Charles V was a great leader and a well-known King. When Emperor Charles V passed away, his son King Philip II inherited the multi-cultural empire which includes Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily. King Philip II was known as to govern the world largest empire. King Philip promise his father he will always serve God, trust few and look after his people. King Philip II was a leader and his faith was strong as he served God. He wanted everyone to be a Catholic and saved from the protestant heretics
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Alexander hamilton was a founding father who made many contributions to our country from establishing a national bank, writing 51 of the federalist papers, and speaking at the constitutional convention for 6 hours. These are just a few things he has done that have been recorded in history. Out of the many things he has accomplished these are three things that stood out to me. In february 1791, Alexander Hamilton established a national bank. When he first proposed his idea to do this it was not approved
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Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an interpreter of the U.S. Constitution and the founder of many important things that had a significant impact on history, including the nation’s financial system, the federalist party, the United States coast guard, and The New York Post Newspaper. He was also General George Washington's assistant and served as the nation's first secretary of the treasury. Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 on the island of Nevis
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An additional event to consider is the death of Alexander’s close companion, Hephaestion. It is rumored that Hephaestion was Alexander’s male lover, and his death brought Alexander into a deep depression as well as weakening his state of health (Oldach, Borza, Benitez 1998; Romm 2012). There are few sources, if any, describing how Hephaestion died. Considering this, had there been a record of his symptoms, historians would be capable of comparing and contrasting the symptoms and possibly stumble
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Daniel Burros was one of the many members interviewed in the investigation of the Ku Klux Klan and like all the others he refused to testify. Burros and the others were scared of what the Klan members would do to him if he incriminated any member in the well known hate group, but unlike the others Burros had a secret he was hiding. New York Times put out the secret that ruin him. Burros was exposed for being born and raised jewish, and the fear of his fellow ‘brothers’ led him to take his life (Howell)
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men have shaped our nation in different and important ways. Alexander Hamilton is a vital figure in our history because he changed our financial system and helped change the way we run our country. Hamilton’s importance is through his writings, impact on the national banking systems, and his influence on Washington in the cabinet. These events changed the course of American history forever. When America was still in its early years, Alexander Hamilton began to write while he was practicing law. He mainly
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Does Alexander the great live up to his name? Alexander the great was not great because he was selfish and a self centered leader. He also killed multitudes of people that he didn’t have to kill, but he did anyway and even ruined culture. Alexander killed thousands of people in battles and that's understandable they were fighting against him as he was trying to conquer places. But he also killed many innocent people and even children. In document E it states soldiers & civilians killed in major
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Alexander the Great was a young king, being placed into power because of his father’s assassination in 336 B.C.E.. When Alexander took over the army, he set out to do just what his father wanted to do, conquer all of the world. His first battle as his father’s successor was in Thebes, Thebans were very bitter toward Philip II (Alexander’s father) because of the way he treated them. When Philip conquered all of Greece in 338 B.C.E., he held Theban prisoners for ransom and sold them into slavery. Thebes
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as the tale of Alexander the Great. Alexander was crowned king at twenty years old after his father’s death, and for most of his kingship, he traveled on a military campaign in hopes of conquering the known world. However, depending on the translation, his biological father differs. Therefore, he is claimed by a father almost as much as he is reshaped in order for different people, religions, and cultures to obtain a relation with his “greatness.” Considering the tale of Alexander the Great is so
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Greeks moved to cities that had been conquered by Alexander and the Greek kings established relationship with influence and wealthy non-Greeks living in older cities. People from other countries started to move into Greece. Also due to how large the Hellenistic territories were, the kings had to establish
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