than expected. 5. The United Kingdom declares war on Germany: (August 4‚ 1914) Belgium’s neutrality was ensured by Britain. Germany had broken this and Britain had given Germany one last demand to get out of Belgium by midnight of august 3. Germany did not listen‚ so on August 4‚ 1914‚ Great Britain declared war on Germany. 1915 6. First zeppelin raid on Great Britain: (January 19‚ 1915) The first casualties caused by rigid airships was caused in Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn. This was caused by
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why they were always moving. Rita’s family went into hiding in 1942 in order for them to survive and see another day. Rita thought that she wasn’t loved simply because she stayed with and aunt and uncle thinking that her parents had abandoned her and did not love her. As a young child‚ Rita went through more than most people do during adulthood. Rita Princ-Degen’s life changed May 7‚1945. Rita at the age of six wasn’t like most children that played with different races of kids
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equality to men. Before the feminist movement women were very restricted in all aspects of their lives; after‚ they gained more freedom to do whatever they wanted. Along with women’s right emerged a new kind of woman‚ the flappers. The suffrage movement change many aspects of society in America. Prior to the women’s rights movement‚ women were controlled by society and their husbands. They stayed home most of the day doing the housework and taking care of the children. What they wore was also restricted
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The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious change that in return it also caused a cultural change that occurred because of Martin Luther. He thought that the pope had too much power and Luther had many disagreements with the Catholic Church. Martin wrote 95 Theses on the university’s chapel door. Luther was then excommunicated from the church Luther was then not wanted in the Diet Of Worms and on his way out was kidnapped. Martin found out that he was just being safely imported to
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changed the economy and relations with Japan forever. But was it justified? Truman decided that to avoid invasion and even more young American casualties‚ the bombs would be dropped. Zachary Keck says in his article‚ “It’s impossible to know how many people would have perished if allied forces invaded Japan. However‚ given the stiff resistance U.S. and allied forces faced during the island-hopping campaign of the Pacific War‚ it would have been many‚ many times greater than the 200‚000+ people
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the Early Industrial Revolution‚ states that the Industrial Revolution “entered its first phase from the 1790s through the 1830s”. The First Industrial Revolution transformed the daily lives of the Americans in great and important ways that would change America for the better. In this case I would say that the First Industrial Revolution was the most important event in US history from the 1700s to the1900s. The First Industrial Revolution was a very important and major period in US history. It was
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always tried to rebel against the artistic traditions of the past. Before the 1800s‚ the arts all changed‚ but most of these changes still followed a common theme of expressing beauty. Art was not really ever political or representative of everyday common life. In the 19th century‚ all of that changed. The impressionists‚ realists‚ and post-impressionists all sought to change the course of art history. The realists specifically rebelled against traditions by representing real life the way it actually
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The Industrial Era took place between the 18th and 19th century in rural locations in Europe and America. It started in Britain when inventions such as the steam engine and cotton gin. Before the era started‚ most manufacturing occurred in people’s home‚ making one product at a time. This now evolved into factories that mass produce with machinery. Iron and textile industries boomed in popularity and income‚ making money off the public in record speed. This‚ however‚ leads to huge monopolies and
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Denmark-Norway is a country that has gone from an absolute monarch and medieval ideas to a more Enlightened country over the course of 350 years. They improved in their government‚ economy‚ and science rapidly during the 1700s. They became more innovative and expanded on things they already knew to make their country more efficient. Denmark-Norway’s economy for example‚ has improved a lot over the 1700s to 1850. Their economy drastically declined during the Napoleonic Wars even though trade became
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things instead of simply exploration. Since the death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert‚ Raleigh got his charter to search South America for gold. His main objective though was to find the fabled city “El Dorado.” While searching for this imaginary place‚ he did find another very important land called Guiana‚ where present-day Venezuela is located(Christopher). His influence on other explorers grew tremendously after he died because he wrote all of the ventures he had down. Raleigh inspired many more men to
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