To what extent did Scotland play an important role in the British army during the First World War? Scotland played an important role in the British army right from the start of the war. Straight away there was a lot of support from Scotland as volunteer rates were bigger in proportion to the size of the population than in any other area of the UK. Scots were also highly involved in the battle of Loos which was one of the first main battles of the war. The next battle that involved a large amount
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S E C T I O N II Definition of the Child (Article 1) 42 India: First Periodic Report on the CRC Article 1 For the purposes of the present Convention‚ a child means every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child‚ majority is attained earlier. Definition of the Child 2 Definition of the Child Article 1 1. Article 1 defines the holder of rights under the CRC as ‘every human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable
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itself and contributed many important ideas. This is a primary example of his early genius and his ability to negotiate. Another example of his excellent negotiatory skills is shown in the 1939 election‚ In which he promises not to enable overseas conscription‚ a controversial topic at the time. This was also a major factor which contributed to his victory over Maurice Duplessis’s Union Nationale. Furthermore‚ it was critical because it established a middle ground between the French and English’s conflicting
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social hierarchy was completely transformed to reflect the ideals of western powers. The education system improved to such a point that it was considered the best in all of Asia. Furthermore‚ the Japanese military was reformed into a nation-wide conscription military equipped with modern technology. Finally‚ the Japanese economy was improved to reflect those of other modern nations‚ becoming a technically advanced‚ industrialised version of its former self. Hence‚ the Meiji Restoration impacted upon
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Timeline of W.W.1 1914 1. Assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand: (June 28‚ 1914) the archduke visited Sarajevo to audit the armed forces. While travelling through Sarajevo in an open car a Serbian nationalist threw a bomb at their car which ended up bouncing off the car and injuring an officer. The archduke later visited that officer at the hospital where he later took off again‚ unfortunately‚ the driver took a wrong turn. Gavrilo Princip (Serbian nationalist) spotted him and took a shot
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* 1964 the conscription system was introduced through a random up of lottery based on the male’s birthday * 10th March 1965 first barrel was drawn – Save the Sons‚ Youth against Conscription‚ Australian Communist Party and other groups increased their protests. * By the early 1970’s there was a dramatic division in Australian society over the involvement
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Australia and the Vietnam War Era: Key Words: Communism: a political system in which the government‚ not individuals‚ control property. Democracy: a political system in which the power is exercised by the people or their elected representatives. Capitalism: an economic system in which the means of production‚ distribution and exchange are privately owned and
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Courtney Mr.G 4B Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a huge issue going on in the United States. Not only does it dramatically decrease the chance of the teen having a good future‚ it also costs the U.S nine billion dollars a year. With approximately 750‚000 American teenagers getting pregnant every single year the government is beginning to worry. Although teenage pregnancy is an issue for young girls all around the world the U.S has the highest pregnancy
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hypocritical Democratic Republicans)‚ the Louisiana Purchase‚ criticism from own party members‚ and controversial and contradicting views by Thomas Jefferson. Similarly the Federalist Party contradicts their own party values when they criticized the vague conscription bill of the Democratic Republicans. Even though the Federalist Party followed their loose values to an extent‚ while the Democratic Republican Party followed their strict values to an extent‚ both of the parties became hypocritical and contradicted
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concern from the women was not very great. However‚ as the war went passed its estimated length of time‚ the concern began to grow. As the mortality rate grew larger‚ the need for soldier grew. In Britain‚ conscription was enforced to recruit more men to fight on the front‚ in the beginning the conscription only applied to young‚ single men however as war grew larger and more lives were taken in Trenches
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