The purpose of this paper is to show the beginnings of Jazz and how it transformed and developed through the decades. What I needed to research‚ was how jazz all began and how it evolved. How did it start? Who were the people that were involved in the beginning? Where did it begin? How did it evolve into what jazz is today? Jazz had its beginnings in Africa. Before the slave trade‚ tribes in Africa had there own rhythms‚ instruments‚ and dances. It was the slave trade brought by ships to South America
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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Before World War I‚ Britain had no alliances with any countries. Meanwhile‚ Germany‚ Austria‚ and Russia formed the Three Emperors League. But in 1879 the alliances started to fail when Germany and Russia started to fight. Germany wanted protection from Russia in case of war and formed a dual alliance with Austria and then Italy joined two years later‚ making it a triple alliance. But with all these alliances going on Britain started to get worried and went to France to form an alliance and in 1892
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The English sonnet underwent changes in the 16th century. The most significant change would be how sonnets are now structured. The Italian Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced as two parts: 8 lines with the scheme of abbaabba and then six lines with the scheme of cdcdcd. This can be seen in Petrarch‚ Rima 140. However‚ William Shakeseare change how sonnets would be written. He came up with the Shakespearean sonnet with is fourteen‚ ten syllable lines with a certain rhyme scheme (abab cdcd
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World War 1 World War 1 started because the Germans were pushing the Austrians to go to war. World War 1 also happened because little countries wanted their independence and countries were competing to have a stronger army and it was known as the Great War because it was one of the largest wars that had happened it started on July 28 of 1914 and the war ended in November 11 of 1918 the war lasted 4 years and many Americans and Europeans were mobilized. The United States stayed out of the war for a
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Politics in The Developing World 21 November 2012 Cold War Alliances and the Transition into Today’s World Economy Throughout the twentieth century during the Cold War era the world has seen many revolutions‚ especially in developing countries. Whether they be for independence from colonialism or for a new change‚ we have seen how those developing nations have constantly been transforming themselves into the nations we now know them by in today’s world. Moreover‚ we see the superpowers they
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whole. A lot of men can’t go into war unless if they are a certain age. The women can’t go into war unless if they become a nurse because they weren’t seen as strong enough as the men were. Since the North and South had a lot of differences they would always start a war because the South wanted what the North had. The South still wanted all of the machines that the North ended up inventing. In the Gettysburg Address it says‚ “Now we are engaged in a great civil war‚ testing whether that nation‚
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The Cold War triggered an explosion of growth and interconnectivity. And it came close to triggering several other literal explosions. Global economy changed abundantly because of the cold war. Fighting broke out in many developing countries‚ stunting the growth of their economy‚ and widening the gap between the poor and rich. Other developed countries spent exorbitant amounts of money stockpiling weapons. Although the cold war did not have all good effects on the economy‚ it did lead to
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World War II By: Zach Dahlenburg From what I have read its seems that Germany was the main reason for the first World War and for the second War. Some of the reasons why the second war was started was due to Fascism which was started by Benito Mussolini. Another reason that the second war was started was due to Chamberlin giving Germany part of Cezoslavakia After the First War‚ the French built the Maginot Wall to better protect them from Germany. It was 125 miles long (202 km). It stretched
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Do you know how World War 1 started? Well if not‚ in this essay I will be telling you the many reasons how and why the United States got involved in the war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife were assassinated on June 28‚ 1914. After the assassination there were a series of events that happened and triggered World War 1 to occur.The next reason why it started was because on May 7‚ 1915 a German submarine launched a torpedo at the Lusitanian‚ which was a boat that had 1‚959
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