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    What were the events that brought World War I? World War I is considered as one of the biggest war in the world. World War I started at July 28 1914‚ and ended at November 11 1918. During these 4 years of war‚ more than 9 million soldiers and 7 million citizens were killed. The war was caused by several different conflicts beforehand‚ such as colonial rivalry‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliances. But‚ the immediate event that triggered World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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    The New Global World 1450-1620 * Clovis Culture: Stone tool for technology * Were not in harmony with nature The Invasion and settlement of North America England * First capitalist nation * Nation has left behind legacies * Peculiar history 1065: Under Anglo- Saxon * Conquered by French King William who crosses channel and slays anglo-saxon king called Norman Conquest‚ which takes place Battle of Hastings * Signing of the Magna Carta in 13th century * House

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    resources from Africa‚ the Europeans built large amounts of infrastructure and export systems (Hrituleac‚ 2011). The colonial governments constructed railways and roads to expedite the process of transporting resources (Settles‚ 1996). This benefitted Africans some‚ but the main motivation by Europeans was to foster their own development and get richer faster (Hrituleac‚ 2011). The railways they constructed were to connect the interior markets with the coastal markets and there were not many railroads within

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    Colonization of the New World The discovery and colonization of the “New World” was one of the most significant and influential events in the known history of mankind. It has shaped our present by changing the course of our past and is a time of such great significance that it would be all but impossible to understand today without at least some comprehension of the why ’s of yesterday. What was it that drove such a myriad of people to risk so much to tame the wild and vast lands we now know

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    Rasfa One thing I will create in my country is a distilling station where I can clean the natural source of water that I have and make it into clean water in which people can drink. The distilling station will be full of workers from my country and will be hard working country men to make sure that the water won’t be contaminated. The way the water will be distributed is that through pipes from the distilation site to water towers or transferred to trucks witch then will go to facturies to produce

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    Reformation was not only a pivotal time in European history‚ but in world history as well. It was time of immense religiouspolitical‚ and social change. The most well known religious reformer of the time was Martin Luther‚ who famously nailed his list of 95 grievances to the church door in Wittenberg. Changes during the Reformation were not just the work of one man. John Calvin‚ and John Knox both also played focal roles during this time of great change. Religious pioneers‚ such as these men‚ would forever

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    1. BIRTH OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY It rises in the second half of the XIX Century‚ in some European countries‚ and a little later in the United States and other countries. For some‚ Social Psychology appeared in 1859‚ along with the revised edition of "Great Soviet Encyclopedia" by Steintahl and Lazarus. This magazine puts Social Psychology as a branch of psychology bourgeois. For others‚ the social psychology emerged in recent years in the 9th century‚ with

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    Causes of World War One World War One was a global war in Europe fought from 1914 to 1918. It was a war between Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the United States and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy and Serbia. Not only was it certain people or places that caused the war but also some events and situations. This included the allying of nations‚ the act of imperialism‚ the growth of militarism‚ and the Balkan crisis. One of the underlying causes of world war one was the allying of nations

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    Gerard Goggin & Larissa Hjorth. University of Sydney‚ 2007. 125-134. Print. "WVIF Texting While Driving." West Virginia Insurance Federation. West Virginia Insurance Federation. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. . The Psychology‚ Consequences‚ and the Prospect behind Texting and Driving Imagine a student sitting down in a school gym‚ attending an assembly on texting and driving. In the moment the student would come to the realization that responding to that one text from their best friend while driving could

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    to know exactly how European Americans fought for political liberation ? There are many ways European Americans fought for political liberation‚ but I’m only going to discuss three. Political Liberation is basically the act of gaining equal rights or full social of economic opportunities for a particular group. Even though most people did not have equal rights and did not choose to do something about it‚ European Americans actually fought for their liberty. Establishing a new and different type

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