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4 giorni fa · Causes of World War I. European diplomatic alignments shortly before the war. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers shortly after the war started, with Bulgaria joining the following year. Italy remained neutral in 1914 and joined the Allies in 1915. Map of the world with the participants in World War I c. 1917.
2 giorni fa · Germans had dreamed of colonial imperialism since 1848. Although Bismarck had little interest in acquiring overseas possessions, most Germans were enthusiastic, and by 1884 he had acquired German New Guinea . [50]
2 giorni fa · The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775. Assembled at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, they appointed George ...
4 giorni fa · The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [5] [6] [7] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [8] [9] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, [10] controlling vast portions of the Americas ...
3 giorni fa · The Philippine–American War, [11] known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, [a] or Tagalog Insurgency, [12] [13] [14] was fought between the First Philippine Republic and the United States from February 4, 1899, until July 2, 1902. [15] Tensions arose after the United States annexed the Philippines under the ...
2 giorni fa · New Zealand forces captured Western Samoa from Germany in the early stages of the war, and New Zealand administered the country until Samoan Independence in 1962. However Samoans greatly resented the imperialism, and blamed inflation and the catastrophic 1918 flu epidemic on New Zealand rule.
6 mag 2024 · The territorial evolution of the British Empire is considered to have begun with the foundation of the English colonial empire in the late 16th century. Since then, many territories around the world have been under the control of the United Kingdom or its predecessor states. When the Kingdom of Great Britain was formed in 1707 by the union of ...
