Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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The French and Indian War culminated in the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ which would end French power in North America and British power would reign over North America east of the Mississippi River (Tindall). The French and Indian War‚ also called The Seven Years ’ War‚ nearly doubled Britain ’s national debt and post-war expenses were expected to remain high because the government decided in early 1763 to keep ten thousand British regular soldiers in the American colonies (Stamp Act). The primary
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The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 The Franco-Prussian War is easily described by realists as the French reaction to an increasingly unfavorable balance of power in Europe due to the unification of Germany. The French mobilized when Prussia attempted to place the German Prince Leopold upon the Spanish throne‚ although‚ “curiously‚ this issue had been more or less resolved in France’s favor before it declared war. France rode into battle despite having already scored a diplomatic victory in forcing the
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Matthew HIST 4315 Book Review Post War Southern Mentality Thomas L. Connelly and Barbara L. Bellows’s God and General Longstreet: The Lost Cause And The Southern Mind effectively examines numerous characteristics within the mental process of southerners and their leaders before‚ during‚ and particularly after the Civil War. This text successfully investigates the ideas of southern politicians‚ generals‚ novelists‚ and journalists who all in the face of defeat combined to form a Lost Cause
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The French and Indian war‚ which lasted from 1754-1763‚ resulted in a victory for the British over the French‚ which led to the French leaving North America. It also resulted in negative political‚ economic and ideological differences between the British and the American colonies. Politically the colonies were not happy because they could not expand further west‚ economically they felt oppressed by the British with all the taxes being place on them‚ and ideologically because of the governing of
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miraculously sneak up to the fort along a part of the river the French left unprotected. This advantage allowed the British to captured Fort Louisburg and Fort Frontenac. Thousands of British troops surrounded the forts pounding the French with artillery; and soon after the French retreated to a nearby town which allowed the British to set up arms at the fort. The French outnumbered soon surrendered‚ marking the first British victory of the war. This victory became a turning point for the British On September
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not America should have fought in the Vietnam war has been unclear for many decades. There are many different opinions that say‚ we should of fought for Vietnam to be free‚ we should of remained neutral‚ but the United States government threw their support behind the French so they could maintain their colonial empire. America did this out of their fear of communism spreading to South Vietnam and to stop the spreading worldwide. Although the Vietnam War and the decisions that happened occurred more
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Assess the view that the rise of nationalist movements before World War II was a reaction by the governed to economic exploitation. To assess the importance of the economic exploitation of the governed by the colonial powers‚ this essay will consider the impact‚nature of importance‚ time period and perspectives. The discussion will compare the role of economic exploitation to other causes of the rise of nationalistic movements before World War II. This essay will look at the time period between 1918
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that they show a warrior with post-war trauma‚ a great distance from home‚ and is mentally loyal to his family. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is portrayed as someone mentally distant from his family‚ misses the idea of home‚ and is distressed about the war. While in “Odysseus to Telemachus”‚ Odysseus is described as someone only focused only on Telemachus‚ given up on going home‚ and conflicted about war. Even though both depictions of Odysseus has to face post-war trauma‚ Homer’s Odysseus is more
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Bolsheviks able to take power in October 1917? There are many factors that allowed to Bolsheviks to take power in October 1917 such as the growing unpopularity of the Provisional Government at the time. Moreover‚ events such as the July days and the return of Lenin and Trotsky. The Bolshevik slogans "Bread‚ Land and Peace" and "All Power to the Soviets" also sum up the other major factors to their rise. The Provisional Government was becoming increasingly unpopular. They had failed to end the war and
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