Thompson History 102.101 Monday‚ June 30‚ 2014 Identify and discuss the factors responsible for European expansionism from the 15th century. What were the social‚ political and economic effects of this expansionism on Europe‚ Africa and the Americas? There were three chief factors in the 15th century European expansionism. European nations such as Spain‚ France‚ Portugal‚ Italy‚ and England sought out to expand to new lands in an effort to spread Christianity‚ reap economic benefits‚ and to
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accordingly. New laws making accounting records more transparent (easy to read and understand) and businesspeople and others more accountable for their actions may also help.2 But laws alone don’t make people honest‚ reliable‚ or truthful. If they did‚ crime would disappear. One danger in writing new laws to correct behavior is that people may begin to think that any behavior that is within the law is also acceptable. The measure of behavior then becomes “Is it legal?” A society gets into trouble
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Vietnam split into two states: North and South Vietnam. The South hadn’t fallen to communism and it was led by Ngo Dinh Diem. On the other hand‚ the North had fallen to communism and it was led by Ho Chi Mihn. Despite the fact
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events and people. These events and people were the foundation for the development of a nation. The obstacles that were faced by those that settled and developed America were not only on unknown soil but were centered on the unknown in general. During the 17th‚ 18th‚ and 19th centuries there were people and events which I believe influenced history and were turning points in the development of a great nation. A significant point in history which occurred during the 17th century was in 1607 when
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destroying the night. It was this scenario and countless others like it that defined American Prohibition‚ also known as “The Noble Experiment”‚ a ban on any intoxicating beverage from 1920 to 1933. Reasons Prohibition was enacted was to correct corruption and reduce prison numbers‚ solve social unrest‚ lower taxes‚ and improve hygiene and health of the people. However‚ Prohibition ultimately failed in its attempt to control the behavior and vices of its citizens. One particular issue that arose from
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The Chinese Civil War‚ which lasted from 1927 to 1949‚ was a civil war in China which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) overthrew the Guomindang (GMD) . As the CCP had always been inferior to the GMD in many aspects‚ many were shocked and startled by the Communist ’s victory; although numerous factors show that the Communist ’s victory was almost inevitable. This essay will examine the factors that lead to the Communists victory‚ which includes ideology‚ economic‚ political‚ social‚ military‚ foreign
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production so this made the land owners in the south in need of more slaves to help with the production in goods for the Europeans. The development of the cotton gin saw Southern planters grow a variety of cotton practically short staple cotton that was well suited for the heat in the Deep South. Much of the slave trade was done as part of the “Triangular Trade”. Trade between the Europeans
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Relations: A closer look at the relationships between Native Americans and European settlers during the seventeenth century At the start of the seventeenth century‚ Native Americans greeted European settlers with much excitement. They regarded settlers as strange‚ but were interested to learn about the new tools and weapons Europeans brought with them. The native people were more than accommodating to the settlers‚ but as time passed‚ Europeans took advantage of their generosity. “Once these newcomers
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both sides: abolitionists and people who did not support racial equality and recruit as many votes as possible so that he could win the election.
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The United Nations was an organization created after World War II. There United Nations plan was to have intergovernmental organization. They wanted this because they wanted all the nations to cooperate with everyone and all the other Nations so that there will be no problems. Now there are problems even though they came up with this idea not everyone was up for it. like some Nations were totally for it and were ready as well. Then there was others that were not so much as into it but they thought
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