keep track of day to day events. This changed though in 1754 when the seven years’ war started. The seven years’ war was technically a world war because it spanned throughout many British and French colonies over multiple continents. Part of the war took place in North America over where the French territory ended and the British territory started. The British eventually won the war‚ but it was very costly. After the British won colonist expected to be rewarded with all of the French territories
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Canada’s Independence Following World War One Without the tragedies that occurred during World War One‚ Canada would not be the nation it is today. Following WW1‚ Canada was considered a major part of many of the battles especially Vimy Ridge‚ gaining Canada international respect. With that respect‚ strong bonds were established between Canada and the influential countries at that time. With this new gained confidence‚ Canada questioned the hold Britain still had on them‚ and decided it was time
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World War 1 was the 3rd most deadliest in the world! Over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded.America needed so many soldiers that America had to set up a draft. While men were being sent out to war women and African Americans helped out around the country. They took jobs that the men had after they left for war. And with all the men and women who would have to help out the country you would think that our country had been attacked and that we were fighting back‚ but that’s not how it started
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The WWII was also known as the second war‚ the war II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Most of the counties where in it‚ a lot of people died during the war. There were 4 main causes and the first one is Treaty of Versailles‚ After the WW1‚ Germany hoped for a treaty on Wilson’s 14 points‚ instead they got hammered by redress‚ lost territory‚ and blamed. The 2nd one is Hitler’s Actions‚ the 3rd one was Failure of Appeasement‚ and the last one was Failure of the league of Nations (historyonthenet
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the Communists party leader in China during the time of the civil war between the Nationalists and Communists. Mao Zedong embraced the idea of Marxist socialism‚ communism‚ from a young age. Mao realized the potential within the Chinese peasants and believed he would be able to lead them in a revolt in hope to spread the political idea of Communism throughout all of China. Unfortunately‚ Mao and the Communists faced the major threat of Jiang Jieshi and his political party of Nationalism. These battle
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World War II & the Atomic Bomb The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world’s largest armed conflict. Many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack. The bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties while the unknown effects of radiation caused many more deaths amongst the survivors of the blast. Despite the ghastly effects of such a weapon‚ it offered the best choice for a quick and easy defeat of Japan. President Truman‚ who authorized
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Communist Russia War Communism and the New Economic Policy One-Party Dictatorship started in 1918 with Lenin’s infant Communist government were threatened with civil war. Tsarist officers had gathered troops in the south and others in anti-communist centers. Arose in Siberia and still others in the extreme north and along the Baltic coast. A political group called the (Whites) were in contrast to the communist. (Reds)‚ which combined all shades of opinion and the theory of moderate socialist to
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World War II saw many advancements in the way conflicts were fought. From aviation to medicine‚ the war would change the world both during and after its events. Aviation Today’s modern warfare depends upon aviation. However‚ World War II saw the first real use of planes in a combat format. Click and drag to move The advancement of the monoplane quickly replaced the biplane of the 1920s. Engine power increased to include jet engines by the end of the war. Power-assisted flight controls and
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which Hitler first talked about in his book‚ Mein Kampf‚ had become made apathetic and dependent after a long period‚ accepted as time-tested beliefs by all Nazis‚ taught and learned as fact to impressionable German kids‚ and drove into the minds of eager-to-please SS recruits. Of particular note‚ was Hitler’s often said that Jews everywhere were taking part in an international conspiracy to get world domination. In a speech given by Hitler on January 30‚ 1939‚ celebrating the sixth anniversary of
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World War II Research Report Eduardo Perez HIS/114 December 8‚ 2011 Allen Smith World War II Research Report At the end of the First World War‚ many changes were about to happen. The countries on the winning side did not feel victorious after millions had died because of the war. The countries on the losing side would now have to deal with settlements with the western allies. The great empires that once dominated central and Eastern Europe and West Asia had fallen. There was great uncertainty
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