long term causes were imperialism‚ alliances‚ nationalism and militarism. The short term cause‚ which acted as a trigger to the Great War was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. (Humanities Alive 4‚ pp 4-5) All the long term causes of the Great War were significant but perhaps the most noteworthy was militarism‚ which is the development of large and powerful military forces. In the early 20th century Germany had the strongest
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