The Hundred Years’ War Have you wondered what were the causes of The Hundred Years’ War? Well‚ the immediate cause of the war was the conflict between Edward II of England and Philip VI of France for the duchy of Gascony. But there was already tension between the two on who was the rightful leader heir to the French throne. Edward declared war and the willing personalities of both rulers contributed to the start of the war. Also‚ because the king of French tried to take the territory claimed by
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To what extent did the Paris Peace Settlement pave the way for the Second World War? The Paris Peace Settlement is a collective term for all the peace treaties signed and agreements made at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. It also led to the establishment of League of Nations.The Paris Peace Settlement‚ to a large extent‚ paved the way for the Second World War. However‚ there were other factors which brought about such a development. The Paris Peace Settlement aroused the resentment of
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understand modern history‚ it is important to comprehend the full effects of the Thirty Years War. The end of the Thirty Years War produced a number of dramatic consequences and altered Western Europe in significant religious‚ political‚ and social ways. Generally speaking‚ the post-war period produced the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the subsequent fall of the Hapsburg powers. The later divisions that occurred made Europe more like it is now with the Catholic areas in the south and the Lutherans
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The Seven Years War proved to be a crossroads in the history of British colonial rule in America. Britain was victorious‚ but after defeating her French foes (along with their Indian allies)‚ Britain was left to contemplate the ramifications of a war that would leave her relationship with her American colonies altered forever. This change would eventually lead to conflict between the colonies and Britain‚ and ultimately the Declaration of American Independence. In order to understand how the relationship
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THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR - the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was perhaps the first national war in Europe - after Norman conquest England was a rising power‚ strong monarchy‚ no involvement in conflicts‚ - English knights began rob their continental neighbours; simply because they were more powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚
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The short story “War Years” focuses on the struggles that fell on Vietnamese immigrants in the United States around the time of the Vietnam War. Specifically‚ the story is centered around a family and their difficulty in wanting to adapt to a new life. The story is narrated by a young boy named Long‚ who illustrates this point. This point is further highlighted by the differences between the generational differences between a son and his parents. A common struggle among immigrants in a household
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How did the Roman Religion affect the Roman Empire? What is the Roman Pantheon? Why was the Roman religion empire important to Roman lives’? Was it because the Roman Emperor was considered a god? The Roman Pantheon consisted of many beings. The Romans conceived the gods in visual terms. The Roman’s had many gods‚ but little fixed doctrine. In the Pantheon Jupiter was the king of all the gods‚ Juno was the queen of the gods. Their kids were Vulcan‚ Mars‚ Minerva‚ and Bacchus. Pluto and Neptune were
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To what extent did the Paris Peace Settlement pave the way for WWII? To a larger extent‚ the failure of the collective security paved the way for the Second World War (WWII). The aim of making attempts of collective security was to maintain world peace and avoid war‚ but due to lack of support from the countries‚ disagreement among powers and lack of enforcement power‚ the three attempts of collective security (i.e. The League of Nations‚ peace treaties and disarmament conferences) failed. The
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The Seven years’ war in America was the place of many changes giving‚ most importantly‚ the leading stick to the British for the claiming of colonies. The 1760s would see the implementation of many policies exercising a pressure on the colonies. Meanwhile‚ the emergence of frustrations and issues toward the management of the colonies led to the American Revolution. After the Seven years’ war‚ the colonists were mostly upset and worried about the new policies implemented by the Britain. The Britain
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Mao’s policies improved China at first‚ but eventually went through a course of damage. During the first five year plan‚ the change was successful for China’s industry and agriculture. For China’s agriculture‚ it was improved by encouraging smaller co-operatives to merge together to form a larger co-operative‚ they pooled their land together to make bigger and more efficient farms. So that heavy industry (road and railway construction‚ steel production‚ etc) in China would be modernized‚ and
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