In this essay‚ I will be discussing whether there were significant improvements made to British society between 1886-1914. I will be doing this by assessing key events and movements such as women’s suffrage and the trade union movement. In my opinion‚ Between 1886-1914‚ the British economy was declining due to foreign competition and the ‘Great Depression’. This economic decline is shown by the massive increase in unemployment rates. For example‚ in 1873‚ unemployment was a mere 1% whereas by 1892
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Assess the view that in the period 1900-1914 the Labour party made significant progress towards establishing itself as an independent and influential political party (70 marks). The Labour Party‚ before the start of the war in 1914‚ had a total of 36 seats. In the general election of 1902‚ the party under the name LRC had one just two seats. This seems a remarkable feat in just over a decade. However some historians argue that Labour‚ in actual fact made little or no progress at all during this
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These trends saw the beginning of the feminist revolutionary movement that sought to bring about justice and equality for all women. The Great War demanded extensive participation by women in the labour market to release men to the fighting front. In 1914‚ feminist Carrie Chapman Catt warned that "war falls on the women most heavily‚ and more so now than ever before." Jobs were being lost more quickly than they were being replaced however which resulted in an extensive gap in employment and‚ as a means
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World War I broke out in 1914. It would claim the lives of 37 million people and destroy 4 empires‚ the Austro-Hungarian‚ German‚ Ottoman and the Russian. Two major alliances dominated Europe prior the outbreak of war‚ Britain‚ France and Russia formed the Triple Entente whilst Germany‚ Austro-Hungary and Italy the Triple Alliance. When war came about in 1914 America‚ Romania‚ Japan and later on Italy all sided with the Entente‚ whilst Turkey and Bulgaria sided with the Alliance‚ each country had
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What factors led Britain to declare war on Germany in August 1914? On the 4th August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany‚ on the side of France and Russia. There were many factors that contributed to the war; some commentators believed it was a stockpiling of issues that ultimately led to it. Initially it was Austria-Hungary who declared war on Serbia‚ on the 28th July‚ after receiving an unsatisfactory response from Serbia to the ultimatum they had issued her. This was triggered by the assassination
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‘Why did Australians volunteer to fight so readily in 1914?’ The outbreak of The Great War in 1914 was the first battle The Commonwealth of Australia fought in as a separate nation. Having been an extremely young nation‚ federating in 1901‚ the country of Australia was still very much tied to their true ‘mother country’‚ Great Britain. Britain was in charge of Australia’s defence in that point in time and had certain obligations to Britain‚ particularly in times of war and conflict. Australians
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(note: this was originally an oral presentation‚ and can be easily converted to essay form) Until 1914‚ all previous wars had been confined to small areas involving relatively small armies. World War I was the first ever ’total war’ - where all aspects of a country’s economic‚ social and political systems became devoted to the waging of the war effort. In July of 1914‚ Europe was at war. For the soldiers‚ the lack of education of the war’s possibilities played a huge role in their changing attitude
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by Britain and Germany in relation to their naives in the years 1900 -1914? Britain had the largest empire‚ which was protected by the British navy. But by 1914 Britain was no longer the dominant economic power‚ Britain was out-performed by Geramany. As they had supplies like coal‚ iron‚ chemicals and light engineering. Describe one action taken out by Germany/France/Britain in relation to their empir ein the years 1900-1914? British considered German main threat to it’s empire. This was reiforced
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This period of time ensured many changes‚ positive and negative regarding the labor system. It is evident that serfdom congealed from about 1750 onwards‚ meaning that the peasants were required to provide free labor for a particular number of days a year or a specific amount of money to their lords. The time of labor depended on when it was needed. For example‚ during harvesting or sowing. The job had to be done‚ regardless‚ the peasants own farming responsibilities. Subsequent to the emancipation
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Why did Phillip II launch the Armada and why did it fail? In the summer of 1588‚ the catholic king of Spain‚ Phillip II‚ came up with a plan to conquer protestant England. He would collect his army from the Netherlands and a huge fleet of 130 ships across the channel‚ with the help of France. Why did Phillip launch the Armada?- Phillip launched the Armada for many reasons. When Elizabeth became queen‚ Phillip asked her hand in marriage‚ but she refused. This angered him‚ as he hoped to keep power
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