Why did Hong Kong Fall so Easily? Hong Kong is world widely known for being the world’s financial hub and for being the world’s richest city; most people don’t know that before being a financial city‚ it had a rich history behind it. It went through one of the greatest‚ harshest wars in history‚ the Second World War. There are many reasons why the Japanese were so successful in capturing Hong Kong; they invested most of their money into the Japanese Army. While they had latest guns and weapons
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Why did the USA become involved in the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was a military conflict that was fought in Southern Vietnam between 1959 and 1975. The Vietnam War was the source of many conflicting political and social opinions‚ especially in the years leading up to its conclusion. It also saw the change of Woodrow Wilson’s pacifist America to Johnson’s antagonist nation. Militarily speaking‚ the Vietnam War was the result of North Vietnam and the Vietcong attempting to overthrow
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Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? It was a rough beginning with constant deaths throughout the colony of Jamestown. English settlers started arriving at the James River in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia in the spring of 1607. Some hoped for new homes; most hoped to become rich‚ but for the most part‚ the adventure would come to a tragic end. By 1611‚ 400 of the original 500 colonists had died. So‚ the question to be answered is why so many colonists died. The answer is to why people
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In the course of the Vietnam War‚ there have been many different factors why the USA became increasingly involved. One reason included how they believed it would be a ‘simple’ war to fight and for that reason‚ they would have the ability to easily win plus the war would not continue on for too long. Additionally they desired to contain communism as they believed they might be capable to stop the growth of communism within Asia. In order to help retain communism‚ they believed in the ‘domino theory’
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optometrists offices across the country. Being an optometrist is an important job. If one is interested in becoming an optometrist they must look at how to become prepared‚ abilities and personalities needed to be an optometrist‚ education to become an optometrist‚ job outlook‚ environment‚ schedule‚ duties‚ and and salary. There are many ways to become prepared to be an optometrist. According to COPSystem Comprehensive Career Guide joining speech or cultural awareness clubs is a great way to get experience
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Through a Child’s Eye: The Aftermath of Politically Institutionalized Oppression Oppression and its synonymous relatives lives beneath our noses‚ lingering in the air we breathe and manifesting itself in our lungs. Oppression is a pollutant that begins its work at dawn and ceases to take a vacation. It begins as an unnamed idea‚ a trojan horse of types‚ claiming to have multifunctional benefits created by its systematic approach. Exploding with casualties‚ it wreaks treachery. The notion of dissolvement
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The last question I have to answer with evidence is “Why did the slave trade last so long and what values were found in the slave trade?” An evidence I have is from “Roots” it is‚ in Roots while they were sailing to the new land they had a flood. The flood caused the tobob to close the air vents and they couldn’t get any fresh air‚ many of the slaves ended up dieing. As a result‚ they had to take very good care of the slaves they ended up with so they can make the whole experience worth the money they
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Why did Islam Spread so Quickly? I think the reason Islam spread so quickly was because of trade. I think it was trade because it would spread by people talking to other people about the things they have heard. It also had something to do with other empires. Since empires were so big and full of people they learned about things quickly. This takes me back to trade‚ when they traded with the empires and people talked about what they heard. Then that’s where people heard about Islam. So that’s where
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Between 1765 and 1783 the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain. The colonies revolted against the British rule throughout the American Revolution for several reasons. A new initiate era wasn’t their goal‚ but to keep the colonies under the American rule was very important for them. Assessing the reasons for the revolt the colonists had against the British will prove it valid. One major primary reason to why the Thirteen Colonies revolted against the British rule was they believed
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a while. Nobody here knows when we will pick up and leave to our next camp. Auschwitz is a concentration camp that abuses all the Jews. As a Jew life is miserable and fighting for our lives only kills us faster. There is no real explanation to why we have to stay at this place. Life is depressing because most people here are the only ones left in their family. Times were very different before Auschwitz. I used to play with my siblings at our house. My parents worked and then came home and
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