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    did civil war break out in 1642? Why did civil war break out? Well for about 17 years parliament and king Charles 1 hadn’t been getting on well and it didn’t help that parliament hadn’t really got on with Charles’ dad James 1 or Charles’ close advisors. They mainly got on each other’s nerves about money‚ religion and power‚ as well as the short term causes and all the extra things! Soon it got too much and Charles declared war on the 22nd August 1642. Charles sort of started the civil war

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    The American civil war’s weaponry changed the way wars would be fought and is often referred to as the first “modern” war. The weapons used in the civil war include Long Range Rifles‚ the Minie Bullet‚ Repeaters‚ The Gatling Gun‚ Ironclad Warships‚ naval mines‚ and torpedoes. Long range weapons greatly boosted defense and increased the accuracy and range during wartime. These new rifles used Minie Bullets. These bullets allowed for more accuracy and a quicker reload of the gun‚ even without ramrods

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    learned nothing from the Civil War. One would think that after hiding away‚ awaiting the day that England would decide to restore its monarchy‚ they would have realized the faults in their fathers beliefs that had caused the disastrous civil war. Once they had reclaimed the throne from 11 years of Commonwealth‚ they followed the ways of their father‚ CharlesⅠ‚ into the belief of the Divine Right of Kings. This made Parliament wonder‚ did the Stuarts learn any thing from the Civil War?CharlesⅡ was the first

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    Revolutions Throughout history there were many revolutions in the world. Some had huge impacts on what the world is today‚ while others were just dust in the wind. Some of the major impacts in this world was the American‚ French and Mexican revolutions. All of these revolutions were based on trying to earning freedom from tyrants. The American Revolution was based on getting freedom from the British. The American Revolution took place in North America when Great Britain sent a fleet of ship to

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    1. American revolution caused by refusal to pay taxes impose by British. French revolution caused by food shortage and high taxation on the 3rd estate. Both revolutions‚ the revolutionaries wanted protection of private property and no taxes 2. New liberal movements emerged and nationalism was introduced during radical phase of french revolution. 3. Need for raw materials. Population explosion. Introduction of new technologies. 4. Caused peasant uprisings to decline. Women gained small rights

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    Revolutionary. It means involving or causing a complete or dramatic change. The Revolutionary war was revolutionary because the greatest army in the world (Great Britain) at the time was defeated by only thirteen colonies and it was the first time any country had enforced democracy. First of all‚ only thirteen colonies beat the world’s greatest army. When the other countries heard about this they were surprised. Second of all‚ was that the States enforced democracy. Democracy was only written by

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    states that seceded from the United States became the Confederate States of America and the United States became the Union. Lincoln entered into war to get back the slave states that seceded from the Union. This war ultimately lasted four years with the Confederate States of America losing the war‚ and the United States gaining back those states. The civil war ultimately helped end slavery‚ but there were still racial barriers. This would eventually cause the assassination of Lincoln due to the person

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    © UCLES 2012 [Turn over 2 Option A: 19th Century topic WAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY SLAVERY? 1 Study Source A and B. How far do these two sources disagree? Explain your answer using details of the sources. Level 5 Compares overall points of view of sources about the causes of the Civil War Level 4 Agreement and disagreement of detail or sub-messages

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    Americans‚ as a people‚ are very unique and as such have very unique traits and mannerisms that make all Americans who they are. Personal freedoms‚ being accepting of other cultures‚ and being able to choose one’s own path in life distinguish Americans from the rest of the world. To be an American is to have freedom to do or to believe whatever you want. America itself was founded on the principle of religious freedom‚ and that still stands today. The "melting pot" of cultures and beliefs from all

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    Was the American civil war inevitable? The civil war was inevitable‚ only however‚ after one key event; the cotton gin made the civil war inevitable. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was the key element which enabled the south to have sufficient vested interest in their traditional lifestyle in order to feel the need to defend it at all costs even from their Northern countrymen. The core argument of this essay centres around the evidence which clearly defines their being in existence two

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