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    The Influence of World War II and World War II WANG Jing MScPP TD2 Abstract: This article talk about how World War Ⅰ and World War Ⅱ impact Europe. Describe it through three aspects of political‚ economic and cultural. Key words: World War I‚ World War II ‚Europe‚ History‚ Culture 1. Introduction World War I and World War II were the war mainly battlefield in Europe but spread to the world ad last for years in history. It has a very profound influence on Europe ’s economy‚ political and culture

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    Causes of World War One World War One was a global war in Europe fought from 1914 to 1918. It was a war between Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the United States and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy and Serbia. Not only was it certain people or places that caused the war but also some events and situations. This included the allying of nations‚ the act of imperialism‚ the growth of militarism‚ and the Balkan crisis. One of the underlying causes of world war one was the allying of nations

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    teach the story of Paul Revere‚ but in the end‚ the story has a major impact on the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Paul Revere was born on January 1‚ 1735‚ in Boston Massachusetts. Paul grew up in Boston working for his fathers silversmiths business‚ that would later on be passed down as his own. Paul married Sarah Orne on August 4‚ 1757‚ they had eight children together. While Sarah was giving birth to the eighth child with Paul‚ she suffered birth complications and ended up dying. Later

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    In the colonies‚ thousands of miles away from the mother country of England‚ a revolution is stirring. Tensions are rough due to the colonist’s desire to be on their own and England’s attempt to reign in the rowdy Americans. To tighten the chains on the Americans after decades of salutary neglect the British try many things. They began to enforce the navigation acts that have been in place but overall ignored for decades. They also put in place new things like the Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited

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    of a century‚ the colonies had diverged markedly from Britain. A variety of long-run trends gave the 13 American colonies certain common characteristics which made them very different from England. What were some of these characteristics? 1. The absence of a titled aristocracy The colonies had no legally privileged social classes‚ and they did not have many of the other characteristics of a monarchical society. They had no standing army and had a government bureaucracy that was smaller and far less

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    through the Revolutionary war‚ meanwhile 757‚208 Africans were kept bound against their will in slavery (Braudel pp. 22). Many Americans died in the war to win their national freedom from England‚ slaves in turn felt they had earned just the same respect to abolishing slavery. The American Revolutionary war and American Slavery movement were wars fought to revolutionize American freedom and were for the same purpose of equal rights. There were many causes leading up to the Revolutionary War‚ which Americans

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    that the Revolutionary War saw. The Revolutionary War was one of the most hard fought battles for America’s independence from the Britain. From the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19‚ 1775 to the battle at Yorktown in 1781‚ the Patriots had a purpose and was willing to give it their all. Although women were not allowed to fight in the war‚ they were allowed to follow their husbands in the battles that they were involved in and made sure to assist in any way possible. Mary

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    Role of Woman During the Revolutionary War Have you noticed that in most history text books that the role of woman was never truly expressed in detail? Of corse we have heard of Gorge Washington‚ John Adams‚ male solders of the Revolutionary war‚ high ranking officers and the generals; what about the wives? What were the woman’s roles during these times? We should know that all woman were inferior to men‚ they had responsibilities and rights based on there social status. Most woman

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    War (Attracting the reader)Do you think there is a” just war” in the history of world? Do you think it is the only way to solve problem by war? (Providing background) Different people have different opinion. Herbert hover‚ who is the 31st President of the United States have ever said:” Whether you have to fight for justice or not‚ war is a crime! “In his opinion‚ whether the war is just or unjust‚ it is cruel‚ and the death is inevitable. Marxist thought‚ making clear the nature of war is the necessary

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    1. Lexington and Concord: The first battle of the Revolutionary War‚ fought in Massachusetts on April 19‚ 1775. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists’ military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. In Concord‚ advancing British troops met resistance from the Minutemen‚ and American volunteers harassed the retreating British troops along the Concord-Lexington Road. Paul Revere‚ on his famous ride‚ had first alerted the Americans to the British movement

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