The Road to World War I The main reason why the First World War started was that Europe developed very rapidly. In the early of twentieth century in the world almost all areas were captured by capitalist powers. Germany in this period surpassed by the level of Industrial production throughout Europe; and there were very little colonies in Germany. Britain and France had very large colonies at that time‚ so very often the interests of these countries intersected. The First World War was the result
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Change Over Time: The Americas The social and economic transformations in the Americas occured as a result of new contacts with Europe and Africa from 1450-1750. Large scale European immigration occured shortly after the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. Immagrants came over to flee from religious persecution‚ seek economic opprotunities‚ part of government sponsored attempts to found colonies‚ or forcibly transported there as slaves or prisoners. As more and more people came
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five background factors made war easier. • A cloze exercise on the Crises preceding the war. • An analysis of the Crises pre-1914: Nationalism/ Imperialism/ Militarism/ Alliances • A 200-word description of the murder of Franz Ferdinand. • A cloze exercise on the Four Steps to War • A description of the Schlieffen Plan • An explanation of the slide to war‚ July-August 1914 Have you read: • Ferriby and McCabe‚ Modern World History for AQA‚ sections 1.1 and 1.2 • Ben Walsh‚ Modern World History
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operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia‚ in response to international tension‚ had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th‚ 1914. The aims of the Schlieffen plan‚ were to ensure that the French army was the first to be defeated if the Germans were attacked. Schlieffen argued that if war took place‚ it was vital that France was speedily defeated. If this happened‚ Britain and
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instruct‚ and teach the young about important issues of the period (Russell‚ 2009‚ Chapter 1‚ para. 3). Stories were of mythical Gods and creatures about events that were fanaticized for reader enjoyment. * Moveable-Type Printing Press (Around 1450 / Renaissance Period) * Invented by Johannes Gutenberg the printing press made a once luxury item affordable and accessible (Russell‚ 2009‚ Chapter 1‚ para. 11). Literature could be quickly reproduced and distributed to all classes which
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Europeans arrived in Africa‚ the slave market was much more relaxed. In a way it was just a small community business. There were Arab flash markets‚ and the Africans themselves‚ had been trading slaves for centuries before the Europeans arrived around the 1450s. Their strategy was to charge higher prices for the slaves that could not easily escape back to their homelands or be easily rescued by their kin. Along with that tactic‚ the slave brokers also purposely separated family members and slaves from the
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation. Pettegree‚ Andrew‚ ed. Reformation World. London and New York: Routledge‚ 2000. Uhd.edu/ebrary. 03 Mar. 2008 <http://site.ebrary.com/lib/uhdowntown/Doc?id=10070555>. Dewald‚ Jonathan‚ ed. Europe‚ 1450 to 1789: An Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons‚ 3232 pp. 6 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. UNIV OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN. 03 Mar. 2008 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=txshracd2590>.
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Renaissance era believed to began in Italy at first and then it spread around the Northern Europe. This creative artistic cultural change in Northern Europe‚ which influenced by Italy‚ is called the Northern Renaissance was approximately started around 1450 A.D. Even though Northern European adopted it from Italy‚ their ideas techniques and materials were quiet different than what we can see in the Italian Renaissance. Even though both Italian renaissance and Northern renaissance had similar Ideas. There
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uses specific and appropriate historical evidence to support the thesis. -Addresses all parts of the question. -Makes direct‚ relevant comparisons. -Analyzes relevant reasons for similarities and differences. Question: Within the period from 1450-1750‚ compare the process (e.g. political‚ social‚ economic) of empire building in the Spanish Empire with the empire building process in the Ottoman Empire. AP World History Comparative Essay Generic
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Chapter One - New World Beginnings - 33‚000 B.C - A.D 1769 America’s fruitfulness began when it developed as a landmass and began to show traits of an area that flourished in riches and abundance‚ this was recognized by the Spanish‚ whom took advantage of the untouched land. The Shaping Of North America MI: Chunks of terrain broke off from Pangaea‚ opening up the oceans‚ and forming the land masses we know today. More continental activity formed mountain ranges‚ but after the Great Ice
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