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- 1001: The Battle of Gettysburg
- The Battle of Gettysburg Fought July 1 through July 3, 1863, considered by most military historians the turning point in the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was a decisive engagement in that it arrested the Confederates' second and last major invasion of the North, destroyed their offensive strategy, and forced them to fight a defensive war in which the inadequacies of their manufacturing capacity and transportation facilities doomed them to defeat. The Army of the Potomac, under the Union general George Gordon Meade, numbered about ...
- 1002: 1984: The Plot
- 1984: The Plot "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." This is the slogan of the Ministry of Truth, a branch of the totalitarian government in post-war London. The figurehead of this government is Big Brother, who employs a vast army of informers called the Thought Police who watch and listen to every citizen at all times ... world in 1984. In a complex work such as 1984, there are numerous structural relationships upon which the author bases his central themes and ideas. Orwell comments on politics, economics, war, love, and truth among other things. In the microcosm of 1984, the love which develops between Winston and Julia is exemplary of the struggle of those who have to ...
- 1003: Submarines
- ... about 1620. They called his submarine, Father of the Submarine. After that a lot of scientist were trying to make submarines. Most of them were not used until the Revolutionary War of America (1775-1783). When that war was going on a man named David Bushnell, that went to Yale College, designed a submarine that he called, The Turtle. It was a one-man submarine that was powered ... He tried to sell his ship to both France and England. In his demonstration it sunk many of ships, but they still did not want to buy it. In the Civil War (1861-1865) a submarine named, Hunley, was the first submarine to sink a ship in wartime. It had a long pole on its bow, at the end of ...
- 1004: Canadian Confederation
- ... idea of Confederation in British North America. Great Britain no longer wanted to be concerned with nor did they wish to provide the financial assistance to support Canada in any war. By the 1860’s railways were being hailed as an answer to economic problems. Those people in the Maritimes who supported Confederation argued that a transcontinental railway would improve among ... more afraid of incidents that were occurring in the United States. In recent years the United States had taken over a great deal of land in North America. During the war of 1812 the Americans had invaded and occupied parts of the colonies. After the rebellions of 1837 a number of border raids on Canadian settlements had taken place. Now in the 1860’s the American Civil War was raging and it appeared that the North would be the winner over the South. Since Britain was a supporter of the South, would the North, if victorious ...
- 1005: Benito Mussolini
- ... in 1914 he started his own Socialist newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia. At this time he wrote a novel, then translated into English as the Cardinal’s Mistress. During World War I he served for nearly 2 years as private in the infantry. After the war there was much poverty and industrial unrest in Italy. Mussolini’s political views were changing during this time. The desire grew in him to be the strong man of Italy ... 1936, and colonized Libya. He seized Albania in 1939, and he laid claim to Malta, Corsica, and, Tunis. He sent Italian troops to help defeat the republicans in the Spanish Civil War. His fatal mistake was his alliance with Germany’s Adolf Hitler in 1939. During World War II his armies were swept from Ethiopia and North Africa; and when ...
- 1006: Augustus Caesar
- ... the senate which was made of 300 patricians, and the assembly made from plebeians. Many years later Rome started to reject the republic when it went into a series of civil wars. 3 men form the first triumvirate, Julius Caesar, Pompeii, and Crassus. Julius Caesar became the victor. He was then rewarded dictator for life. On the date September 23, 63 ... to restore peace was present to Rome a new constitution. This constitution "transferred the State to the free disposal of the Senate and people ("Augustus" 370)." There were still several civil wars but definitely not as many as before. He had many military operations continuing in many frontier areas. By the year 25 BC rebellious Alpine tribes were defeated and destroyed ... to filter the Roman people of their past sins and provide full religious initiation of the new age. Around the years 16-15 BC, was formed the beginning of a civil service in Rome. This had never been done before but was destined to become an essential feature of the imperial system. Around the same time, a completely reformed administrative ...
- 1007: Evolution Of Canada
- ... French officials made peace with the Indians, thus encouraging French immigration. Seeking a share of the lucrative fur trade, the British in 1670 established the Hudson's Bay Co. Continental war between France and England extended to the New World, and the 1759 defeat of French commander Montcalm brought the fall of Quebec; the 1763 Treaty of Paris gave Canada to ... trade and expansion. Alexander Mackenzie, the first white man to cross the continent, reached the Arctic in 1789 and the Pacific in 1793. The United States invaded Canada during the War of 1812, which ended in a stalemate with the Treaty of Ghent. French Canadians demanded political reform, and in 1840 Upper and Lower Canada were joined and self-government approved ... the isolated colonies spread across the continent was spurred by promises to build a railway system linking the provinces and to provide future protection against US invasion, especially during the Civil War, when there was anti-British feeling in the United States. In 1867 the British North America Act joined four provinces--Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick--and ...
- 1008: Women Rights
- ... for her rights as well asall women's rights. Within the next week of her decision she held a convention in Seneca Falls called, "A convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Stanton created a list to present called "Declaration of Sentiments" which stated areas in life where women were treated unjustly. (*1) After the ... on her declaration was passed except the one that called for women the right to vote. As time passed, however, many conventions were held all the way up to the Civil War. Women just like Stanton, such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth traveled throughout the country lecturing and organizing for the next fourty years. A 72 year ...
- 1009: The Influence of Henry David Thoreau on Mohanda K. Gandhi
- The Influence of Henry David Thoreau on Mohanda K. Gandhi Henry David Thoreau, the writer of “Civil Disobedience” influenced many to take a stand. Thoreau stated that people should refuse to obey any law they believed was unjust. In 1846 he refused to pay poll taxes because he wanted to express his opposition to slavery as it became an issue in the Mexican War, he spent a night in jail for his refusal. Thoreau never thought of jail time as punishment, and he wanted other leaders and readers to think the same. Thoreau also ... living in harmony with nature. The main objective of Thoreau was to blow the whistle on slavery. Henry David Thoreau influenced Mohanda K. Gandhi, an Indian leader who was a civil rights leader. Gandhi’s life was guided by a search for truth. Gandhi would not allow the government to rule what he thought was wrong, which was the base ...
- 1010: Evolution Of Canada
- ... French officials made peace with the Indians, thus encouraging French immigration. Seeking a share of the lucrative fur trade, the British in 1670 established the Hudson's Bay Co. Continental war between France and England extended to the New World, and the 1759 defeat of French commander Montcalm brought the fall of Quebec; the 1763 Treaty of Paris gave Canada to ... trade and expansion. Alexander Mackenzie, the first white man to cross the continent, reached the Arctic in 1789 and the Pacific in 1793. The United States invaded Canada during the War of 1812, which ended in a stalemate with the Treaty of Ghent. French Canadians demanded political reform, and in 1840 Upper and Lower Canada were joined and self-government approved ... the isolated colonies spread across the continent was spurred by promises to build a railway system linking the provinces and to provide future protection against US invasion, especially during the Civil War, when there was anti-British feeling in the United States. In 1867 the British North America Act joined four provinces--Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick--and ...
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