Thomas Jefferson‚ was able to effectively double the United States Territory with a single purchase from France. These approximately 827‚000 square miles of land‚ which would later go on to become different parts of 15 states‚ have come to be known as one of the greatest achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency: The Louisiana Purchase. After explorations lasting from the beginning of the 17th century to the middle of the 18th‚ France had control over lands stretching from New Orleans to the
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To what extent was the United States of America responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance? A capitalist state‚ a Communist state and a colonial power all joined power during World War II and formed the Grand Alliance. The United Stated which was led by Franklin Roosevelt‚ the Soviet Union which was led by Joseph Stalin and Great Britain which was led by Winston Churchill united powers as they all shared one main objective. The three leaders were famously known as the big three‚ they all
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To what extent was the Russian state more stable in 1881 than in 1855? By 1881‚ Russia had greatly changed. Reforms had been carried out‚ creating less of a gap between the social classes‚ and making society a fairer place. There were also developments in industry‚ helping Russia catch up with the western world. However‚ the country was still ruled in a way that out pleasing the autocracy over helping the peasants‚ and there was still not total freedom for everyone. The first way the Russian state
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10/21/13 Was the Jamestown colony a success or failure in its first year? In the early 1600s‚ English settlers were sent to North America not long after the surprising naval victory‚ by the English‚ over the Spanish Armada. After this triumph‚ the English were able to gain control of the North Atlantic sea lanes‚ which in turn strengthened their national pride and paved the way for colonization. In 1606 a joint stock company‚ known as the Virginia Company‚ which was a company of investors‚ was given
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❖ To what extent was naval rivalry the main cause of the first World War? One of the main causes of World War I was the Anglo-German naval race. Britain‚ as an island empire‚ always had the navy as one of her top priorities. A key event in Britain’s naval expansion was the 1889 “Naval Defense Act” that established the "two power standard": Britain considered necessary to have a navy that was not only the largest in the world‚ but also equal to or greater than the sum of the world’s second and
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Revolutionary War Project: West Point General George Washington‚ one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America‚ the Continental Army commander‚ and later the first president of the United States of America during the American Revolution declared West Point‚ as “the most important military position in America”[i]. West Point is located in New York‚ along the Hudson River and 50miles from New York City. West Point was a very strategic point during the American Revolution‚ due to
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The American Revolution‚ which was the strive of the colonial america to obtain independence‚ should have really been called‚ The British Revolution‚ for it was the British who brought upon the actions that made the final separation between the colonies and Great Britain. The colonies wanted to separate from the British because of the unfair demands and taxes they gave from 1763 through 1776. There were various problems for the colonists; politically‚ economically‚ religiously‚ and socially. Following
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Death of a Salesman The American Dream is defined as the traditional social ideals of the United States‚ such as equality‚ democracy‚ and material prosperity. The American Dream is at work within each character’s life. Positively when it can be achieved and negatively when the expectations are unrealistically high. In the story the author‚ Arthur Miller‚ compares successful businessmen to a non-successful delusional salesman. The successful businessmen are Ben‚ Charlie and Howard. Willy is
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“To what extent did Willy Brandt’s ‘Ostpolitik’ change relations between East and West Germany?” The split between East and West Germany after World War Two resulted in a tumultuous and tense period of German history. Germans saw the construction of the Berlin Wall‚ economic boom in the West‚ dictatorship in the East and in this time the two zones became almost irreversibly divided. Soviet influence in the Eastern zone coupled with US control in the West meant a delicate state of affairs between
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How Violent was the Old West During the time frame of 1860-1890 there was an area in the West known as the Great Plains. Although‚ before it was designated as the Great Plains it was known as the Great American Desert. The Great Plains was originally home to buffalo and Indians labeled as Plains Indians which can be broken down into several different groups such as‚ the Lakota Indians‚ Pawnee Indians‚ and Cheyenne Indians just to name a few. Soon all that changed when the Idea of money and
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