What were the effects/consequences of the Spanish Civil War? The Spanish civil war lasted 1936-1939. It had great consequences‚ seeing as the war brought huge complications to Spain in social‚ economic and political aspects. The social consequences were many. Around 100‚000 Republicans as well as about 70‚000 Nationalists were killed during the war‚ showing great losses for families and for the population. The killing also continued after the war as Franco launched a terror campaign‚ “White terror”
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Several events transpired in the years following 1768‚ including the Boston Massacre‚ the smallpox outbreak‚ the rights received by colonists‚ and the establishment of Dartmouth College. The Boston Massacre was a tragedy that struck the Massachusetts area. Smallpox was a disease that spread rapidly throughout the world killing thousands. Colonists’ rights mirrored those born in England. Dartmouth College was founded and their charter signed in 1769. In 1769 and the following years‚ America was the
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Britain in the 1860s Things were quite different in Britain during the 1800s than it is today. There was no Child Protective Services. Women could not vote‚ nor did they get proper education. In order to support the family’s income children had to work from an early age. They worked as chimneysweepers‚ sellers in the streets‚ prostitutes‚ pot makers‚ coalminers etc. and had really long hours; often from early morning until late at night (which was similar to a fully-grown man’s working hours). Today
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Breaking the Norms When each of us was conceived‚ we did not have anything influencing our perception of the world. While we were growing up and still do this day‚ our surroundings influenced the way we think and the how we behave in our daily lives. We get ideas about gender roles from our parents‚ our teachers‚ television‚ books and even subconsciously. As part of a project to break the norms of society and push past peoples thresholds‚ I needed to figure out what made people feel uncomfortable
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The First World War broke out in 1914‚ originally involving Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia. There were many reasons why the war started; some were long term causes related with the tensions between the countries of Europe‚ such as the conflicts between Britain and Germany and Russia and Austria-Hungary. However there was one short term cause which invoked all the existing tensions to break out in war‚ the assassination of the Archduke and Prince of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand
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a Virginian‚ but an American‚” declared Patrick Henry in 1775. Discuss what united the colonists and what divided them by mid-1770s. What united the colonists in the 1770’s I think began with the fact that they were all getting started here in the “New World”. They had a chance to make something of themselves and start a new life‚ breaking away from the restraints of British government. Some of the colonists united based on the fact that they wanted their liberities‚ and did not want to have to
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earned their freedom from England through the Revolutionary war‚ meanwhile 757‚208 Africans were kept bound against their will in slavery (Braudel pp. 22). Many Americans died in the war to win their national freedom from England‚ slaves in turn felt they had earned just the same respect to abolishing slavery. The American Revolutionary war and American Slavery movement were wars fought to revolutionize American freedom and were for the same purpose of equal rights. There were many causes leading
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Bombing Justified? The Atomic Bomb made a very serious statement at a time when the world was in disarray (“Manhattan”). World War II was one of the most destructive times in history causing over 50 million deaths and leaving behind mental and physical casualties of war. (“World War II”) It started in September‚ 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and continued on a destructive path through Europe. Britain and France declared war on Germany. Two years prior in 1937‚ the Sino Japanese War was in full
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Slavery has been around since the birth of civilization. From Mesopotamian times‚ up until Europeans started colonizing in America. Servitude became such a strong belief that even between the same race it was ideal‚ England would separate inferiorities based on religion. Acknowledging this the colonist used the same perspective by justifying the color of skin and cultural to be secondary in order to debar the natives and blacks from whites. It wasn’t until colonial leaders‚ perceived religious faith
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Great Britain Household Worker Trips up Britain’s Immigration Minister By: JENNY ANDERSON The British immigration minister has resigned after revealing that his house cleaner of six years was living in the country illegally. A man name Mr. Harper‚ who had been leading a restriction on illegal immigration in Britain‚ was an important part of a “go home” campaign. Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Immigration is an increasingly fractious issue in
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