Term One: Napoleon was successful against British soldiers in the Siege of Toulon. In 1793‚ a surge of anti-republicanism had begun in Toulon‚ and the royalists were being supported by the British. Napoleon was a young officer at this time. In the end‚ it was he who successfully fought off the British. “By late afternoon of December 18 the guns in the fort were turned inward to fire on the British fleet. Lord Hood immediately evacuated the inner harbour… When the latter took possession of the city
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From 1870 to 1910‚ countries around Europe had been making deals to work together as some countries were growing more powerful and looking threatening. Some countries stayed out of it‚ hoping the heat would pass‚ but in 1914‚ WW1 started and the alliance system was one of the main reasons for the outbreak. The first alliance was made in 1879‚ 35 years before the outbreak. It was between rising power Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. It was so Germany could think about attacking other countries
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harsh and I was one of the guys to get a long range rifle and so I was saved from most of the kills because I was always one trench back from my fellow soldiers. The conditions were rough in the trenches like the food was served in miniscule amount and the health conditions were terrible. Sometimes they would shoot gas grenades over and poisonous gas would come over into the trench but we all had small gas masks to wear in the case. These were the fighting conditions I faced for 4 years.
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economics‚ and public opinion. This war changed people’s lives‚ but it also changes their way of thinking and their way of writing. After World War One British literature was changed from simple stories to a more realistic and meaningful approach to life. Nineteenth century England is what most historians call the Victorian age‚ which is how British literature got started. It was during the Victorian age that people began to learn how to read and write. "In 1837 about half of the adult male population
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DBQ 16: Why Did We Enter World War I? World War I‚ also known as the First World War‚ was a global war centred in Europe. The war drew in all the world’s economic great powers‚ which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. America insisted on staying neutral and had the Atlantic Ocean to act as a barrier to not get involved with this war. But it was almost inevitable that America would eventually get involved and America did
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This is an ambulance‚ it represents the start of a major turning point in Canadian history when women were welcomed and wanted in the work force. It also symbolizes the first time women served as a part of the military forces allowing them to overcome another obstacle in order to reach their goal of equality. At first‚ women were discouraged from being involved in the military‚ but as the war progressed‚ the government realized that the demand for soldiers was greater than they had originally expected
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The Defeat of the Central Powers In World War I the Central Powers side consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and eventually Turkey. Throughout the war Germany had to come to its weak allies’ rescue during battle. Therefore Germany assumed the leadership position of the Central Powers. Germany continually brought havoc onto itself and its allies by making poor decisions throughout the First World War. The most significant decisions made by Germany that led to the defeat of the Central Powers were
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Alliances are important in any war because the members of alliance will support the country when support is needed. Alliances involve teaming up against another side to the battle‚ and this forces that side to ally with other countries to fight‚ this leading up to WWI. However nationalism in the Balkans may have also lead up to WWI‚ due to the growing pride from the different ethnic groups living in the Balkan ‚in which they revolted and weakened the Ottoman Empire. Although Militarism could have
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The United States entered the war late on April 6th 1917‚ it had to quickly ramp up its efforts to supply troops and ammunition to the front. Training camps started popping up all throughout the country to meet the demand. A draft was put in place to generate enough men to go over and fight. There was a social cry for war‚ many people hopped on the bandwagon to help out anyway they could. The United states had to quickly mobilize their forces deploying‚ a draft and creating many pop up training camps
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Militarism helped with the idea of Nationalism which in the end helped with Imperialism. With these ideas we came up the the Alliance System which were made up of the allies and the central powers. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was what started the fight between Austria-Hungary and Siberia. The alliance system then pulled nation after nation into the conflict. It wasn’t until we found out about the Zimmerman note that the U.S. got involved. They are many reasons that the U.S. stayed out
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