John II of France

When Greece fell the Romans copied the methods of the Greeks. Architecture was big aspect that they shared. Both cultures used three different columns in temple building. The Doric is thick and with very little decoration. The Ionic is a thinner slightly more ornate column. The Corinthian style is a highly ornate column that is decorated at both the top and bottom. The Greeks and Romans also shared the same idea of government. The Greeks were the first to use a democratic government in 500 B.C. The

all them are partly to blame as to why the 14th century was so horrific. “The power of the aristocracy increased as that of the Crown diminished,” which seems to be a trend throughout this century (Richard 93). The first king of many kings was Edward II, “The Alien King,” who was very different than most and was thought to have been homosexual (power point). During his reign, there was a lot of conflict between him and the barons mostly to do with his corrupt counselors. He never could follow the Parliament

The Magna Carta was a charter in 1215 that gave rights to protect its subjects from King John and his oppressive rulings. It contained sixty-three clauses that detailed everything from land rights to legal rights. This document gave protection to the people from the tyrant King and placed no man above the law, not even the king. Unfortunately, the document failed with civil war ensuing months later. King John was excommunicated from the church in 1209 for seizing church property and selling it back

John Locke John Locke was one of the most influential Naturalist thinkers, who would aid in freeing the United States. John Locke once stated that, “we have a right to life, liberty, and property”. It would later be used by Thomas Jefferson, who would use two-thirds of Locke’s idea when delivering the declaration. It would lead to the basic right that we as a people or “man” are guaranteed in our natural rights and have natural laws as well. Locke’s philosophies would inspire our nations founders

for war such as freedom from adversity or freedom from religion. But the real issue for any war is the thirst for power and control; and the means to finance them are the economic issues. Nations will endure years of fighting for power and control. France and England fought each other for more than a hundred years to have control of the Channel trade routes. 1 This century of warring was known as The Hundred Years' War and is the longest war in record history. It began in 1337 when King Edward III

Between the 17th and 18th century, Enlightenment ideas that originated from France spread to other parts of Europe. Prior to the Enlightenment, absolute monarchs ruled most of Europe. Over time, citizens began to question the monarch’s power with ideas from philosophes such as Voltaire and John Locke. The philosophers concluded that society’s problems could be solved using a method of logic and reason. Also known as the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment inspired societal change and evolution. Through

III in 1286 as well as any possible heirs led to a struggle for power in Scotland, which prompted the Scottish magnates to ask King Edward of England to settle the matter. In exchange for this, he claimed Scotland as a feudal dependency, and chose John Balliol. However, this was a façade for his plan to eventually subjugate Scotland, and prompted an invasion, which the Scots, under William Wallace, were able to repel. Despite this, in 1298 Wallace was defeated in the Battle of Falkirk by Edward.

in France in the year 1789, being the beginning of the end for monarchy, however, the Glorious Revolution was more impactful because it is the reason Constitutional Monarchy was formed. Moreover, the rule James II had over England was absolute leaving no power to any except himself, but the Glorious Revolution, with the help of John Locke’s manifesto, Two Treatises of Government, stopped him and any other monarch from having total control over the people. The rule Louis XVI had over France was

The M1 Garand got its name from John Garand, who was a Canadian-American designer in 1928. The M1 Garand almost did not come into play as there was another man named Pederson, who was trying to build a .276 T3E2 rifle. The two rifles went through many test together and the .276 T3E2 rifle was leading the way. During the testing of the two rifles, Army Chief of Staff General Douglas McArthur, was against changing the rifle because they had too many .30 M1 ammunition in stock. On February 25, 1932

half of the 17th century, there were many similarities and differences between the monarchy in England and France. These similarities and differences were seen in the theory and practice of the monarchies. In England, there was a Constitutional monarchy, while in France, there was an Absolutist monarchy. In the second half of the 17th century, absolute monarchs such as Louis XIV ruled in France, and William and Mary shared their power with Parliament in England. These two monarchies had differences