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    Can War Be Justified?

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    will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.” That man is Albert Einstein. He is a well-known physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He was one of the people who thought that war could not be justified. He thought that unless the people refuse to go to war‚ it will keep on going - never stopping. I also think that war cannot be justified. To strengthen my opinion‚ I have three strong reasons. These reasons are; many people become victims during the war‚ the government

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    arriving they found the land inhabited by thousands of Native Americans. The colonists’ lack of knowledge about the land and people led to a series of disputes to ensure the colonists’ safety. Unfortunately‚ this eventually led to genocide‚ an act of hatred directed towards the natives‚ but undeniable because overtime the colonists began to kill for sport rather then defense against the Indians’ attacks. By 1607‚ when the European colonists arrived at Jamestown‚ the Pequots numbered 14‚000‚ but in the

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    DBQ 3: Causes of the American Revolution When the colonization of the New World began‚ people were proud of their mother country‚ proud to be from Britain and loyal to their king. But‚ the reason behind their leaving was always freedom‚ freedom from taxes‚ from government‚ and from persecution. When these freedoms began to be taken away again‚ these colonists‚ soon to be known as Americanswere not going to lose them without a fight. Though the reasons behind the abrupt transition of England

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    And were they all for the better?There were many changes during 1750 to 1900‚ the majority of which were industrial and economic and not always for the better of then or the better of now. In this essay I will list two changes that I thought significant then I will list the negative short term effects‚ the negative long term effects‚ the positive short term effects and the positive long term effects. At the end of each change I will decide whether it was an overall positive or negative change.

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    THE REASON WHY THE COLONISTS WERE RIGHT: The American Revolution was the major conflict that will forever change millions of people all around the world. The American Revolution was the major conflict because the Colonists were angry‚ they had no self government which made the taxes go up and the British made their own laws that the Colonists had to follow‚ and thought they were paying the government with no representation at all because they did not have a government to control all of the bad things

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    Can War Be Justified?

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    For those who spend their lives working to prevent and end wars‚ whether and how war itself can be justified must be an urgent question. Of course‚ war’s justification is an ancient tradition. Bizarrely‚ Just War theory was formulated within the Christian church‚ whose founder chose a donkey instead of a war horse and taught his followers to overcome evil with good. Not only is the theory still mainstream among churches but‚ as Dan Smith‚ head of an important NGO working for conflict transformation

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    Britain and Total War

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    Britain and Total War Reasons for delaying total war Nature of British society Britain was a parliamentary democracy with a free press and strong union movement. There was no tradition of conscription and although government controls were quickly put in place‚ Britain did not assume organisation for total war in 1914. ‘Business as usual’ Britain’s official response to the war was ‘business as usual’. This is because many in Britain believed the war would be over very quickly. It was assumed

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    Between the Civil War and the end of World War I‚ industrialization played an ever increasing role in the economic‚ social‚ and political development of the United States. Industrialization had a huge impact on American in all of these ways‚ such as many Americans moving from the rural areas to urban areas‚ living the big city lifestyle with Industrialization on the rise. Social Darwinism also known as Survival of the fittest took an impact during this time period‚ the nation was facing great changes

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    Britain Between The Wars

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    Britain between the wars In 1929‚ the Wall Street Crash plunged the USA into economic depression. The Americans stopped imports of goods. This created a depression across the rest of the world. Unemployment in Britain‚ especially in industries like coal‚ iron‚ steel‚ shipbuilding. These industries had not modernized after the war and had been badly affected by competition from other countries. It left a terrible effect on the British economy. When the war ended‚ they found that other countries had

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    Explain your response: I consider myself an adult in some ways because I am breaking away from my family; I live on my own. As a young adult‚ I have developed post-formal thinking; according to Perry‚ I have moved from the dualistic thought to relativistic thought. For example‚ I am an adult when arguing with my mother‚ and I just let her say anything she has to say instead of being egocentric. I understand arguing will not take us anywhere. I am in this predicament with my mother‚ and I no longer

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