Soon China started to face plethora of problems‚ and decided to fight the British. There were only two wars that took place and China didn’t succeed in either of them. The first war is called “The First Opium War” and the second is called the “Arrow War.” China failed epicly in these two wars.(The Chinese Opium Wars‚24.)(Opium War‚ 1) “The First Opium War shattered that belief. It was such a catastrophic defeat that more than a decade later U.S. Navy commodore Matthew Perry‚ in
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Star Wars is one of those film franchises that literally everyone knows about. Actually‚ I’m not sure you can even draw a comparison with any other franchise out there. I’m not sure that there’s anything that can quite compare to the lasting impact that the Star Wars film series has. The original trilogy‚ the last film being released 32 years ago‚ has since spawned endless novels‚ video games‚ TV series‚ prequels and most importantly a rabid and devoted fan base who hold those original films very
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The civil war has changed modern medicine and it had such a big impact on the war. Even though our advanced medicine and much of our advanced equipment did not come directly from the 19th century‚ much of our mistakes came from there so got better in the modern century. Of the approximately 620‚000 soldiers who died in the war‚ two-thirds of these deaths were not the result of enemy fire‚ but of disease.While trying to fight the diseases and sickness while avoiding gunfire made for a deadly combo
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government declaring war on Mexico was simply due to the desire for more land and wealth. It’s important to understand that the true intentions of the war on the American side was not those of defense against a dangerous enemy‚ nor was it to spread Manifest Destiny. It was due to greed‚ and the longing for something that someone else had. The Mexican-American war had been a huge historical event‚ and still affects us today. The conflict has
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Wednesday Wars is a coming to age historical fiction story about a seventh grader named Holling Hoodhood. Holling is the only Presbyterian student at his school‚ and he is the only student left there on Wednesday afternoons. He has a father who is never really there for him‚ and I believe that plays a big part to the story and how it all plays out. Holling starts the year believing that his teacher hates him‚ but as the year goes on they form a great teacher/student relationship. I believe this is
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“A New War Begins” gives you insight to what it was like before‚ during‚ and after the Civil War‚ and who the most powerful people in the nation were at the time. The United States is growing rapidly through varied businesses. Some of these businesses include: Ships‚ Railroads‚ and Oil. The episode features the 4 most powerful men of the time. People like Tom Scott‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and Cornelius Vanderbilt. The most featured of the 4 men of the film‚ and of the time‚ was Cornelius
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The War in the East- The war was largely fought in the eastern portion of the country. The majority of Americans lived in this region as well. People experienced the war‚ and its cost‚ first hand. The war opened with the firing on Fort Sumter and ended with the surrender at a courthouse in Appomattox‚ Virginia. This region was the most developed in the nation and saw a massive movement of men and material across the main fronts. Invasions and forays into enemy territory were common due to the proximity
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Causes of the Civil War can be traced back to tensions that formed between the North and the South. Over time issues involving states versus federal rights‚ slavery‚ economic and social differences were temporarily resolved by compromises. While most may say that slavery was the main cause to the Civil War‚ there were also many causes that led to slavery. The very start of the Civil War could have all started with the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 as it led to increasing sectionalism. Eli Whitney’s
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The topic of the American Civil War sparked interest in me for being one of the most influential historical time frames of all. I wanted to do a topic where I can constantly learn new things: both minutiae and huge details. On the other hand‚ the topic of the American Civil War was too broad of a NHD project. To condense the topic‚ I researched subcategories by watching documentaries. The documentaries mainly focused on achievements of men and their wartime efforts‚ that constant pattern had me thinking
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The Bosnian War was an international arms conflict that involved 2 main sides‚ the Republika Srpska‚ and Herzeg-Bosnia. The Republika Srpska would show very little sympathy towards the Non-Serb population of cities they would occupy. 1995 of the Bosnian War reached its most violent climax‚ Bosnian Serb Forces in occupied Srebrenica began an ethnic cleansing of the Non-Serb population‚ and massacred more than 8000 people. Many generals and other people of high class within the Republika Srpska were
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