Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil war‚ Syrian refugees began pouring into Europe to escape the fighting. This quickly became a polarizing issue between European who reject the refugees and humanitarians who seek to help the refugees. In 1947‚ similar concerns of illegal immigration were happening in British-controlled Palestine. European Jewish refugees were illegally leaving Europe to settle in Palestine‚ despite concerns from the British government of the rise in tension with the native Arab
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“Don’t be a settler‚ get rid of cable and upgrade to Direct TV.” This phrase in the “The Settlers: Satisfaction” ad makes viewers question if they are not getting the most out of life. This ad begins in a regular urban neighborhood with one old time farm house situated in the middle. The family shown are old fashioned people who live off the land. The mother asks the father why they don’t switch to Direct TV. The father insists they are settlers and‚ since they are settlers‚ it means they can ‘settle’
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After the Revolutionary War started‚ the Continental Congress soon realized that America needed a stronger and more unified government in order to defeat Britain. Soon after‚ the delegates began to draft the first ever Constitution of America. In 1775‚ Benjamin Franklin attempted to write the first copy of the Articles of Confederation‚ but it was never formally considered by the Continental Congress. Then‚ in June of 1776‚ John Dickinson‚ a delegate from Pennsylvania began to draft the Articles
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The British Empire was the most dominate population in the 18th century. They had the strongest army‚ the most riches‚ and the highest population. They were a very advanced society that was always searching for ways to bigger the empire; by doing that they would have to make some difficult decisions. Some of them‚ which caused wars and a lot of hate towards the British‚ and some that strictly affected the British colonies‚ which caused a lot of issues. The Seven Years war had a strong effect on the
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Chapter 4 The Empire in Transition Loosening Ties -After the Glorious Revolution‚ the British Parliament established a growing supremacy over the king. -These parliamentary leaders were less inclined than the seventeenth-century monarchs had been to try to tighten imperial organization. -The administration of colonial affairs remained decentralized and inefficient; there was considerable overlapping and confusion of authority among the different departments. -Very few London officials had
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to secure an alliance with France and defeat the British. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was formed‚ which recognized the United States as an independent nation. Now the nation was governed under the Articles of Confederation. Fear of British rule led to the inclusion of certain ideas during the drafting of the Articles of Confederation‚ which provided a reasonable and workable transition from the unitary system of British rule to the
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Iran-Iraq conflict causes and consequences (1980-88) INTRODUCTION : This conflict began when Iraq invaded iran in 1980 followed by border disputes and Irq’s desire to become dominant Persian Gulf state and the Iranian revolution at that time .but they couldn’t get the control they only occupied some portion of iran and then repelled by iran .Despite calls for a ceasefire by the United Nations Security Council‚ hostilities continued until 20 August 1988. The war finally ended with Resolution 598
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"New World" was a place of great wealth‚ new materials and crops‚ new source of labor‚ and new land for the European nations. The consequences for the native people of the Americas were much worse with devastating death tolls‚ enslavement‚ new diseases and racist attitudes towards them. Though it would not be fair to say that the Europeans did not share in negative consequences or that the indigenous people did not gain any advantages. The greatest negative consequences for the Europeans due to
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Principate and the Han dynasty were two very competent empires that left lasting influences in the areas of their expansion‚ even following their demise. Despite this congruence in basic political structure and social arrangements‚ the two empires varied in concepts such as religion‚ center of power‚ and military significance. This compelling unity‚ nevertheless‚ revived for the Chinese years later‚ but unfortunately never remerged for the Romans. In order to have had an empire‚ of course‚ both civilizations
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The Great War (World War I‚ 1914-1918) is considered one of the most destructive wars aside from World War II (1933-1945) and involved over 25 countries. It was started by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo ‚ Austria-Hungary by a Serbian man named Gavrilo Princip whose was one of the seven members of Mlada Bosnia (Young Bosnia)‚a terrorist group from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia . Due to prior “arguments” with Serbia ‚ this gave Austria-Hungary the excuse to go to war. July
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