The king, beginning to fear for his life, attempted to flee the country, but was discovered and captured. This outraged the people and a petition drive to depose of the king was organised, but things got out of hand, and 50 people were shot dead, as the revolutionaries began to split into various factions. Austria an...
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But after years of discrimination, the Irish fought back, not in the streets but at the ballot box. Their sheer numbers gave them strength. They voted Irish Catholics into powerful political positions across major East Coast cities. At the same time, non-Irish Americans also started to come around to the whole Irish ...
The new German Empire industrialized rapidly and challenged Britain for economic leadership. Bismarck disliked colonies but public and elite opinion forced him to build an overseas empire. He was removed from office in 1890 by an aggressive young Kaiser Wilhelm II, who pursued a disruptive foreign policy that polariz...
But the summer of 1863 found Colonel Kit Carson leading 1000 New Mexico volunteers to wage war against the Navajo who numbered more than 12,000. Carson knew the only way to conquer the Navajo was to scorch the very earth they lived upon and starve them into submission. Kit Carson's men destroyed most of the herds and...
So it was at this point that the title “Prince of Wales” started to be given to the eldest son of the king. We then get Edward II, and then Edward III. Edward III had a long reign and therefore when he died, the throne passed to his grandson, Richard II. But Richard II was an unpopular king and during his reign, ...
