Pans Labyrinth is set in 1944 fascist Spain. Ofelia‚ a young girl‚ who is fascinated with fairy-tales‚ is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather‚ a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night‚ she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the centre of the labyrinth. He tells her she’s a princess‚ but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails‚ she will never prove herself to be the true princess and will never see her real father
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In the summer of 1919‚ World War 1 had officially ended through the Treaty of Versailles‚ though that was not the only thing that would end at the time. Under the Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany was forced to pay billions in reparations‚ make vast reductions in the army and other crippling punishments. The terms of the treaty had completely destroyed Germany through the economy. Jobs were lost‚ the currency had gone through major inflation‚ their land had been withdrawn from Germany and on top of it
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Spanish American war The Spanish American War was a very interesting war‚ some don’t know how the war started. The war was mostly started when the USS Maine blew up killing 250 American sailors‚ but if it wasn’t for Cuban rebels attack American plantations the USS Maine wouldn’t have been in Cuba due to the fact that President McKinley wanted nothing to do with Cuba’s battle for independence. McKinley wanted to stay at peace but due to what journalist were publishing American
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The immediate origins of the 1898 Spanish-American War began with the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894. The American tariff‚ which put restrictions on sugar imports to the United States‚ severely hurt the economy of Cuba‚ which was based on producing and selling sugar. In Cuba‚ then a Spanish colony‚ angry nationalists known as the insurrectos began a revolt against the ruling Spanish colonial regime. When Spain sent in General "Butcher" Weyler to stabilize the situation in Cuba‚ he put much of the population
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Spanish–Moro Wars The Spanish–Moro Conflict was a series of wars lasting over several centuries from the beginning of Spanish colonization of the Philippines‚ to the Spanish–American War when Spain finally began to subjugate Moroland after centuries of failing to do so. Wars during the 1600s[edit] Background[edit] The Moros had a history of resistance against Spanish‚ American‚ and Japanese rule for over 400 years. The violent armed struggle against the Japanese‚ Filipinos‚ Spanish‚ and Americans is
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feels like there’s no choice but to go to war to stop Philip * The War of the Spanish Succession (1702 – 1713) * France and Spain vs. England and Portugal * Portugal gets a guarantee that they wont be taken over by Spain * England wins * Treaty of Utrecht (1713) * (Philip will still be king of France) * No union of Spain and France * Gibraltar and Minorca - Straits of Gibraltar (Spanish island) granted to Great Britain
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The film Pan Negro paints a picture of Catalan‚ Spain‚ after the brutal civil war against the nationalists. By opening with a dark‚ violent scene introducing a murder‚ viewers get a sense of the malicious plot that is to follow. The main character‚ Andreu‚ is a young child who witnessed the murder in the beginning of the film. Andreu’s father is later accused of the murder by authorities. In Cristina Moreira’s piece‚ Spectacle‚ Trauma and Violence‚ she discusses the transition from dictatorship
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the American secretary of state‚ later referred to as a "splendid little war; begun with highest motives‚ carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit‚ favored by that fortune which loves the brave." From an American standpoint‚ because there were few negative results‚ and so many significantly positive consequences‚ John Jay was correct in calling the Spanish-American War a "splendid little war." The defeat of the Spanish forces marked the end of their rule in the Americas and also marked the
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Was the Civil War Inevitable or Not? “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln uttered these words on June 17‚ 1858 at the Republican state convention in Illinois. Three short years later‚ the first shots of the Civil War would be fired at Fort Sumter. Brothers fighting brothers‚ killing 620‚000 of their own. This would be the start of the bloodiest war in American history. The debate over popular sovereignty‚ the conflicting opinions on slavery‚ and the publication
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difficulties‚ operated effectively on the Republican side‚ and their organization was imitated by other units of the Republican army. From 1937 on‚ recruits for the brigades diminished‚ and men lost in action or by desertion were replaced mainly by Spanish Communists. The brigades were formally withdrawn from Spain late in 1938 as part of Prime Minister Juan Negrín’s attempt to win British and French support for his government. The last battle in which they
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