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Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in a village called predappio in the region of Romagna which is located in northern Italy. Although the family did not have much wealth they still stood with some social power as Benito Mussolini's father was well respected.( Hoyt, Edwin Palmer page 2)
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In 1885 as a gift the French sent the Americans parts for the Statue of liberty. This was given to the americans because of their alliance in the american revolution. It was finished building just seven days later.(thoughtco.com)
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In 1887 The united States senate approved on the lease for the naval base, Pearl harbor. This base allows the us navy to expand and to become much stronger . This base is located in Hawaii and was bombed by the Japanese igniting WW2.(azdailysun.com)
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In 1888 one of the worst blizzards to ever hit the east coast. In some areas this storm dropped 55 inches of snow. It killed around 400 people and had gusts of 85 miles per hour. This storm stranded people for days and forced wall street to close down for three days.(History.com)
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During 1893 the new york stock market crashed. This cause a panic in america with most people loosing their jobs. during this time over 16,000 businesses failed.(alamy.com)
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in 1898 Spain ended its western colonies. This made the the american the western hemisphere leaders. The treaty they had was for ownership of cuba, they eventually made a peace treaty to not claim it but as time went on they wanted the land and fought over it.(history.state.gov)
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in 1900 the the galveston hurricane hit texas creating huge amounts of destruction. This is the deadliest natural disaster in american history with over 7000 deaths. The hurricane had wind of up too 130 mph and tore down more than 3500 buildings.(infoplease.com)
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In 1922 fascism in Italy was growing and Benito Mussolini was a major part of that. He threatened to take Rome if it wasn't handed over to him. When they denied the request thousands of armed fascist entered rome, King victor emmanuel III dissolved the government giving power to mussolini. His powers were the prime minister, minister of the interior and the minister of foreign affairs. This is important because it is when he gained all of his power.( biography.com)
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In the beginning of Mussolini's reign he had a lot of supporters. He made laws and changed the format of the government. This change benefited the liberals, nationalists and many others.(softschools.com)
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Benito Mussolini survived several assassination attempts. There were attempts at shooting, stabbing and more. One attempt was a 15 year old who tried to shoot him but missed, the boy was killed on the spot.
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in 1928 Benito Mussolini was turning into a dictator and was changing laws. One of these laws was women rights who he disliked and changed it so they had no rights.This was crucial and he lost a lot of supporters.(onthisday.com)
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They signed the treaty to keep international security and for other European countries to protect each other. This was supposed to keep Europe calm and to keep an alliance. however this did the opposite it seemed very unlikely that all powers would be equal due too the rising power in Hitler.(Adams, Henry Hitch page 23)
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After World War I it was mutually agreed that Italy would not receive land from germany. The land would be shared with Great Britin and France. But for there fighting in the war Italy was granted some land from British and French territories.(revolvy.com)
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Benito Mussolini wanted more power and more land. He ended up attempting to capture Ethiopia causing a war. In the end He captured it, making Ethiopia part of the Italian regime.( factslegend.org)
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Mussolini over the years admired Adolf Hitler and his political ways. When World War II started, Mussolini sided with Hitler. Soon this would end when the allies Great Britain and America went after Italy.(softschools.com)
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In 1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini. They ended up killing him and dumping his body in a park. In the park people gather where they went on to abuse his dead body.(Mulvihill, Margaret page 31)
