this movement‚ thereby indirectly challenging Austria-Hungary to control of its own people. The tension had been mounting long before WWI began‚ but it was the breaking of this tension through the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand that triggered the War. Serbia wanted unification of all Slavs‚ most of which were under Austro-Hungarian rule‚ and the tension this created resulted in one of the worst wars the world has ever seen. The bulk of the tension was created between
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Hermandad in 1476‚ which was a peace brotherhood set up in Castile which rapidly improved Spain’s justice system. Improvements in the Cortes succeeded this‚ with 83 laws passed by 1505 and by 1515‚ 86 Castilian towns came under the influence of Ferdinand‚ a huge step in modernising the Spanish government. This factor could’ve been the trigger of Spain’s golden age as these successes continued into Charles I’s reign. This rule enabled advances in the ‘Council of War’ in 1522 which effectively advised
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Washington was a typical African-American of the 19th century‚ used to be a working-man. After the Civil War‚ which had as its main consequence the emancipation of the slaves‚ Booker worked as a salt-miner and as a coal-miner‚ before he becomes a houseboy‚ working as a servant for the wife of the owner of the mines. After that‚ he applied to Hampton Agricultural Institute and had to split his time between working and studying. Benjamin Franklin was an important personality of American History‚ a versatile
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war after knowing a time of relative peace for a century? The short answer is alliances‚ militarism‚ and rampant nationalism. The shorter answer is the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which was a catalyst for the things to come. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th‚ 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip kick-started everything that would lead up to the first world war. Because of this singular event‚ Austria feared that Russia
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On June 28th 1914 Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria-Este was assassinated. A 19 year old man that goes by the name of Gavrilo Princip apart of the black hand group assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination lead to other events that eventually caused World war one. Belgium’s ports were close to the British Coast and during the war Germany took control of Belgium. This was a major threat to Britain. On August 4th 1914 Germany attacked France through Belgium and within hours
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Black Hand and they wanted two main things from Austria-Hungary. They wanted more autonomy for Serbia and for the province Bosnia that was inside of Austria-Hungary to be annexed to Serbia instead. After all the commotion and assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ Austria-Hungary decided to declare war on Serbia. Many other countries joined in soon after or even a couple years later but who is really to blame for all of this? They all had some reason to get blamed but one of them seemed more at fault than
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not limiting but rather successful as she was able to assert and have independent power thus breaking the gender norms of her society. Queen Isabella of Castile had to endure a civil war to secure her place on the throne‚ and though by marrying Ferdinand of Aragon‚ unifying the crowns‚ she alone helped Spain become a powerful kingdom through her grandiose political visions. As the only daughter of the King of Castile and León‚ Isabella’s early life was strongly influenced by her closeness
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helped establish the town of Darien on the Isthmus of Panama. “Vasco Nunez de Balboa had married the indian chief Chima’s daughter‚ who he had met on his second voyage”. In 1500‚ after Christopher Columbus’ voyages Balboa was motivated by King Ferdinand V to embark on Rodrigo de Bastidas’ expedition to the Americas. He was joined on the voyage by his financial partner‚ Juan de la Cosa. By 1501 the expedition had crossed the Caribbean coasts east of Panama and then on to the east north of South
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In the following I will be writing about the similarities and differences between World War 1 and The Persian Gulf War. In this essay the four main causes of world war 1 and the causes of the Persian Gulf war will be compared. World War 1 was definitely considered to be amongst the most brutal and bloody wars in history. The many reasons for the war began building up years before the fighting actually started happening. World War 1 was a major conflict that began July 28th 1914 and ended November
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We are given a month to make a case study in a company by Sir Castillo. The group comprises of Ian Ferdinand C. Chua‚ Zen Domingo‚ Maple Salac‚ Martin Tan‚ Amalia Formadero‚ and Lawrence Songco. The group was assign in Watsons head office in Mall of Asia. The group researches the exact location of the place called the head office and emailed the head of Watson’s office. so after one week the group went to the said head office after but they are disappointed after knowing that the Contact Person who
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