The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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believe that the depression was caused by the crash of the stock market in 1929. Although this is partly true‚ the stock market did not just crash spontaneously. There were many factors during this time period that led to its collapse.
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defeat of the Crimean war Alexander’s excuse for change. The defeat in the Crimean war was arguably the main reason why Alexander II made a series of reforms when he came into power. The devastating loss of the war proved the backwardness of Russia in relation to other powers and even though peasant unrest and the criticisms of serfdom were partially responsible for influencing Alexander II‚ the decision to make changes primarily came from the loss of the Crimean war. The Crimean war was fought
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inventions such as war rockets and the locomotive are examples of technology that would revolutionize warfare in the late 19th century and beyond. The idea of projectiles propelled by their own self controlled explosions was not a new idea. Rockets were effectively used by the Chinese dating back to the thirteenth century‚ but were not utilized or researched for military purposes in Europe until roughly 1799. A scientist by the name of William Congreve witnessed the use of war rockets against the
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nations now even questioned the relationship they had with their own country. Even though the poor and wealthy had distinct perceptions of the depression‚ both sides still felt challenged and changed by the experience. In this paper I will examine how the Great Depression affected the world economically‚ socially ‚ and culturally. Economic Impact of the Great Depression The Great Depression
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As history has revealed‚ past wars have greatly affected the outcomes of many states. World War I had severely impacted much of Europe as well a number of regions in Asia. The Middle East and South Asia were just two of these areas. In the years throughout and following World War I‚ the Middle East and South Asia had undergone numerous similarities‚ however there were and overwhelming number of differences. Which in all distinguished the very foundations of these two territories. In the Middle
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On November 1‚ 1955 a war began in the country of Vietnam that cost many unnecessary lives and changed many global powers “Digital History” The war of Vietnam was almost unsolvable either situation was wrong. The war changed not only the country of Vietnam but all of the global powers. Under French rule the Vietnamese were receiving no benefits and barely enough to live on‚ it only took a small revolt to change that. Vietnam had many natural resources such as spices‚ metals‚ sugar‚ rubber‚ coal
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The United States have considered Fidel Castro as the cause of multitudes of global calamities that have negatively impacted the stability and safety of America. Castro’s influence has undoubtedly been destructive‚ ranging from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the various violations of Human Rights that have been criticized by multiple Human Rights groups. Castro brought the reality of communism to the doorstep of America‚ changing the image of a distant evil to an enemy much closer to home in the minds
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The affect that the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany The affect the Treaty of Versailles had on Germany is truly eye opening and amazing. “Viewing Germany as the chief instigator of the conflict‚ the European Allied Powers decided to impose particularly stringent treaty obligations upon the defeated Germany.”1 After the treaty was in place Germany had experienced very difficult times economically and politically. From the reparations they owed to the land that was compensated‚ Germany struggled
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Rights was created. Following World War II‚ the Nuremberg Trials impacted the world then and in the future in many ways. To begin‚ the Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials prosecuting and questioning Nazi war criminals. Next‚ the results of the trials were 7 more trials held for less important Nazi war criminals. Lastly‚ there were many Nazi war criminals still to be found. To begin‚ the Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials prosecuting and questioning Nazi war criminals. When Hitler came to power
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