In the past few years‚ the relation between Japan and Taiwan shows the new development‚ including the regional security‚ that appears to be the two countries being in a new era. I would wish to introduce Japan’s re-recognition of Taiwan It was 120 years ago‚ Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan to Japan in April 1895 as a consequence of the Sino-Japanese war. Having received Taiwan from Qing empire‚ Japan spent tremendous effort in development of Taiwan. For example‚ in 1898‚ the population of the Japanese
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Trade Many events in Britain and other parts of the world in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century help contributed to industrialization. The evolution of manufactures in Britain was one of the most helpful and extraordinary events in human history. Many historians argued what could have caused such wide scale industrialization in England (611). One theory is that the people of England finally understood that the machines powered by fossil fuels had an economic potential that could
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June of 1812‚ President James Madison asked Congress for a declaration of war on Britain. Following years of neutrality under the leadership of Washington‚ Adams‚ and Jefferson‚ the United States’ conflicts with Britain and France finally went into a war. President Madison had tried to create a diplomatic solution for three long years‚ but all attempts were unsuccessful. The War of 1812 was caused by the impressment of American sailors and the seizure of ships and their cargo‚ problems on the Western
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Assess the importance of ideological differences in the outbreak of the Cold War. The two opposing ideologies of the 20th century were Capitalism and Communism and some consider them to be responsible for the growing tensions of what would later become the Cold War. Capitalism found its home in the West‚ and specifically in the USA and was based on private ownership‚ the means of production and the creation of goods or services for profit. It also incorporated competitive markets‚ wage labour and
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events marked the beginning of the Civil War and the war was a result of many political tensions that had emerged between the North and the South in the prior decades‚ all of which were associated with the institution of slavery installed in the Southern United States. President Lincoln began the Civil War with the South in response to states’ secession from the Union‚ and therefore‚ the war was not solely concentrated over the issue of slavery in American society. The North fought to preserve the
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What impact did the Vikings have on North Britain? Shortly before the ninth century‚ North-west Europe was exposed to raids and attacks from the Scandinavians. They had discovered the wealth that could be obtained from the richer communities of Britain and Frankia‚ both in currency and natural resources (the latter being found especially in Ireland). As time went on‚ during the course of the ninth century‚ the leaders of the attacks on these countries grew more ambitious and soon there were different
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Women African Americans What did they gain in World War II? The government passed the GI Bill‚ providing help to veterans with education and home purchases. Women in WWII gained experience in the work field‚ with careers in manufacturing war materials‚ running businesses‚ and other careers traditionally held for men. Many African Americans gained the confidence to assert their rights as U.S. citizens‚ and fight back against segregation. What challenges did they face at the end of the war? Before the
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The French and the English wanted to control the colonies. The American colonist thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way that they were governed. The British restricted trade so the colonies had to rely on Britain for imported good and supplies. After the French and Indian War‚ the British wanted to control the expansion of the western territories. The Proclamation Act was created so that their would not settling beyond the Appalachian
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My conceptions of economics are not well formulated or unambiguous. I know little about the subject and what I do know stems from popular culture. Nevertheless‚ before reading “The Economic Ways of Thinking” I scribbled my definition‚ “economics: the study of money and what people do with it.” My perception of economists likened the Duke brothers of “Trading Places;” impersonal‚ rich‚ and a bit evil. I considered it an economist’s intention to understand a market‚ including its patterns and shortfalls
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naturally led to a cultural exchange between different groups of people. Although we commonly refer to European and Indian relations as being between just two very different groups of people‚ it is important to recognize this is not entirely true. Although the settlers of the new world are singularly referred to as Europeans‚ each group of people came from a different nation and with different motives and expectations of the new world. Similarly‚ the Indians were neither a united group nor necessarily
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