Discussion of its Causes and Effects An essay by Cameron Reynolds-Beer Prior the French revolution was a series of events that damaged the legitimacy of the monarch’s rule. These included many situations‚ some of which were avoidable‚ some of which were not. The French class system of three “Estates”: The First Estate - The Nobles and Lords; The Second Estate - The Church and Priests; and the Third Estate - the peasants‚ workers‚ and farmers. There are many arguments for different causes being the primary
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What caused World War One? By Donya Bagherzadeh World War I was the result of leaders aggression towards other countries‚ which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race‚ which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. For Twenty years‚ the nations of Europe had been making alliances. It was thought the alliances would promote peace. Each country would
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up into company stocks. When the stock market began to fall‚ this caused a mass selling of many stocks. A domino like effect spread throughout the market. Now wealthy Americans had lost their nest eggs‚ companies began to shutter‚ and liquidity began to dry up. This led into another cause for the Great Depression. As companies began to lose their stock values‚ they were forced to close after their liquidity dried up. This caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs. Such a large loss of employments
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After the War of 1812‚ the nation was becoming one‚ happy to work‚ live‚ and try to accomplish what they had set out to do‚ be free from England and tyrannical rule. The country was prospering from new found technology‚ although mainly agricultural‚ new textiles and merchants were finding ways to make money. The country was expanding and in some cities population was booming. Over the next decade more and more Americans would move west; however‚ the country would heed problems with money‚ politics
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crash as the single cause of the Great Depression. A healthy economy can recover from such a contraction. Long-term underlying causes
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What caused the civil war in 1642? A civil war is when a war breaks out in the same country. The reason why the civil war broke out in England in 1642 was because the king and parliament could not agree on anything. In the political side of things the war broke out because of short and long term things. In the short term that parliament wanted to control England’s army but the king said he should because England’s monarch usually controlled the army. The other short term reason was‚ in 1642
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Civil War had one cause: slavery‚ or if the ones being taught live in the south: state’s rights. However‚ despite what many believe‚ the Civil War that took place from 1861 to 1865‚ truly happened in a time span of many more years‚ and had a multitude of causes. While most ideas happen incessantly‚ only a certain few influence people to instigate a war so cataclysmic as the Civil War. Some ideas that might have affected the beginning of the Civil War are stated in Ayer’s What Caused the Civil War?‚
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History What caused The Fall Of The Roman Empire? By : Ileri Akinosun To a small extent the Barbarian invasion played a factor in the collapse of Rome but the main reasons why Rome collapsed was because of the political factors‚ economic causes and Christianity. There was lack of organization in the Roman government. The Roman government was made for small city-states and not for a huge empire of that of Rome‚ which made it very difficult and hard to control and rule over. The Emperors did not
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member of a family to hold a federal civil service job. The book identified many problems that caused the global depression‚ I think the principal cause was debt. The Roaring Twenties created an attitude which led to the mindset of
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resulted from it and changed the course of Irish history. Three of these factors are reduced population‚ decline of the Gaelic language‚ and increased harshness of the Irish landlords. The Great Potato Famine was caused by a type of fungus called potato blight‚ which caused the potatoes to become mushy and inedible (Trueman). The 1846 potato crop was a failure due to this fungus and continued to destroy the 1847 crop as well (Trueman). As a result of the famine‚ the Irish population decreased
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