1. Which of the following can be understood as a result of the Seven Years War? Treaty of Saint Petersburg Treaty of Paris Treaty of Hubertusburg The Quebec Act The Proclamation of 1763 Great Britian gained control of Louisiana. The Seven Years War was mainly the result of trading rights. British Colonials (living in present day new england) wanted more space so Britain wanted to expand their territory into the Ohio valley but that was controlled by France who didn’t want to give it up
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After the tragedies of World War II‚ European leaders have made striving efforts to prevent such a catastrophic event from occurring on their continent again. The best solution seemed to be highly mechanized cooperation among the highest European powers to assure that future conflict‚ and perhaps war‚ could not arise between them. If all the states ran themselves in a manner cooperating with their neighbors‚ conflict could be avoided. To prevent other nations from not cooperating‚ treaties and
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European Parliament History Founded in 1952 as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and renamed the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958‚ it became the European Parliament in 1962. The first direct elections took place in 1979. The current MEPs were elected during the 2009 elections and will serve until 2014. The evolution of the Parliament is closely linked to a succession of treaties culminating in the current Lisbon Treaty. These treaties define the
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state European construct DEF.->EU family of liberal-democratic countries‚ acting collectively through an institutionalized system of decision-making. > Joining members agree to EU treaties‚ legislation‚ norms‚ shared values(democracy/human rights etc.) > 28 member states‚ + 500 million people > Hybrid international organization+ state - EU institutions= > The commission‚ Parliament‚ Council‚ Courts‚ European Council(defines general political direction+priorities/own president)‚ European Central
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Unity in Diversity: European Values Unity in Diversity is the official motto of European Union. Is there a unity in diversity? Even there are many different cultures in Europe are there common European values? In order to define “European Values” first we should answer an important question. What is Europe? In basic sense it is a continent. But actually it is more than just a continent. Olli Rehn who is the vice president of the European Commission says “I am often asked where Europe’s ultimate
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By Randall Craig Aubrey Thompson History 102.101 Monday‚ June 30‚ 2014 Identify and discuss the factors responsible for European expansionism from the 15th century. What were the social‚ political and economic effects of this expansionism on Europe‚ Africa and the Americas? There were three chief factors in the 15th century European expansionism. European nations such as Spain‚ France‚ Portugal‚ Italy‚ and England sought out to expand to new lands in an effort to spread Christianity
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Group 3 2/9/14 GEOG 133 ONLINE The European Realm It is very difficult to determine the boundaries of Europe. A few characteristics that allow geographers to classify the boundaries of Europe include things such as culture‚ religion‚ and ethnicity just to name a few. Geographers can create boundaries based on cultural beliefs that are shared or similar to other groups. When comparing Eastern Europe to Asia‚ there is a very distinctive difference between the two countries that allows for the
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ADVENT OF EUROPEANS In 1453‚ the Turks captured Constantinople and closed the Mediterranian sea route. So the Europeans had to discover a new sea route to Eastern Countries. Dicoveries of 15th and the 16th centuries paved the way ior the Europeans to have trade relations with the Eastern countries‚ particularly with lndia. Portugal and Spain encouraged their navigators to undertake sea voyages. Coming of the Portuguese: The Portugltese were first among the Europeans to discover a sea route
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In Paul Kennedy’s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers‚ the reader gets to understand how Europe went from a laughing stock of the Western World‚ to a dominant global power. Prior to 1500‚ Europe played a restricted role when it came to technology and other major world events. Empires such as Ming China‚ and the Ottomans‚ were two of the dominant global cultures prior to 1500‚ and Europe was nowhere near as advanced as these two were. As these two countries started to make an inward turn‚ it gave
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not remove this notice. Citation Eagleton‚ Terry. 1996 ’The Rise of English’ In: Literary Theory : An Introduction / Terry Eagleton. 2nd ed. Oxford : Blackwell‚ 1996‚ Chapter 1‚ pp. 15-46 This file is a digitised version of printed copyright material. Due to the process used to create it‚ its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Please refer to the original published version if you have any concerns about its accuracy. 1 The Rise ofEnglish In eighteenth-century England‚ the concept ofliterature
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