Maria Watkins History 4 Professor April 15, 2011 How did the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia/Iran try to cope with Western pressure? For all three regions, discuss the modernizing reforms enacted by their rulers and examine the problems these societies faced in attempting to fit Western beliefs into their religious and social traditions Ottoman Empire- The Ottoman Empire was the last of a series of Turkish Muslim empires. It spread from Asia minor beginning about 1300, eventually encompassing most of the Middle East, most of North Africa, and parts of Europe, including modern Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia. In the Middle East, the Ottomans ruled Syria, Palestine, Egypt, parts of Arabia and Iraq. Only Persia
The Monroe Doctrine, a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823, expressed the idea, among other important foreign policy objectives, that new countries should be allowed to develop without interference from stronger nations. It stated that future efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression (USDS Basic Readings). Some of the major events that caused President James Monroe and his secretary of state, John Quincy Adams to develop this Doctrine concerned South American countries and their newly achieved independence. „The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 marked the breakup of the Spanish empire in the New World. Between 1815 and 1822 Jose de San Martin led Argentina to independence, while Bernardo O'Higgins in Chile and Simon Bolivar in Venezuela guided their countries out of colonialism.
John (Jack) O’Connell American C. II P. Galgano 08/15/12 U.S. entry and efforts in WW1 When World War 1 erupted in 1914. Woodrow Wilson announced on August 4th, 1914 that the U.S. would stay out of the controversy and remain a neutral role in World War 1. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of the Austria-Hungary Empire by Serbia ignited the domino affects that lead the U.S. into WW1. The Austria-Hungary Empire had the Triple Alliance with Germany and Italy. Germany at the time was the most powerful single country in Europe, but it’s weak allies required Germany’s support on their various fronts.
The USA and the Second World War After the First World War the USA had returned to Isolationism, but when war broke out in Europe in 1939, President Roosevelt wanted to help Britain and prepare the USA for war against Germany. How did Roosevelt prepare the USA for war and try to help Britain? In 1939 he asked Congress for $1,300,000,000 to build up the armed forces In 1940 he signed the destroyers for bases deal with Britain. 1n 1941 he signed the Lend Lease Act with Britain. This allowed the US government to supply equipment to Britain which could be returned or paid for at the end of the war On 7 December Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor.
In 1447 Vlad Dracul was assasinated along with his son Mircea. Mircea was apparently buried alive by the boyars and merchants of Tirgoviste. Hunyadi placed his own candidate, a member of the Danesti clan, on the throne of Wallachia. On receiving the news of Vlad Dracul's death the Turks released Dracula and supported him as their own candidate for the Wallachian throne. In 1448 Dracula managed to briefly seize the Wallachian throne with Turkish support.
Running Head: BRITISH MANDATE GOVERNMENT British Mandate Government in the Palestinian Defeat of 1948 NAME: COURSE: INSTRUCTOR: DATE: In 1921, British crabbed the 91,000 square kilometers of the Palestine Mandate in eastern part of the Jordan River, and formed Trans-Jordan(the Arab country of Jordan), a new Arab protectorate. Towards 1923 also, Britain ceded another 1,176 square kilometers of Palestine Mandate to the Syrian French Mandate. Jews were forcibly commanded to move from the Golan Heights to the eastern part of the British Mandate (Marlowe, 1959). However, the immigration of Jews was limited by the British from time to time, especially during the periods of Arab riots in 1939 (Newton, 1948). The table below gives further explanation about the utilization of the Palestine land by the British mandate.
Between 1875 and 1914, a period referred to as Britain's "imperial century" by some historians,around 10,000,000 square miles of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire. Britain's entry into the new imperial age is often dated when the government of Benjamin Disraeli bought the indebted Egyptian ruler Ismail's shareholding in the Suez Canal to secure control of this strategic waterway, since its opening six years earlier as a channel for shipping between Britain and India. Joint Anglo-French financial control over Egypt ended in outright British occupation in 1882. Victory over Napoleon left Britain without any serious international rival, other than Russia in central Asia A reason for this imperialism was military powers. Military organizations in England wielded great political power, and they emphasized the need, which their respective governments, of controlling strategic areas and establishing key bases.
This splintering is a landmark historians use to divide the ancient period of universal history from the medieval era ("Dark Ages" of Europe). The Eastern Roman Empire survived this crisis and was governed from Constantinople after the division of the Empire. It comprised Greece, the Balkans, Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt. Despite the later loss of Syria and Egypt to the Arab-Islamic Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire continued for another millennium, until its remnants were finally annexed by the emerging Turkish Ottoman Empire. This eastern, Christian, medieval stage of the Empire is usually called the Byzantine Empire by
A state is closer in relationship to the U.S than a territory, but the federal government has more control its territories. State governments share power with the federal government and are allowed to create and enforce laws without approval from them. U.S. territories still have self-government, but they must abide by federal law and whatever laws they create themselves must first be approved by U.S. congress. Also, although we follow the United States and it leaders in office, territories are not allowed to vote. The U.S. many times ignores and leaves out its territories treating them as if they were a completely foreign
Presidential Pardon The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the many articles and sections of the Constitution, Article II Section 2 says the President “shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” I will discuss the many general powers to pardon that are given to the president and the controversies that have come up with the power over the country’s history. The whole subject of presidential pardons stirred little debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. No less admirable Founding Father than Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist No. 74, suggests that, "...