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    country for starting a war. Although there is never one country entirely responsible for starting warfare there is commonly one country that is more at fault than the other. In the case of the Revolutionary War‚ I believe the British were to blame for igniting the flames of revolution due to their overtaxing of the colonists and practice of mercantilism. The war itself though was completely unnecessary and should never have taken place. One of the main reasons the war started was because of Britain’s

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    Sadly‚ America was always like this and‚ even back to when it was first starting out‚ the people were like mules. The colonists that slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Native Americans (oops!) were complaining about their ex girlfriend Britain all the time. They thought they were the victim in every scenario‚ when in reality‚ they were just being ignorant and only cared about themselves! Now‚ there has been a debate (not really) if the colonies were justified in going to several wars with Britain

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    The Russo – Japanese war did is seen as a short term factor that was responsible for the 1905 revolution‚ however there are many other short term and long term factors which also contribute to being responsible for the 1905 revolution. The way the Tsar ran the country‚ social problems‚ changing society inside and outside Russia‚ Bloody Sunday etc... The Russo – Japanese war saw Russia lose to Japan. Russia saw itself as a great and powerful country‚ compared to others‚ Russia wanted to expand

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    Were nationalistic beliefs ultimately responsible for the outbreak of the First World War? Can nationalism be held solely responsible for starting what is usually regarded as the most destructive war‚ at least in terms of human lives‚ the world had ever seen? The answer to this question is a solid no. Though nationalism played an important role in the outbreak of the war there are many other contributing factors which must be taken into account. Imperialism‚ militarism‚ the arms race and the balance

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    fault to just one country for World War One. The start of the war was in 1914‚ but there was no set date to when the nations to irritate one another. Some say that the feud started at the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Others believe that Russia had started the war by dragging in Britain‚ Germany‚ and France when mobilizing on their border. One way or another‚ the Germans were a major factor World War One and should get responsibility for

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    The actual Schlieffen Plan began forming in 1905. The general idea was to find a new general plan that would take into account the many new factors that had arisen since the Franco-Prussian of 1870 and the next year. Factors such as Germany’s diplomatic isolation‚ which left Austria-Hungary a dependable partner and created a problem of a two-front war since Russia and France were staunch allies. There were military and technological issues to deal with‚ new forms of communication‚ and the growing

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    The Civil War started April 12‚1861 with the attack on Fort Sumter. It was a war fought to preserve the Union and to free the slaves in the South. The North was more justified then the South for fighting the civil war because president Abraham Lincoln was trying to abolish slavery and bring the Union back together. The South was trying to keep slavery because without it there would be no one to pick the cotton‚ and that at the time was how the South made money. The civil war began with the attack

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    To what extent was Germany to blame for the start of World War 1? During the beginning of the 19th Century Europe was crossing a period characterized by great technological advancements and scientific optimism‚ but it was also subject to hostile relations between many of its main powers. These hostilities transformed into war on the 28th of June 1914‚when a 19 year old terrorist‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ creating the cause of war that one month later

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    Which country was responsible for the outbreak of World War I? To be able to have a better understanding of who was responsible for the first World War you first need to know causes that led to it and how it happened. WWI began in The Balkans on late July 1914 but there also are several reasons for it. Among these causes there were economic‚ territorial and political conflicts between the great European power in the 40 years leading them up to the war. Militarism also was a one of the reasons‚ this

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    Elise Larsen Ms. Gibson History 8-5 15 December 2017 The Inevitable War Was the American Revolutionary War inevitable? To illustrate this are three reasons explain why it is. For instance‚ the acts and taxes King George III passed is something that was a huge problem. The battles and conflicts are also evidence. The third reason is the fact that the King was too stubborn to make peace with the colonists. Those are the reasons the was inevitable. The Acts King George III passed in 1751-1774 did not

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