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    On September 10 1939‚ Canada declared war on Germany. This was Canada’s first independent declaration of war. Over 1 million citizens served in the military and by the end of the war Canada had the fourth-largest air force and third-largest navy fleet in the world. Around 41% of Canadian males 18–45 served in the military. WW2 would not have been won if it weren’t for the huge contributions Canada made to help the allies. Canada made one of the largest commitments to the effort‚ and was very important

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    Federalists‚ as founded by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton who persist in faith like there should be a strong central government and loose view of constitution. It means they regard anything not forbidden in the constitution is allowed for federalist government. Dealing with foreign countries‚ they prefer trading and communicating with Britain since they have one of the world’ most powerful navy which is convenient for import and export. They also raised up the idea of forming a national bank which

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    During World War II‚ Adolf Hitler has the desire to invade territories in Europe. One of the country that fought with Germany during the invasion was Norway. The war took place during the 1940. The Nazi operate the Weserübung plan‚ which plan to attack Norway and Denmark. The desire was triggered by the natural resources that Norway has‚ especially iron ore. Moreover‚ Norway’s geography make sailing in the North Atlantic uncomplicated. To achieve their goal‚ the Nazi attack the Norwegian army by

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    Around the 1870’s Europeans came and started to takeover Africa. Before they even came‚ Africa had a very stable economy. After the settlement of the Europeans‚ they started taking all the wealth for themselves‚ which had demolished the economy of Africa. After the imperialism of Africa was seized‚ Africa became independent. With the Europeans weakening the economy they were already off on the wrong foot. At one point all the world was in poverty‚ but during that time Africa had the worse case

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    The fall of Rome is a very diverse topic. It can be done in many different ways and theories thought of in diverse ways. Some of the theories involve lead poisoning causing the people to go insane and make bad decisions and in turn cause it to fall. Others say the inflation a term used when your money buys less; caused the fall due to over taxation of the public. Also the religious movement of christianity is believed to be thought of as a weakening agent for the republic. Angry citizens also turn

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    The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was unjustified because Queen Lili’uokalani surrendered to United States and the Committee of Safety which was created by the Annexation Club have apply for the annexation by the U.S. The overthrow was supported by the U.S. Ministry Stevens and the Americans which was meant to be a plan to annex the Hawaii. The U.S. wanted the wanted their territory because of their economical and political impacts they had.The expectation the Americans were holding was not negative

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    I think that Carter chose to rewrite "Bluebeard" to further elaborate on all of the characters in the story. Rewriting this story allowed Carter to go in-depth and provide more of a backstory for Marquis as well as the girl and her mother. In rewriting “Bluebeard” Carter was able to make the girl’s mother the heroine‚ unlike the original story. Perrault chose to make the girl’s brothers the ones that rescued her‚ thus making them the heroes of the original story. I think that Carter is trying to

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    Lincoln put into a proposal in December 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction; known today as the ten percent plan; the plan would pardon all southerners excluding confederate officials and elevated southern military executives. The plan would require southerners to take an oath of loyalty to pledge to the union and support emancipation for the slaves; requiring a ten percent of the state’s voters to take the oath. If the ten percent quota was reached then the state could establish a new

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    The date is June sixth‚ 1944. The Allies push onto the beaches of Normandy France. Along the sixty mile coastal stretch‚ it was divided into five sections‚ and named Sword‚ Juno‚ Gold‚ Omaha and Utah. Ground units arrived in Personnel Landing Craft Vehicle‚ which was launched from the U.S. Coast Guard. As the men hit shore‚ they were greeted with heavy machine gun fire. The length of the beach made it very difficult for anyone to an area with cover‚ making the men easy targets as they came from the

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    • The United States invades Europe o As the allied attacks upon Italy were occurring and weakening the Axis powers‚ generals began to prep for the most important battle of them all‚ the invasion of Europe. o This would become known as D-Day‚ in which the successful General Eisenhower was placed in charge of planning for.  This would start by Allied troops invading the city of Normandy in France‚ but tricked the Germans into thinking they would attack the port of Calais‚ to catch them off-guard

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