Robert Kett and his brother William were given special punishment. In December William was hanged from the steeple of Wymondham Abbey and Robert was hanged from the walls of Norwich Castle. His body remained there for months as a warning, until the smell got too bad and it was removed. The rebellion had convinced many that the government would never help them
This was rejected by the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces general Eisenhower who said that Germany must unconditionally surrender to all allied forces within 48 hours or surrender will not be accepted at all. So Donitz was forced to surrender to the Soviets as well. The Soviets however were not satisfied by this and demanded a second surrender. So on May 8th the second surrender documents were signed and the Germans were properly humiliated which satisfied the Soviets. The European World War II lasted for 5 years 8 months and 6 days.
Apart from the colonist being harassed with taxes, their trade with all parts of the world except Britain was another reason why the colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence. The illegal imposition of rules over their trade and production, commonly known as the Navigation Acts, which have been pressed on them for over a century and made worse by the Sugar Act and Townshend Acts was controlled once the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. Furthermore, the colonists were being deprived in many cases. The Boston Massacre was when a mob of 50 colonists gathered to protest against the officials. As fists and clubs began flying a soldier dropped dead, this forced the soldiers to fire, killing five civilians and wounding six.
After capturing Montréal, the Continentals failed to take Québec, and were forced to raise their siege when British reinforcements arrived by ship in May. By July, the Americans had retreated to Lake Champlain and—desperately hoping to slow the advance of Gen. Guy Carleton's powerful army on New York—built a small fleet of gunboats. At the Battle of Valcour Island (10 October 1776), Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold succeeded in stalling Carleton's invasion, but had to withdraw to Fort Ticonderoga.
*British also got the country of India* -1762: British forces invaded Cuba and took it over. - War's outcome cause much instability within Native American tribes; Pontiac's Rebellion( 1763 ) resulted in a reevaluation of British policies- a Proclamation Line was established. Proclamation Line in this they came up with a new law to restrict western expansion by English settlers. The line was based on where the Appalachian Mountains was. - Acts of intimidation against Native American's in Pennsylvania- the Paxton Boys.
This first skirmish between these two sides happened in 1755, when a young officer by the name of George Washington and his militia tried to take down one of the French’s main forts, Duquesne. However they failed as the French proved to be a much greater force than expected, and Washington was forced to surrender and retreat. The French had the Indians on their side which was a big advantage to them, and more Indians who had been kicked out by the British colonists also saw this as an opportunity to settle some old scores. This resulted in a second loss for the British as they once again tried to take Fort Duquesne. This time though, they lost 70 percent of their men, and their general, Edward Braddock.
Otho had sent his troops to late and his army suffered a horrible defeat. When he heard of this defeat ,he killed himself .Otho had reigned for barely 95 days.Aelius Vitellius was the next emperor. He abandoned himself to exaggeration and all but ignored the troops who had given him the throne. Also, upon hearing that the troops of his rival ,Vespasian, were approaching Rome Vitellius begged the senate to allow him to leave the throne and live as a private citizen so he could be
The Christian army was utterly destroyed in the Battle of Varna. John Hunyadi managed to escape the battle under conditions that add little glory to the White Knight's reputation. Many, apparently including Mircea and his father, blamed Hunyadi for the debacle. From this moment forth John Hunyadi was bitterly hostile toward Vlad Dracul and his eldest son. In 1447 Vlad Dracul was assasinated along with his son Mircea.
On October 31, 1968, President Johnson announced a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam. On November 5, Nixon is elected President with Gerald Ford as his vice-president. (Leone 138) On March 15, 1969, Nixon found out that the Vietcong were hiding in Cambodia, so he ordered the immediate bombing of these sanctuaries, but because he was bombing sanctuaries, it was never released to the American public. (Prados 193) In May of 1969, American soldier commitment was at its peak at 543,000, also during May, President Nixon announced his first major troop withdrawal and pledged to replace the Selective Service Act with a lottery. In June Nixon announced that twenty-five thousand U.S. troops would be withdrawn and replaced by South Vietnamese soldiers.
He remembers that the ‘beaches were full of troops’ and he just had to ‘dig in and wait’. The soldier had ‘just a few months with a rifle and no proper field training’. This tells us how ill-prepared many of the soldiers being saved from Dunkirk were, contrasting with the prepared Germans and their effective military technique, Blitzkrieg. Ivan Daunt comes to the interpretation that Dunkirk was a defeat because he believes that the B.E.F was ill equipped while the Germans had ‘equipment and organisation’. The view that the B.E.F was ill equipped and unprepared contrasts with the view of Winston Churchill in Source B7, who believes Dunkirk was a success achieved by ‘valour’, ‘perseverance’, ‘perfect discipline’, ‘faultless service’, ‘resource’ and ‘skill’.