(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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CHAPTER 21 Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World‚ 1750–1850 I. Prelude to Revolution: The Eighteenth-Century Crisis A. Colonial Wars and Fiscal Crises 1. Rivalry among the European powers intensified in the early 1600s as the Dutch Attacked Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas and in Asia. In the 1600s and 1700s the British then checked Dutch commercial and colonial ambitions and went on to defeat France in the Seven Years War (1756–1763)
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Britain‚ Germany and Russia‚ three distinct countries‚ developed into the politically modern states that they are today at different rates and in a plethora of ways. Britain‚ the first of these countries to develop‚ had little conflict and gradual development‚ unlike Germany and Russia. Due to the fact that Britain was the first state to modernize‚ they faced little pressure or rapid demand for political participation compared to others. German industrialization caused turmoil in the state because
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Russia and the Netherlands: Changes and Challenges Essay Question #2 • Compare and contrast the major internal changes and challenges faced by Russia and the Netherlands as detailed by Baker & Glasser and Buruma respectively. Russia and the Netherlands are both continuously complex and changing nations‚ with rich histories remembered and great challenges overcome (and some still yet to be overcome). In the very near past however‚ certain large scale changes and massive challenges
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Over the course of a couple hundred years‚ many things can change‚ and surprisingly‚ some will stay constant. Take East Asia for example‚ between 1200 CE and 1400 CE the region was under the rule of three different dynasties (Song‚ Yuan‚ and Ming). Between 1492 and 1750‚ culture was spread through the Atlantic World (Western Europe‚ Western Africa‚ and the Eastern Americas) through trade and socialization. These interactions caused socio economic transformation due to the introduction of new crops
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Cultural differences A comparison of Russia and Japan Kristina Aksakova Exchange student Virrat‚ 2011 [pic][pic] Table of contents General information about Russia and Japan 4 Japan 4 Background 4 Tsunami Devastates Japan 5 History 6 Geographical facts 8 Demographical facts 9 Economic facts 11 FOREIGN RELATIONS 13 Governmental facts 15 Infrastructural facts 16 Russia 18 Background 18 History 18 Geographical facts
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Demographic Changes in America (1607-1914) Historical records of American demography start with the settlement of Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607. Puritans landed in Plymouth and made a home for themselves with the help of Native Americans. These first immigrants in the colonies (British‚ Dutch‚ and German)‚ moved to America between the early 17th and late 18th centuries in what was known as Old Immigration. During the colonial period‚ the birth rate was high but the life expectancy was low. It was
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mita‚ slavery‚ and wage labor were evident as labor systems in 1750‚ but by 1914 wage labor became a dominate labor system.Over time‚ Latin America’s labor system went from slavery to indentured servitude. As a result of European conquest and colonization there was a dramatic shift in African labor from agriculture‚ trade‚ bronzing and certain specialized crafts to mine labor and felling forests. There were also certain things that remained the same‚ like the use of slave labor‚ though the magnitude
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1750-1850: A brief survey Great Social Thinkers Inventions 1750-1800 1752 1755 1757 1758 1761 1769 1774 1775 1784 1785 1791 1792 1794 1796 1799 * Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod. * Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt
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Work Britain in 1750 In 1750 there were lots of agricultural jobs‚ men usually worked on farms (were laborers) doing physical jobs like: • Looking after the animals • Being a milkman • Harvesting crops • Sowing broadcast • Dibbling • Threshing • Breaking stones The women did a lot more in the domestic system they would usually stay at home and: • Cook food • Wash clothes • Sew and make clothes They were very involved textiles and the making of cloth‚ they would spin the wool at
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