Passage 1During the 1700s and 1800s, major fighting during wars generally ceased for the winters and armies took up winter encampments. As winter descended upon Pennsylvani a in 1777, General George Washington chose Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, some eighteen miles west of Philadelphi a as site ...
6.(Military)to have had a good warto have made the most of the opportunities presented to one during wartime 7.in the warsinformal(esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting vb,wars,warringorwarred ...
The British attacked twice during the Napoleonic wars in the early 1800 s. 在19世纪初,拿破仑战争期间,又遭到了英国人的两次攻击. 来自互联网 2. Congress of Vienna: ( 1814 - 15 ) Assembly that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. 维也纳会议: ( 1814～1815 ) 在拿破仑战争之后召开的改组...
Borodino- Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army battle of Hohenlinden,Hohenlinden- a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians ...
The Opium Wars:The Opium Wars were fought between Great Britain and China during the 1800s as Great Britain fought to impose its will on China in matters related to trade. The culmination of these wars was the Treaty of Nanjing, in which China made several large concessions to Great Britain...
During the first decade of the 19th century, both Ohio and Michigan territories surveyed the land and determined that the "Toledo Strip" was within their borders. As both territories worked toward statehood, competition for the 468 square miles of land prompted Michigan's territ...
the wars waged by France during Napoleon I’s Consulate (1799–1804) and Empire (1804–14; 1815). The Napoleonic Wars were fought in the interests of the French bourgeoisie, which tried to establish its military, political, commercial, and industrial hegemony over Europe, annex new territories...
During the first decade of the 19th century, both Ohio and Michigan territories surveyed the land and determined that the "Toledo Strip" was within their borders. As both territories worked toward statehood, competition for the 468 square miles of land prompted Michigan's territo...
The Colorado Labor Wars were a dark time in the state’s history which included violence, martial law, and numerous casualties.
While ideology did matter, the conflict was largely driven by geopolitical considerations that were similar to those existing during the wars of Louis XIV. As in the early 1700s, the rise of a powerful French state in the early 1800s threatened the balance of power in Europe and led to ...