Plan of Investigation Thesis: Why did Britain go to war? Between the late eighteen hundreds and late nineteen hundreds‚ England was described as being in “splendid isolation” from the rest of Europe until 1914. But why did Britain go to war? What rivalries were Britain involved and what treaties dragged her into the war? I need to look through the primary sources such as official reports‚ published interviews‚ addresses‚ and history textbook to gather facts; secondary sources from the internet
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FRENCH REVOLUTION ASSIGNMENT ONE Modern European History Jonah Haines 1293 Mr. Potts ìPrivilege not poverty caused the French Revolutionî To what extent do you agree? The French Revolution was essentially a class war between the emerging Bourgeoisie against the Privileged class‚ this meant they saw the Privileged class as the only hurdle between themselves and equality within French society. Many of the ideas they pursued stemmed from
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American War is several ways‚ good and bad. The brutal war lasted from April‚ 1846 to February‚ 1848 and began in Texas‚ ending with about 38‚000 casualties. But‚ only about 1‚700 were killed in battle‚ as disease like the yellow fever. Although the war might be seen as controversial‚ the United States War against Mexico was just due to‚ Texas’ needs‚ Mexico’s government‚ and violence that was waged on the U.S. America was ethical in all ways to declare war on Mexico after what they did. Texas wrote
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Cornell Notes | Topic/Objective: French Revolution | Name: Sam Roberts | | | Class/Period: Western World History | | | Date: | Essential Question: What were the causes‚ significant events‚ and results of the French Revolution? | | Questions: | Notes: | 1. What were the Three Estates? | a. First Estate- the estate made up of members of the clergy that made up less than 1% of the population‚ owned around 10% of the land and paid a 2% income tax. | | b. Second Estate- the
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The results of the First Opium War led to China’s humiliation by the British empire due to their technological advances. The treaty of Nanjing ceased the war‚ but it also forced the Qing regime to abrogate the Cohong monopoly; it forced to compensate Britain a large restitution and to surrender its Hong Kong Islands. It also allowed the British complete commercial entry to 5 significant Chinese ports. Flattered by their defeat to the British and weakened by the opium abuse‚ the Qing Dynasty found
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To what extent did the Great War caused the revolution in Russia of 1917? First of all there are different opinions how much the Great War had an effect of the revolution in Russia of 1917. The Great War was from 1914 to 1918 and the revolution in Russia (also known as the February and October Revolutions) starts at the 23rd of February and culminates about the 26th of October (after the Julian calendar). In my opinion‚ the Great War was a basic cause for the revolution in 1917‚ but I think it
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losing the war in 66-70 can be blamed on many things‚ however the retreat of refugees to Jerusalem proved to be a major flaw in Jewish war strategy. The refugees brought their radical views to Jerusalem and assassinated the more moderate Jewish leaders. Jew on Jew civil warfare was a major mistake
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involved in the war in the first place was to stop the domino theory and to prevent vietnam from becoming communist. The war went on for many years and in the end‚ vietnam still became communist. Unpopular for presidents President of American Nixon became very unpopular because of the Vietnam war. A lot of american soldiers were drafted and dragged into the war. American civilians also saw what the American soldiers did to the vietnamese civilians. No press censorship The American war in Vietnam
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World War 1 which was also known to many as the Great War seems to in many ways challenge its explanation of why it happened. What caused the war? Who was responsible? Many authors of books and articles that are written about the expositions of the First World War will be found to most frequently question the causations’ and influences’ in their writings. One of the many speculated causations which have been argued was that of the set up for alliance-systems’. It could be argued that the out
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than his father and was more open to the arguments of the other people around him. He was deeply influenced by defeat in Crimean war and by liberal ministers‚ Alexander II undertook extensive reforms of Russian society and government. Alexander II made an attempt to modernise Russia and preserve imperial power and in this essay I will be discussing the ways and what successes he achieve while introducing new reforms. Firstly‚ Alexander II wanted to ensure that the autocracy will survive‚ have
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