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    Imperialism The British Empire is a strong nation‚ even now hundreds of years after it rose to power. However‚ that power came with a cost. A cost not readily visible to the British nation. The Empire was focused on growth and dominating the spheres of influence all across europe but they neglected the status of the indigenous people. While the British thought they were doing the neighboring nations a favor all they ended up accomplishing was ruing native cultures‚ devastating the land in search

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    contradicting his belief in divine right and showing he wasn’t ready to be tsar. Nicholas’ military training instead of training to rule may explain his lack of readiness to become tsar. This statement backs up Nicholas’ incompetence as even he knew he wasn’t fit to rule. In the same source‚ he says ‘I never wanted to become one’ (become Tsar). Nicholas preferred to spend time with his family rather than ruling the country‚ shown when he says he didn’t want to be Tsar. Source 13 shows the Tsar wouldn’t

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    colonization increased so did the amount of labor. In order to support the high demand for labor‚ more slaves were bought and used to complete the task at hand. Slaves began to be seen almost everywhere completing a wide array of tasks throughout Rome all the way from work in the field to being domestic and doing work in the house(15:2). Rome was beginning to become a slave economy in the sense that everyone who had the ability to own slaves did and the workforce was becoming to become dependent on them

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    realized that being an independent country would not be beneficial to them‚ the major one within this timeline‚ the colonies in Canada. The colonies in what would become Canada would be pressured by issues from places within itself and foreign places for multiple reasons. First of all‚ the parties for politics were equal in size and power making them be able to block every move of the opposing parties‚ making movement within the political world impossible. Secondly‚ America started to leap in terms

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    demanding one thing a constitution. While this movement was in full swing Bismarck took advantage of all the members of congress. With their support it would make it possible that he could be noticed by the royal family. Allowing Bismarck to rise in power because they thought they needed a man like Bismarck.

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    6.) Explain why the tension increased between the great powers in the years 1905 – 1912 (12 Marks) Tension increased between the great powers because of many crises that occurred during these years. The first crisis was the first Moroccan crisis in 1906 when France hoped to conquer morocco and as one of the points of the entente cordiale Britain would help them. But in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm visited morocco and promised to protect morocco and their people. The French were furious by this promise

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    in 1975‚ reuniting the country under their rule. I believe that the U.S. would have been more successful if they had not underestimated what a country in a post-war state would do to get back on top. The U.S. had already seen this with Germany‚ but did not learn. They believe that with their support it would be enough to keep communism from spreading‚ which is a gross miscalculation. Limited U.S. aid‚ focused on rebuilding Europe rather than China‚ further hampered the Nationalists. The inevitable

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    Constantine Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ who would become Roman emperor Constantine I‚ was born on the date of February 27‚ circa 280 (sources range from 272 to 284)‚ in Naissus‚ Moesia (now Niš‚ Serbia).His father‚ Flavius Valerius Constantius‚ was an officer in Rome’s army. Constantine’s mother‚ Helena‚ was from humble beginnings; it is unknown whether she was the wife or concubine(or a mistress) of Constantius. In 289‚ Constantine’s father left Helena to marry the stepdaughter of Maximian

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    Imperial Tobacco V B.C Sources: http://scc.lexum.org/decisia-scc-csc/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/7957/index.do http://cases.slaw.ca/post/9016675116/british-columbia-v-imperial-tobacco-canada-ltd-et-al Facts: -The British Columbia Government sued the Imperial Tobacco company. -The reason they sued was because the British Columbia government wanted the Imperial Tobacco company to pay for all the medical treatment for individuals that become ill because of smoking. -The B.C government also

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    Why did a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia become a European war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the

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