"The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist was the immediate spark which ignited the First World War by triggering the intricate system of alliance and alignments developed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However‚ the assassination and diplomacy‚ though very important‚ were not the underlying causes of the war. Nationalism‚ the struggle for colonial empires and economic competition also helped set the stage for the bloodiest war the world had ever
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Annika Mr. Byrne Block 1 November 8‚ 2011 Napoleon: Hero or Villain Napoleon‚ the great French leader‚ is often seen as a hero‚ but if you look closer there is great evidence showing that he is a villain. He seemed to try to improve the country greatly‚ but really he was just trying to improve his reputation‚ a very selfish thing to do. For example he adopted a set of laws called the Napoleonic Code. These laws were put in place to give the country a uniform set of rules and eliminate
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Louis XIV became the king of the French state‚ in other words‚ France‚ in 1643 at the age of five after the passing of Louis XIII and assumed the personal direction of affairs in 1661 at the age of 23. Louis XIV reigned over the French state until 1715. A historian proclaimed that “Louis XIV carried the principle of monarchy to its utmost success and abused it to the point of excess”. This statement can be proven to be true and false through his political‚ social‚ and economic development throughout
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Louisiana. But‚ eventually in the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ the United States became hungry for more land and wanted to expand its boundaries from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 1682 French explorer‚ La Salle claimed Louisiana to honor King Louis XIV.i They continued to explore the Mississippi RIver and the surrounding regions. By the end of the 17th century France had established small settlements all across the midwest region. In 1754 the “New France” (Louisiana territory) fought with
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title of this painting is Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard‚ located on page 946 of the textbook. This oil painting on canvas measures approximately eight feet‚ eleven inches by seven feet‚ seven inches. Painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1800-1801‚ this piece can now be found in Versailles‚ the Châteaux de Versailles et Trianon. 2. In this work of art‚ Napoleon is the only character riding a white horse and depicted front and center. All figures are anonymous‚ except Napoleon himself‚ who is clearly
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famous absolute monarch‚ Louis XIV‚ had the longest reign of any of the French kings. Louis achieved this as a result of his reformed laws‚ foreign policy‚ a smart economic advisor‚ and his decision to deny power to the nobility. Although some of these ideas could be viewed as having a negative impacting on France‚ overall Louis XIV’s absolute government was beneficial to the development of his country. By restructuring France’s laws into one standard legal code Louis gained public support‚ by
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of Canadian history. One notable incident during this era was the refusal to take the St. Louis in as refuge by the Canadian government. On May 15‚ 1939‚ 907 German Jews with visa for Cuba fled from Nazi persecution by boarding the SS St. Louis‚ in search of a better life in the western world. However‚ Cuba later denied the ship permission to land‚ while the United States coast guard escorted the St. Louis away . Their last strand of hope was to plead to Canada for refuge‚ but discrepancies between
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future Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ was born in the 5th or 6th century BCE in Lumbini‚ in what is now Nepal. His father‚ King Suddhodana‚ was leader of a large clan called the Shakya. His mother‚ Queen Maya‚ died shortly after his birth. When Prince Siddhartha was a few days old‚ a holy man prophesied the Prince would be either a great military conqueror or a great spiritual teacher. King Suddhodana preferred the first outcome
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materials. 11th ed. St. Louis: W.B. Saunders; 2003. 3. Aschheim KW‚ Dale BG. Esthetic dentistry: a clinical approach to techniques and materials. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2001. 4. Ash MM‚ Nelson SJ. Wheeler’s dental anatomy‚ physiology‚ and occlusion. 8th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2003. 5. Ash MM‚ Ramfjord S. Occlusion. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1995. 6. Avery JK‚ Chiego DJ. Essentials of oral histology and embryology: a clinical approach. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby‚ Elsevier; 2006. 7
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stop when there’s no more- Louis Armstrong He means that the musician doesn’t stop playing the music until he has no more music to play and for a good musician they make songs all the way until they are deceased. Louis Armstrong was an important figure in American history because he is the most influential person of jazz if he didn’t do what he did jazz probably would have went unnoticed and people probably would have turned the other cheek to that genre of music. Born Louis Daniel Armstrong on August
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