Why did Britain maintain most of its empire at the conclusion of the War for American Independence‚ while the end of the Peloponnesian War resulted in the destruction of the Athenian Empire? Steven Pressfield the author of The War of Art says "the principle of priority States (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important and (b) you must do what’s important first." Prioritization‚ this is what Britain did to maintain its power during the end of the American Revolutionary
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By the 1700s‚ Britain had established many colonies in North America. The colonists were considered British citizens and followed the rules of the king despite lacking direct representation in Parliament. The colonies existed for the sole benefit of Britain; therefore‚ Britain wanted strict control over the colonies and their trade. Colonists began to question this policy during the Enlightenment because of the strong influence of the philosopher John Locke and his belief in the natural rights of
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India | Strategy 19 July 2013 Economics Acceptance of high bids in auctions…. 8.6 (%) Source: RBI … would see further rise in yield curve 10.0 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 0.0 1.1 2.2 3.4 4.5 5.6 6.7 7.8 8.9 10.0 11.1 12.3 13.4 14.5 15.6 16.7 17.8 18.9 7.0 16-Jun 17-Jun 18-Jun 19-Jul Source: NSE‚ Elara Securities Research OIS reflecting a policy rate hike… 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 1-yr OIS 19-Jul 17-Jul 15-Jul 13-Jul 9-Jul
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been at war with each other and sometimes‚ these conflicts could escalate to involve the entire continent. One of the most infamous wars that involved Europe was World War I‚ and the scale of the war shocked Europe along with the rest of the world. World War I had many economic‚ social‚ and political causes‚ and many things happened because of this war. Nations fought in this war to solve many of the issues that caused it‚ but it did a poor job of actually solving those problems. World War I had many
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early 19th centuries was marked by transformative political upheavals and ideological shifts around the world. It includes historical occurrences like the French Revolution (1789–1799)‚ the American Revolution (1775–1783)‚ and the independence movements in Latin America. The Enlightenment principles of liberty‚ equality‚ and democracy propelled these revolutions‚ which ended in the overthrow of monarchies and colonial rule. As a result of the American Revolution‚ the United States of America was established
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The war between the British and the French over land was known as the French and Indian war. After many hard-fought battles‚ the British gained a lot of new land. The Treaty of Paris then gave the British the land as the French lost the land. To avoid further conflict with the Native Americans‚ the British passed the Proclamation of 1763. This said that no colonist could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. However‚ we did not like these restrictions. We did not like that the British had control
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The relations between Anglo-Americans and Native Americans had never been easy‚ starting from the original settlement of colonies on Native Americans’ territory. The European settlers believed that they had every right to take over Indian lands. They viewed them as savages and that their lives had no values. On the other side‚ Indians looked at new arrivers as intruders to their lands. Native Americans fought with occupants for the right to their freedom and their lands. Separate Indian tribes couldn’t
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What Caused the Mexican American War? The Southern desire to spread slavery caused an outbreak of war between the United States and Mexico in 1846. However‚ other major factors pushed these two countries to war. In the years after the War of 1812‚ the United States went through an industrial and technological revolution. This revolution benefited the north to a large extent and pushed the southern U.S. towards slavery and its expansion. This expansion on slavery could have been the cause of the
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Germany were a smaller percentage than from Germany to Soviet‚ German exports to the Soviet was up to 46% of total imports from Soviet in 1932. At the time‚ soviets were not that interested in foreign buyers in general. Another factor that slowed economic relations was the Soviet foreign trade monopoly of combining all transactions into a single government buyer. German nations wide feeling of humiliation and injustice from the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression in Germany in 1929–1930 led
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Plymouth colony and the Pilgrims both endured a rough beginning. After the Pilgrims fled England for religious reasons‚ they engaged in a seemingly never ending struggle to acquire a charter from the London Co.‚ the main travel institute‚ until a man named Thomas Weston helped them get started. They received two ships‚ and landed in New England‚ America in 1620‚ where they began their own colony; one where they could follow their beliefs in peace. After some hostility with the local Indian tribe‚
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