The Treaty in Māori was deemed to convey the meaning of the English version, but there are important differences. … Some Māori believed that the governor would have authority over the settlers alone; others thought that were giving up the government over their lands but retaining the right to manageRead More →
The United States Constitution provides that the president “shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur” (Article II, section 2). Treaties are binding agreements between nations and become part of international law. Can treaties beRead More →
The Allies’ insistence that the republic should accept a peace settlement universally regarded in Germany as unjust and humiliating contributed powerfully to weakening the new regime. The republic never succeeded in breaking its association with the capitulation of 1918 and the signature of the peace treaty in 1919. Who signedRead More →
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of the war. Which war resulted in the Treaty of Versailles? How the Treaty of Versailles and German GuiltRead More →
The Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815. Who hosted the Treaty of Vienna and what was the main aim? The Treaty of Vienna was hosted by Austrian DukeRead More →
Crimes against humanity murder. extermination. enslavement. deportation. mass systematic rape and sexual enslavement in a time of war. other inhumane acts. What is considered a war crime? According to the United Nations, a war crime is a serious breach of international law committed against civilians or “enemy combatants” during anRead More →