Before World War I‚ Britain had no alliances with any countries. Meanwhile‚ Germany‚ Austria‚ and Russia formed the Three Emperors League. But in 1879 the alliances started to fail when Germany and Russia started to fight. Germany wanted protection from Russia in case of war and formed a dual alliance with Austria and then Italy joined two years later‚ making it a triple alliance. But with all these alliances going on Britain started to get worried and went to France to form an alliance and in 1892
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The four main topics to have caused world war one is nationalism‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism One of the reasons World war one started was Militarism‚ militarism used to be known as an “arms race.” Because Britain expanded their navy‚ Germany wanted to do the same These countries competed to build the biggest and strongest army. For reasons of protection and power‚ the more a nation continued to build up their navy and army‚ the more other countries felt pressured to do the same. The cost
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Notable Women in World War I: -Edith Cavell‚ a British nurse‚ humanitarian and spy who helped some 200 allied soldiers escape from German—occupied Belgium to Holland during World War I. She was court-martialled and was sentenced for treason and killed by a firing squad. -Mata Hari- Was a Dutch exotic dancer‚ whose real name is Gertrude Margarete Zelle‚ who was shot by the French as a spy on October‚ 15‚1917. Still unclear about her alleged spying activities‚ in The Hague in 1916 she was
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World War One Not long after the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand World War I started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Not long after the assassination of the Archduke world war one started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Austria gained the support of Germany and then Austria declared war on Serbia. When Serbia’s ally Russia learned of Austria’s military mobilization
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Sometimes people do things without thinking then regret their decisions later. In addition to that‚ people might not even consider all their options before making a big decision. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence does both of these things. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for these star crossed lovers deaths for many reasons. Some reasons are he tends to do things for the wrong reasons‚ he doesn’t think things through‚ and is quite forgetful. Friar knows that Romeo and Juliet are
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Older Gen VS Younger Gen Who is to blame for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet? Throughout this tragedy there have been many key people responsible for the two young lover’s deaths. It is argued that the older generation is blame for the terrible outcome of the play. Firstly the parents were to blame as they forced their child into marriage and left her feeling isolated and alone. Secondly the nurse has a fair portion of blame for their deaths as she encouraged the relationship from day one and
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Macbeth runs out of the room with bloody hands and a guilty conscious! His wife tells him to go clean up and dispose of the evidence but he cannot move‚ he’s froze in his steps! So many thoughts going there his mind‚ but why did he do it? You can clearly see that he regrets it‚ so why did he kill the king? Was it for himself or was Lady Macbeth’s pressure to much so he did or maybe was it the witches put a spell on him? I I have done my research and I strongly believe that it was his wife’s fault
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& Juliet’s Death In the play Romeo & Juliet‚ Friar Laurence is the one to blame for Romeo & Juliet’s death. Friar Laurence should have waited til they were both there to tell them about the plan. If this were to happen‚ then Romeo would have waited until Juliet to awaken instead of killing himself out of misery. And if Romeo never killed himself then Juliet wouldn’t have stabbed herself with his dagger. In act 4‚ scene 1‚ line 89-94‚ it says‚”Friar Laurence. Hold‚ then. Go home‚ be merry‚ give consent
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April 14th‚ 1912‚ is a day everyone will remember‚ it’ll go down in history as a day when disaster struck. Not too far from New York. The Titanic hit an iceberg which as a result made it sink in the North Atlantic Ocean. Nowadays we look back and remember this was an important event because so many people died when the ship sank‚ partly because of the lack of lifeboats. After the sinking no ship was allowed to set sail unless there were enough lifeboats for everyone on the ship. It took nearly 3
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And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing- eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing- eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.And his being blind bothered
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