The first major cause of the Musket Wars was the introduction of European Technology‚ particularly Muskets. This changed the economy of Maori society‚ as they had no form of currency so trade was their means to gain power and ‘wealth’ This created the danger of one tribe‚ in this case Nga Puhi growing increasingly powerful and influential‚ therefore their supplies of these muskets and weaponry growing exponentially in size. In 1821 Nga Puhi leader Hongi Hika acquired 300 muskets after trading them
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the Cold War The Soviet-American combat‚ known as the "Cold War" hung heavy over global affairs for more than forty long years; structuring the world with extensive military buildups‚ an unceasing nuclear arms rivalry‚ intensive surveillance‚ and relentless technological emulations. Further elaborated are the causes and repercussions of this menacing fracas drawn upon the world by the two superpowers; the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War dominated
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The Vietnam War Of all of the wars fought by the United States‚ the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial. After the defeat of French forces‚ Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam‚ and South Vietnam. North Vietnam became a Communist government under Ho Chi Minh‚ and South Vietnam eventually became a Republic under Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Diem ’s oppressive rule‚ the Viet Cong (those against Diem) grew in power‚ and the U.S. reacted to the Communist threat by sending in troops
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Civil War(s) A. The First (1642-46) and Second Civil War (1648-49) We can notice that people talk about English Civil WarS in the plural. It is due to the fact that the war was composed of several war periods separated by relative peace ones. Although these wars had globally the same causes‚ they did not involve every time the same belligerents and the purposes could change‚ so did the endings‚ one of which would be unexpected. Causes of Civil Wars: Petition of Rights (February 1628): Parliament
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The Cold War Michelle Goon SS310 Exploring the 1960’s Professor: Karen Lloyd Unit 2 Assignment Date: 2-12-2012 The Cold war started in 1945 and lasted until 1991 (Timeline of the Cold War‚ n.d.). During this time the world had many political views and agendas to deal with. There was the election between Kennedy and Nixon in 1960 and the election of Kennedy into office in 1961 (Farber‚ 1994) . There were mixed views on the types of government and the battle between countries to maintain governmental
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This book was about a boy named‚ Phillip who lived in Curraco. There was a war in Curraco and his mom who was prejudice wanted to leave right away. They left on the S.S. Hato and the Germans topedidoed them. Phillip got hit with a board and he became blind. Timothy‚ a man who was also on the Hato rescued him and took him to an island called Devils Mouth. While on the island they learn new skills to survive. Phillip found ways to get around the island by himself and they learn new things about the
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The Effects of War on Soldiers War is the most powerful threat we have on the earth today. War can accomplish a variety of things in a variety of ways and it is entirely up to the government to decide a country’s war status. It is up to people that will never have to experience what they create‚ but what happens to the soldiers they send in to battle for them. For the soldiers they are stuck with an experience unlike any other known to man‚ stuck with memories and images of what it’s like to be
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effective in its activities in the Bosnian War?” I am going to show that the U.N was not effective in the activities regarding Bosnia Herzegovina by first providing background on the cause of the war. I will then talk about the U.N’s beginning mandate and the formation of UNPROFOR and how they have attempted to aid Bosnia. That will transition into different perspectives on the U.N’s effectiveness in this world. I will end my paper with the resolution for the Bosnian war and finally conclude with a summary
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Poetry Assignment War Poetry A popular theme for poets in the last century was war. Many famous poems were written about the two world wars‚ as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars. For my report I have chosen six poems‚ three by Wilfred Owen and three by Australian poets. Anthem for Doomed Youth ’‚ The Send Off ’ and Insensibility (1) ’ were written by Owen during the first world war to express his anti-war attitude. Beach Burial ’ by Kenneth Slessor‚ Homecoming ’ by Bruce Dawe and Letter
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Assess the importance of the Crimean war (1854 – 1856) for Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. The Crimean war of 1854-1856 that broke out between Russia that was fighting on its own soil against Turkey that had the support from the allied nations Britain and France and then the support from Sardinia had showed its importance to Europe and had showed how Russian government and army were weak. This is what I will write about in my essay. Before the broke out of the Crimean‚ France
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