"How far do you agree with the idea that Hooper is entirely responsible for Kingshaw’s suicide?" “I’m the king of the Castle” is a dark novel‚ written by Susan Hill. The novel is based on two boys; Charles Kingshaw and Edmund Hooper‚ and their experience of psychological bullying and power. Due to the lack of love‚ isolation‚ frustration and confusion; all these feelings from Kingshaw were responsible for his suicide. I do not think that Hooper is entirely responsible for Kingshaw’s death at
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How far was the Tzar´s government weakened by the First World War? The tzar government was affected by the First World War. There are two possible answers to this statement. -Tzar government was significantly weakened by FWW- Before 1914‚ Russian society was very unhappy with the Tzar government. Surprisingly‚ Russia participation in the war woke up Russian people patriotism and people disagreement on Tzar´s government remained in the background‚ almost forgotten. This was the first time in many
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The Impact of the First World War on British Society Author(s): Arthur Marwick Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Contemporary History‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 1 (Jan.‚ 1968)‚ pp. 51-63 Published by: Sage Publications‚ Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/259966 . Accessed: 17/03/2013 23:29 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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19 - The First World War -4 main causes of World War 1 1. Nationalism: Overinflated love of one’s country or intense pride in one’s country 2. Imperialism: Extending political‚ economic and military control over weaker territories 3. Militarism: Making sure one’s country does not fall behind in the arms race 4. Alliances -2 alliance groups -Triple entente: France‚ Great Britain‚ Russia -Triple alliance: Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy‚ Later on Ottoman Empire *How it all began
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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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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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adopted a stance of divide and rule‚ which results in power struggles between senior Nazi’s‚ in the attempt to grab Hitler’s attention. Source W says ‘once they had survived struggle by battle‚ they would serve him loyal’‚ this encompasses the belief Hitler had‚ which was that the strongest would come out on top‚ allowing them to show their full loyalty to the Fuhrer. However‚ Carr disagrees with this idea‚ seeing as this illogical idea would just result in utter chaos. Carr however‚ rightly agreed
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World War I - Results The First World War “ended” in 1918 in November‚ when the Treaty of Versailles was signed to create an armistice. Though this treaty became active on that day for Western Europe‚ this treaty did not take effect in Eastern Europe until up to mid-1920s. Political‚ cultural‚ and social order was changed immensely in Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ even countries not directly in the war. As a result of the damages from the war‚ many new countries were formed. Also‚ millions of people
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prohibiting illegal evidence in court‚ this can be a deciding factor in most cases. An example of this is‚ they can’t fake‚ or plant evidence.They have to have solid concrete evidence.This rule is part of the fourth amendment‚ which a lot of people take seriously‚ these are rights given to all Americans. I agree with this because‚ everything needs to be done in a proper manner. If the evidence leaves the chain of custody or is collected in an unlawful manner this can be a deciding factor in the case
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When the colonists first came to the Americas they had very little impact on Britain‚ they expanded the empire‚ created new trading routes and opportunities between countries‚ and they were paying taxes to the British. Because of these reasons‚ the colonies were not a problem in the eyes of the British so they felt no need to pay much attention to them. Leaving the colonists in charge of themselves‚ and not effectively enforcing many British laws. Thousands of miles of ocean between the two countries
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