What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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The Punic Wars are a series of three wars that took place between Carthage and Rome. The war lasted nearly a century (265 B.C.-146 B.C.) At that time The Punic Wars were the largest wars in the world‚ almost as close to World Wars. The word Punic comes from the the latin word Punicus meaning “Carthaginian.” But what cause the punic wars? You may be asking. The main cause of The Punic Wars was interest to the existing Carthaginian Empire and the Roman Republic. The Roman were interested in the Sicily
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There were many fears of the Cold War that the American people feared in the aftermath of the Second World War‚ which is stated in Document A. The American people feared the Soviet for two reasons. One reason was why the American people feared the Soviet was because the Soviet had nuclear bombs. The other reason was that the Soviet was the first to put up an orbiting satellite‚ which was Sputnik. However‚ as in stated in Document B‚ the American people greatest fear was communism. Because China turned
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Civil War began. This fight was between the North who at the start wanted to reestablish the Union and the South who wanted to create their own country so they could do as they pleased. In the end‚ the North won. This was not without hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides‚ the Civil War is widely known as the war with the most American deaths of all time. By the end of the war‚ the North was fighting for the abolition of slavery but the North’s motives changed throughout the war because
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you heard about the Revolutionary War? Do you know what started it well these may have been some reasons; Results of french and indian war‚ sugar act‚ stamp act‚ Boston massacre & Boston tea party‚intolerable acts and‚ continental congress. Therefore‚ the american revolution was caused by the increase of british taxes without any representation of the colonies‚ more british intervention in their daily lives‚ and economic reasons. The Results of french and indian war may have caused some of the problems
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Explain why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War. The 29th of April 1965 was a pivotal moment in Australian military history. In parliament‚ Robert Menzies proposed his arguments for sending Australian troops into South Vietnam and subsequently announced that Australia would be joining the United States in the Vietnam War. He believed that Australia’s allies would need help and that it was best to stop the spread of communism before it reached Australia: a forward defence technique. The
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volunteer regiment in the Civil War. Before the Emancipation Proclamation‚ blacks were not allowed to serve as soldiers in the civil war at all‚ but the Emancipation Proclamation decreed that any able African-American man would be allowed to serve in the armed services of the United States. Overall‚ the 54th Massachusetts helped change the outcome of The Civil War. As said before‚ the 54th Massachusetts was the first ever all African-American regiment to fight in the Civil War. This put a lot of pressure
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had a lot of stress going into this war. Wilson tried to avoid it as much as possible‚ but he couldn’t for much longer. The three main events that pushed Wilson over are the attacks of the German U-boats‚ Zimmermann telegram‚ and the events that occurred in Belgium. The first reason President Woodrow Wilson wanted to go to war was from the attacks on the German U-boats. The German U-boats were about 214ft long and they carried 35 men and 12 torpedoes. They were dangerous to fight against because they
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What were the ideas of the Blair government’s ‘doctrine of international community’ and who were the main actors of this? The ‘doctrine of international community’ was first outlined at a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago in 1999. Blair emphasised the increasing significance of globalisation and interdependence‚ as he looked to create a new post-Cold War framework. This would focus on the ‘notion of community‚’ with the belief that global problems can’t be solved individually (Blair‚ 1999)
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and with what results‚ was the First World War not confined to Europe? There is not one apparent reason for the cause of the First World War. However‚ the First World War was initially started within Europe and surrounding areas around it. One can say that the war was not totally within it the boundaries. There were countries outside of Europe like Africa‚ Asia‚ Japan and the United States of America that made a major contribution to it as well. The countries outside of Europe were having battles
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