The European history of Virginia began in 1570 with a short-lived Spanish mission probably located on the York River. In 1584, Sir Humphrey Gilbert obtained a grant from Queen Elizabeth to colonize all of North America not occuppied by the Spanish or French. The first expedition to the vast new territory, named Virginia in honor of the queen, w...
Because of Rasputin's healing abilities Alexandra became very dependant on him, and ignored his evil ways. Rasputin supposedly had "healing powers"that he used to heal people in strange and unique ways. One thing that the tsarina Alexandra and the rest of the royal did not notice or ignored, was the fact that Rasputin had an evil side to him. Raspu...
The Watergate Affair, is the worst political scandal in U.S. history. It led to the resignation of the president, Richard M. Nixon, after he became implicated in an attempt to cover up the scandal. 'The Watergate Affair' refers to the break-in and electronic bugging in 1972, of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Wat...
David and Solomon King David proved to be a wise and effective leader for Israel. However, it can be said that his son, Solomon, made several mistakes during his reign. Many of his problems originated from his Temple, a stucture that was conceptualized by his father to be a deterrent against the paganism, which infested the land. Yet, it s...
* Introducci?n: El 24 de octubre de 1929 (jueves negro) se produjo la quiebra del mercado de valores de New York, que provoco un prolongado periodo de deflaci?n. La crisis se traslado r?pidamente al conjunto de la econom?a estadounidense y europea, como de otras a?reas del mundo. Una de sus consecuencias m?s inmediatas fue el colapso del sistema...