… of Europe being controlled in a complex string of alliances and treaties during the later half of the 19th century, Britain remained uninvolved. Their policy of “Splendid Isolation” was to keep themselves out of the quarrels and disputes of continental…

… of 1796. He had chosen not to run for the presidency of the following term. He left his post with one last warning to his people. His message was concerning his opposition to political parties and factions. He didn’t approve of “Geographical…

… of 1796. He had chosen not to run for the presidency of the following term. He left his post with one last warning to his people. His message was concerning his opposition to political parties and factions. He didn’t approve of “Geographical…

… third in Paris and his fifth as a widower. Still vigorous at forty-three, Jefferson lead an active and inquisitive life, walking and riding daily. One afternoon in August he and his friend John Trumbull, the painter, went to view an architectural…

… the major foreign lenders of capital to countries in Europe, Asia, and Americas. While in the late 1820s most of the British investments were concentrated in the North America, in 1860-1870 Empire countries became the major recipient of British capital.…

… victory on the battlefield. Antietam, certainly a strategic victory, showed Robert E. Lee's unstoppable killing machine was indeed stoppable. And the Army of the Potomac did eventually force Lee's Army of Northern Virginia from its impregnable…

… and Lionel Jospin (Prime Minister) stepped out of their cars on their way to the EU summit coughing and with tears in their eyes. Although it makes some Americans cry, this is not a result in the lack of an American President. =0). But rather…

… the word mariachi has been argued over but the explanation that appears most frequently is that it is a variation of the French word mariage, meaning wedding or marriage, and comes from the time in the nineteenth century when Maximillian, a Frenchman,…

… 1941, one of the largest American military defeats occurred. Almost an entire naval fleet was destroyed, hundreds were killed, all before nine A.M. on a Sunday morning. The US did not have any knowledge of this attack, mostly because of their…

… from the rest of Europe. Due to the fragmented nature of the German landscape before its unification, Germany has a unique balance between Catholic and Protestant forces. Lutheranism, coming as it did from Germany, is a major force in German…