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Tell me about the Hundred Years War. During the Hundred Years War Joan of Arc and King Charles VII led the French to defeat the English at the siege of Orleans. In the late 1340s fleas on rats carried the plague which killed one out of three Europeans.
Tell me about European explorers. Between the late 1400s and the mid 1500s, Diaz rounded the Cape of Good Hope Amerigo Vespucci sailed to the Americas, Balboa crossed Central America to the Pacific Magellan's crew sailed around the globe, and Coronado explored the American southwest.
Tell me about some absolute monarchs. Between the 1500s and 1800s, Henry the VIII of England, Louis XIV of France, Philip the II of Spain, Peter the Great of Russia, Frederick the great of Prussia ruled during the age of absolute monarchs.
Tell me about the French Revolution. In 1789 the French Revolution began when citizens stormed the Bastille and fought for the Declaration of the rights of man. Later during the reign of terror, the aristocrats heads were removed by the guillotine.
Tell me about how World War II began. World War II began in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland. Two engagements that helped the United States win the Pacific front were defeating Japan at the Battle of Midway and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Tell me about World War II leaders. World War II access leaders were Hitler of Germany, Tojo of Japan, and Mussolini of Italy. World War II Allied leaders were: Churchill of England, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and MacArthur of the United States, and Stalin of the USSR.
Tell me about the United Nations. In 1945, after the League of Nations failed to prevent World War II, American President Roosevelt, British prime minister Churchill, and Soviet Premier Stalin began the United Nations.
Tell me about the Korean War. In 1950, General Douglas MacArthur led the United Nations Forces to stop communist North Korea from capturing all of South Korea during the Korean War.
Tell me about the Vietnam War. In 1965, President Johnson sent U.S.troops to stop communist North Vietnam from capturing all of South Vietnam during the Vietnam war.
Tell me about the Cold War. In the 1980s, British Prime minister Margaret Thatcher and American president Ronald Reagan worked together to end the Cold War, lessen big government, and strengthen the conservative movement.
Tell me about the fall of communism. In 1989, the Communist dictators began to fall in Eastern Europe when Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev refused to send the military aid.
Tell me about the Gulf War. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush sent troops to the Persian Gulf to expel Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from Kuwait during the Gulf War.
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