established their own colonies‚ which were able to give their nations profits. In order to have the imperial power of Spain and England benefit from their colonial establishments‚ the dependent nations would use their surrounding natural resources which would be then used in trading‚ selling‚ and building ships‚ etc. Although both the British and the Spanish colonies existed for the profit and the power of the core nation‚ the two nations featured different systems of colonial administration.
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quite some time now. They have become one of the top world powers‚ alongside Russia‚ China‚ India‚ the UK‚ and many others. The United States became a world power in the 19th and 20th centuries due to the fact that they seized a great amount of land‚ grew their navy‚ constructed more bases‚ and created many policies with other nations out of wars. The inspiration for the United States to become a world power started with imperialism. Imperialism is the gathering of power for your country by military
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There were many stages of escalation from countries accross the globe‚ leading up to US military involvement in Vietnam. The events began with the French‚ who had returned to Vietnam to claim it for their empire after World War 2. It wasn’t expected that this would take as long as it did. Incredibly the French were defeated by Ho Chi Mihn’s Vietcong army at Dien Bien Phu. The Vietcong sought to promote communism in Vietnam. Communism was feared in America‚ the largest capitalist country in the
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-The U.S. remained neutral during the 1920s-1930s because p until that time they had always been an isolated country. The U.S wished not to get more involved in foreign affairs as it forced its own country issue such as stock market crash and more. However ‚ by the time of the Lead-Lease Act‚ the U.S was providing defensive aid for the allied forces as their governments were mre democratic. -Roosevelt spent many of his fireside Chats convincing the U.S to depart from its policy of isolationism
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history‚ has always been a symbol of the country and has had powers for their title. However‚ there are only limited things the President can do‚ while they are in power. For the most part the President has to go through the congress‚ which might not accept the president’s request. The president should have the power to go beyond the bounds of the Constitution when the country is dealing with war or rebellion‚ and to take action if the lives of US citizens are in danger or to keep international peace in
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Hindenburg‚ but why did he get this prestigious honour - why did Hitler become Chancellor? There are four main reasons as to why this happened‚ and they are as follows: the Weimar government ’s weaknesses; his own leadership skills and the Nazis tactics; the Great Depression; and political manoeuvring between von Schleicher and von Papen. It is to be shown‚ however‚ that it really down to the involvement of von Schleicher and von Papen that Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany‚ when he did. Firstly
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is asking himself why is life worth living? Why live when people do bad things? Why live when all we do is suffer? These pessimistic thoughts fail to shed light on the important question: Why die if there is still hope? “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”(64) This passage it perfectly describes how the once “proper” english boy known as Jack Merridew‚ had become a bloodthirsty‚ snarling savage. However‚ the question is why. Why did Jack become evil? “We’ve all got
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor? Many Historians agree the key event of Hitler´s rise to power was his appointment of Chancellor the 30th of January 1933 by the former German President von Hindenburg‚ who ruled the country since 1925 and was reelected in 1932. Although in the elections of July 1932 Hitler won 37.5% of the parliamentary seats (230)‚ making the Nazi party the largest in the Reichstag‚ whereas he should have been Chancellor‚ he did not rise to power‚ as Hindenburg did not appoint
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America is a country that is well known for its power. Some may believe that America “polices” the world. Which in my opinion I do not think that’s necessarily wrong. Whenever there is an issue around the world America is always trying to help for the most part. The US shows dominance over other countries and it’s been that way for a majority of the time. America gained this power in the 1890s after successfully finishing the reconstruction era and going through industrialization. Because of these
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in 1933; however there were also other major factors that contributed to his appointment. In summary the main reasons for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor apart from the global Economic depression are the following: the strength‚ popularity and power of the Nazi Party‚ and the ineffectual leadership of the Weimar Republic. Next there is the sly political scheming of key individuals such as Von Papen‚ Hitler‚ Hindenburg and Von Schleicher. Finally there are other small causes such as the disruption
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