Unit 4: Conflict

  • The French Revolution

  • Napoleon leads an attack on Egypt, in North Africa

  • Napoleon comes to power

  • The Battle of Auesterlitz (Napoleon/ France)

    The Battle of Austerlitz For Napoleon, it was worth fighting for his power and glory. He was willing to go to war with the French and the extent he went to do this is fight alongside his soldiers if it came to it.
    The French were fighting for freedom against the monarchy, and for a leader that would fight alongside them. For this they were willing to go against Russia and fight as hard and long as they could.
  • King Leopold announces creation of the Congo Free State

  • The Jewish State by Theodore Herzl

    For the Jews, it was worth fighting for their own religious homeland/ creating their own state, also known as Zionism. To do this, they were willing to campaign to be able to gain the land from Palestine or Argentina. The extent they went to was petitioning, newspapers, put it all over the media, and use other political approaches.
  • Report of the Congo Commission of Inquiry (The people)

    Report of the Congo Commission of Inquiry: For The People of the Congo it was worth fighting for their freedom from Belgium and their human rights. They were willing to rebel against the King and the extent they took were that they had many rebellions.
  • Report of the Congo Commission of Inquiry (King Leopold)

    Report of the Congo Commission of Inquiry: For King Leopold of Belgium it was worth fighting for resources like rubber and ivory in order to make a lot of money. He was willing to enslave the people of the Congo, the extent he would go to was force them to harvest these resources and have people cut the people of the Congo's hands off if they were not harvesting enough.
  • King Leopold turned Congo Free State over to Belgium

  • The Constitution of the Black Hand

    The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The Black Hand thought it was worth fighting for a greater Serbia where they liberate all Serbians under outside rule. They were willing to form this group and arrange murders of political leaders and sabotage.
  • World War I starts

  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated

  • The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Picado wins election race against Calderon in Costa Rica

  • Costa Rica abolishes its military

  • The Creation of the State of Israel

  • Costa Rican Constitution

    Costa Rican Constitution: The People under the rule of Picardo are willing to fight for education and a successful democratic government. In order to do this, they are willing to engage in war and abolish their own military in order to protect their stability
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo gains independence

  • Creation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization

  • The Palestinians create the PLO

  • The Six day War

  • Speech to the UN General Assembly, Yasir Arafat

    For the Palestinians it was worth fighting for their land back from the Jews, and not being known as terrorists. To do this, they were willing to extend an olive branch to the Jews to reconcile, but if they do not accept the olive branch they were willing to resort to violence.
  • Israel and the PLO sign a major peace accord

  • Houthis become politically active and oppose Saleh

  • Yemen Civil War begins

  • 11 facts about Yemen Crisis (Yemen)

    The Yemen Civil War (Still happening): For Yemen, it is worth fighting for their peoples basic human rights and protecting their ability to survive. They want to make sure their people are fed, safe, and healthy. In order to do this, they are willing to keep ports open in order for their people to get the resources they need to be safe.
  • 11 Facts about the Yemen Crisis

    The Yemen Civil War (Still happening): For the Houthi's it is worth fighting for their land and to not have to go have a democratic government. They are willing to go to war with Yemen over this, invade Yemen, bomb schools, and overall resort to violence.