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The Enlightenment
The enlightenment was a time where cultural, authority and intellectual forces in Western Europe was questioned and there was a lot of talk as there to be a reformation of society and scepticisms. One of the reasons as to why the enlightenment started was apparently because of the thirty year war. The horrible disastrous war, this lasted from 1618 to 1648, this made German writers pen criticise very harshly because of the warfare and nationalism. Authors, such as Hugo Grotius and John Comenius. -
Imperialism PART 1
Imperialism is empire building. Imperialism occurs when a state proves to be more powerful than another (this could be specific to people, technological or geographical). In the last third of the 19th century European imperialism saw a massive period of expansion, around the entire world due to its powerful industrialization and organisational efficiency of the nation’s state. -
PART 2 Imperialism
Global expansion had actually started in the 15th century although by the 19th century it had really progressed very rapidly. Imperialism has affected the entire world in one way or another. In Africa for example, the “take-over” of the nation due to its rich raw materials caused wars, racial barriers and social distinctions. Many lives were sacrificed for European industry -
Johan Sebastian Bach
Bach was perhaps one of the most famous and influential composers of the 1700s. Born in 21 March, in Eisenach He was a German composer who was best known as an organist. He wrote a massive amount of sacred and secular music which ended up influencing many later composers. He was believed to be spectacular. No one really had any clue about Johan's music until 100 years later after his death. This is because a man named Felix Mendelssohn 100 years later introduced and conducted a performance that -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin had trouble seeing from a distance and as he aged he had trouble reading as well so he invented bifocals which allowed him to see long distance and up close reading without having to change glasses all the time. Bifocals are glasses that have a long distance lens on the top half and a reading lens or short distance lens on the bottom. Benjamin Franklin was an inventor of necessity not an inventor who intended on changing the world. -
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL PART2
Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, Saint Kilda and South Melbourne. By 1908 Richmond and University joined the other teams, however, University pulled out by 1914. In 1925, Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne joined the VFL. These 12 clubs would play each other until 1987 when West Coast and Brisbane were to be included. By the year 1997 however there were16 clubs in the competition. -
ORIGINS OF AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (AFL) PART 1
The Melbourne Football Club was founded in1858 (August 7th). In the same year the codes first recorded game between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School occurred. The game of Aussie Rules grew quickly. The Geelong Football Club was founded in 1859, and by 1896 the Victorian Football League (VFL) was established. In 1897 the League’s first games were played throughout the foundation clubs, these being, -
World war I part 2
Gavrilo Princip who was a member of a Serbian group named the Black Hand. As a retaliation towards this appealing move the Austro-Hungarian Empire struck back and declared war on the 28th of July. This brought the whole idea of having allies so the European system came into play. This was the start of World War one. -
WORLD WAR I Part1
The reason as to why the war started between Bosnia, Herzegovina and Austria Hungary was believed to be sparked from the assassination of Franz. Frank Ferdinand (who was the air of Austro-Hungarian throne) June 28 1914 was traveling to Sarajevo for a visit to inspect the choices of manoeuvres used for the army with his wife Sophie who was the duchess of Hohenberg. As his motorcade passed the streets of Sarajevo gun shots were aimed at him and his wife and were tragically killed by a man named-
