Why was Cuba so important to the U.S.A.? Why did the Amistad case cause controversy? Why did Cuba rebel in the Cuban Revolution? Why did the US make Cuba a protectorate? Why was John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry so controversial?
Why did the US make Cuba a protectorate? Why did Brazil want independence from Portugal? Why was the Spanish Revolution important? Why was the Jacobite Rebellion important? Why does England have a monarchy? Why did the French absolute monarchy fall? Why was Brazil a Portuguese colony and not ...
“The Society of Jews will treat with the present masters of the land, putting itself under the protectorate of the European Powers, if they prove friendly to the plan. “We could offer the present possessors of the land enormous advantages, assume part of the public debt, build new roads...
Then, years into a Protectorate that was content to massacre the Scots and Irish, while issuing Puritanical orders like the banning of Christmas, Cromwell dissolved the Rump. After he died his son Richard became Lord Protector, making a mockery of that whole "we're republicans, really!" ...
trading city that had been abandoned by Ibn Saud in the early 20th century. That’s because Saud didn’t know what oil was or that it was there; and in any event, it had been made a separate protectorate by the British in 1913 for reasons that are lost in the fog of diplom...
ahead, he came and sat next to me. I was still panicking a bit and didn’t make much conversation; I just wanted to get going. Squeezed next to me in the back row was a middle-aged woman with a young child on her lap – both paid scant attention to me, and the feeling was ...
Dahab is also one of the few places in the area with internet access, making it attractive to remote workers looking for a peaceful “office” by the sea. After the first Covid-19 case was reported in Egypt back in March, the government shut down all cafes and airports, implemented curfe...
The Cheney oil conspiracy couldn't have wished for a better partner. The PNAC reckoned a Chalabi-led American protectorate in Iraq was needed to: a) acquire control of the oil heads to fund the entire enterprise. b) fire a warning shot across the bows of ev...
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