The trials uncovered the German leadership that supported the Nazi dictatorship. Of the 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death, 20 to lifelong imprisonment, and 98 other prison sentences. Twenty five defendants were found not guilty. Many of the prisoners were released early in the 1950s as a result of…
The belief in a protective divine shield—as well as in Zen Buddhism, which allowed soldiers to overcome their fear of dying—became essential to the samurai way of life. The warriors believed they were largely safeguarded from death but needed to prepare for the possibility in order to perform their best…
American colonies, also called thirteen colonies or colonial America, the 13 British colonies that were established during the 17th and early 18th centuries in what is now a part of the eastern United States. The 13 Colonies were a group of colonies of Great Britain that settled on the Atlantic…
When people discuss China under the Han Dynasty’s rule the main technological feats they mention are silk (which the Romans simply couldn’t produce due the lack of silk worms where they lived), windmills and gunpowder (2 things which were only discovered much later, with Rome actually having watermills (though not…
We’re the delegates to the second Continental Congress ready to revolt against George III? Explain? No, the second group of delehpgates from the colonies was still far from unfided, but represented the first attempt at a republican government in the colonies. The Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence.…
World War I and the Spanish flu had upended life, and Harding said that it altered the perspective of humanity. He argued that the solution was to seek normalcy by restoring life to how it was before the war. Harding’s conception of normalcy for the 1920s included deregulation, civic engagement,…
During the Colonial Era (1492-1763), colonists were justified in waging war against Great Britain; due to the inequitable Stamp Act, the insufferable British oppression, and the perceived tyranny of King George III, the king of Great Britain, however, the colonists were unjustified in some of their actions. The American colonists…
Congress did not ratify the treaty, and the United States refused to take part in the League of Nations. Isolationists in Congress feared it would draw the United Sates into international affairs unnecessarily. However, whereas the negative effects of war are the same regardless of the place of war, the…
During the Eisenhower era, Americans achieved stunning new levels of prosperity, while other parts of the world struggled to rebuild from the devastation of World War II. Eisenhower’s combination of low taxes, balanced budgets, and public spending allowed the economy to prosper. The 1950s were characterized as a prosperous and…
Were the colonies marked by internal consensus or internal conflict? Explain. The colonies were mainly marked by internal conflict because there were so many political, social, and religious tensions that stood in the way of the colonies improving. The colonies were mainly marked by internal conflict because there were so…