War when the Northern states won the war and the Southern States were defeated. Reconstruction took place during the years of 1863 to 1877 and the goal of Reconstruction was to abolish slavery and reunite and rebuild the Union. Reconstruction was successful because of the unification of the Union under President Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan‚ the passing of the constitutional amendments‚ and the elections of African Americans to Congress. Abraham Lincoln implemented the “10% Plan” at the beginning of
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5. How does Kissinger prove that Realpolitik was permanent? Henry Kissinger introduced the concept of Realpolitik the United States. Realpolitik is diplomacy based on needs of the state. The accomplishing of one’s political goals through practical means. Kissinger proves that Realpolitik was permanent in two different situations. The first‚ is when the French expanded their military. They created the notion that Germany was planning to attack. They leaked a story that the Russian Tsar would side
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful empires during the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1453‚ the conquest of Constantinople gave the Ottoman Empire control over what had been the Byzantine Empire. The conquering of Constantinople gave the Ottoman’s control of the Balkans. The Ottomans next large conquest was the Arab world. “With the rise of Mehmet II‚ called “the Conqueror (Fatih) ‚ the Ottomans began a new era of conquest that extended the empire’s rule ... over the lands of the Islamic
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Did Smith have a theory of capitalism or was he primarily a critic of mercantilism? Between the 16th and 18th century mercantilism dominated western economics. Mercantilism held a strong belief in the power of large reserves of precious metals‚ primarily gold and silver‚ and encouraged states to maintain large reserves through high tariffs on imported goods. In 1776‚ Scottish philosopher Adam Smith refuted the theory of mercantilism in a criticism entitled An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes
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The British Empire was a collection of colonies which were ruled by Britain in the late 16th to 18th century. The empire had expanded to extremes by the 18th century making them filthy rich and powerful.By 1924 the British Empire was at its peak‚ with it owning 14million square miles of land and having a 450million population. The empire used two main tactics to achieve this; trade and conflict. Both of these methods caused serious problems in the colonies they had fought hard to maintain. Many of
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When England adopted mercantilism‚ the government came in and monitored the way merchants had to manufacture and trade goods. Which in turn instigated the monarch to have more power and royal treasury from the trade with India and Turkey‚ allowing Queen Elizabeth’s policy to expand overseas‚ causing the Spanish to lose power in America. In 1754-1763‚ the seven-year war‚ not limited to a break‚ entailed the British’s expansion of their colonies and encountered the French at the Ohio River valley‚
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Was Trade the Most Important Factor of the Growth of the British Empire. Do You Agree? At the Cutty Sark I learned that the ship traded tea from China. It was able to carry 10‚335 tea chests. It left from London with mining gear‚ beer‚ coal and household goods. This shows that trade was quite an important factor for the Empire because people were able to use items and foods that they did not get in their own country and it also increases colonisation because some people from the UK would stay
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when the British started trading with India. They British’s method left little room for error as they took control of India‚ it’s military‚ it’s material‚ and its land. It was only after 200 years that India tried break free from the British rule. India demanded independence because‚ they were forced to fight in a war for democracy and they were not granted their own freedom. When Britain imperialized India‚ India was known as British Raj. Soon the Indian’s started to rebel and the British devised
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In the 18th century the policy of mercantilism‚ where a country’s wealth determined it’s power‚ the desire for economic gain lead to colonization in many European countries. As The Columbian Exchange grew and countries like France and England increased their search and distribution of new foods and materials from the New World. They also began to create new trade routes along the Atlantic Ocean to and from the New World. As the material and goods they were exporting to and from the New World grew
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The British Empire after the War There was no more than four great empires. The empires were Germany‚‚ Ottoman and Russia. In 1918 the British empire was the beginning of the end. The expectations of the British colonial subject have been raised during the war‚ the empire and the self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth had helped to fund. India for example paid 146 million pounds toward the war effect. Importing raw materials from the colonies helped the allied victory.The self-governing
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