Lusitania

62 B.C. and worked his propraetorship in Spain. For over a century Spain had providing Roman governors the opportunity for a triumph. Caesar was speedy to take advantage of the situation by waging a successful fight against some native tribes in Lusitania. His political enemies accused him of aggravating the war. Proconsul in Gaul At the time Caesar took command, Roman power in Gaul was limited to the southern coast, the area known as Gallia Narbonensis. However, Rome had political relations with

Prior to World War I many nations increased their stockpiles of weapons and other instruments of warfare; therefore, the fourth point was to reduce armaments. Nations were expected to lower their armaments to a point that could be consistent with domestic safety. The fifth point was to decide a fair resolution for quarrels over colonial territory. Wilson was a proponent of self-determination, so colonies could have the right to their own future. The sixth point was to allow Russia to determine its

How can we explain the lack of negative German-American stories in Burlington, Iowa newspapers during the First World War? Between 1840 and 1870, high immigration years in America, railroad and land companies advertised in east coast newspapers in hopes of enticing European immigrants to the Midwest. Images and promises of rich, productive farmland, in the decade following 1870, led to the immigration of nearly 2.1 million German-speaking people to America’s heartland. Cities of Davenport and Burlington

The Government’s role has changed dramatically in short time frame. The United States has been an independent country for less than three-hundred years and look at all the changes that have occurred in this short time frame. As we see throughout history, we have seen many changes both in the Government and the American people, but most of them came from our presidents in the past. Some of these changes have resulted in better involvement of the people, while some have impacted businesses that we

was to “serve mankind by reserving our strength and our resources for the difficult days of restoration and healing.” The U.S. couldn’t turn a blind eye for long though. With a series of events including the Zimmerman Telegram, the attack on the Lusitania, and Germany’s declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, they were edged on to join. Allied

Introduction The First World War went down in history as one of the worst wars ever to be fought, owing to the magnitude of destruction and loss of life it left in its wake. The war started in 1914 ending in 1919, and has been described variously as the �Great War�, �the War of Nations� and the �War to End All Wars�. (Dwight E, 1966) It was fought by many nations around the world, with Europeans being the main players, and is very significant for the way it shaped the continents years

competitor shipping lines in the early 1900s. The White Star Line company competed with Cunard, a British company with two ships that ranked in the categories for the most sophisticated and luxurious during their time. One of Cunard’s masterpieces, Lusitania, met its devastating end in 1915 when a torpedo was fired by a German U-boat and sunk the ship. The sinking killed about 1,200 out of 1,959 people on board and was the gateway to the United States’ entry into World War I. We chose this topic to write

The First World War sometimes referred to as the European War was more commonly referred to as the Great War. So much in the world was changed by this war, so it simply by most known as the Great War. “It is because no other war until then had had such an impact on the world. It was the first war to affect all of the major nations of Europe and the world. It took many lives and changed the lives of millions more.” (Rivera, 2014) Some countries do not refer to the war as great because they lost

On June 28, 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, was assassinated along with his wife while touring the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The assassin was a student radical associated with a Slav nationalist terrorist group known as the Black Hand, which was fighting for independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire for the empire's Slavic minorities. From the beginning, the Austrians suspected that Serbia, an independent and radically pan-Slavic nation bordering

About a hundred years has passed since the British passenger liner met its fatal end in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. The RMS Titanic plummeted two miles to the ocean floor after clashing into an iceberg during its journey to the Port of New York. Over 1,500 people drowned in this unfortunate event. Ever since the sinking, numerous books and remarkable films have been made, telling the story of the ship and its passengers. The wreck of the ship was found in 1985 by the coast of Newfoundland