it is clear that it was caused from British missteps that lead to colonial determination to become a separate nation. After 1763‚ the British began to increase and assert their power over the colonies‚ who‚ in contrast‚ wanted to be less controlled. However‚ the colonies did not want complete independence prior to this increase in control from the British. Although the colonies did seem to have determination for an independent nation in England’s eyes‚ the British failed to recognize the colonies real
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people of Afghanistan have been affected by the political events from World War I to present day. In 1979‚ Soviet troops entered Afghanistan to establish a communist regime in Kabul. The Soviet soldiers took over major cities and highways‚ angering lots of Afghans. The people of Afghanistan felt they belonged primarily to their specific clan or ethnic group and secondarily to the government or a country. A majority of Afghans did not like the new communist regime because many of the laws went against
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autobiographies of British and Indian WWII veterans‚ there were important commonalities in the backgrounds of the soldiers and commonalities along with some differences for motivations to enlist. There were commonalities in their background in the selections because both British and Indians had many different classes in their society enlist. The commonalties in motivations to enlist stem from the less wealthy British and Indian soldiers mostly joining for a steady job and money. Unlike the British upper class
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into the origins of the decline of the British Empire The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how the enduring British Empire declined and collapsed throughout the twentieth century. The paper will enumerate the incontestable evidences and reasons that contributed and eventually resulted the disintegration. Furthermore‚ it will provide examples for the process of decolonisation through two states that possessed different status within the Empire. The British Empire was considered to be the largest
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The actions of the British authorities helped unite the American colonies during the 1760s and 1770s through the Stamp Act‚ the Quartering Act‚ and the Boston Massacre. Many times throughout the Revolutionary War‚ British authorities tested the American colonies through taxation‚ forcing British soldiers to reside in colonial homes‚ and massacre. Because of this‚ the American colonies were pushed to unite in a time of crisis. Through shared experiences of economic disparity and death‚ the colonies
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World War I initially started because of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. He was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. The U.S got involved in World War I as a result in economic trade binding America to the Allies (Brower). World War I or as many people like to call it The Great War was from 1914 all the way to 1919. It was one of the most brutal and destructive wars in European history. “Of the 65 million men‚ who were mobilized‚ more than 10 million
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The Vietnam war was a long and costly conflict that affected the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally‚ the United States. An image that is striking and important in this time period is of the aftermath the napalm bomb caused to a Vietnamese village. It is a historically important image because the idea of war and its terror is shown. I chose this image because it is striking and catches the eyes of the viewer. It brings out the idea that a bomb can drop
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World War I sparked a multitude of significant short and long term political changes throughout Europe. In the immediate aftermath of the war‚ territory was reallocated‚ four empires fell‚ and the League of Nations was created. The creation of the League of Nations‚ despite its eventual failure‚ demonstrated a major shift in international politics from the desire to expand and conquer to the recognition of the importance of the balance of power. The Treaty of Versailles also divided Austria-Hungary
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After the French and Indian War‚ many revolutionary events occurred. Land was passed around and tensions grew. Probably the most vital rivalry that arose was the one between the British and the American colonists in North America. Due to the French and Indian War‚ the peaceful relationship between the British and the American colonists was demolished. This is due to laws passed by King George III and British Parliament that the American colonists in North America disagreed with. The colonists became
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If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America
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