Lincoln for the Republican party‚ John Breckinridge from the Southern Democratic party‚ John Bell from the Constitutional Union party‚ and Stephen Douglas from the Northern Democratic party. Abraham Lincoln ended up winning the election. The South did not favor Lincoln‚ so when he was elected the southern states decided to secede. The seceding of the South sparked controversy‚ and thus came the civil war. Abraham Lincoln served as president for 5 years. He served from 1861-1865. He was most famous
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Thesis Statement: To what extent did Attila the Hun influence Europe to fortify their defences? Attila the Fear-Inducing Conqueror Evan Court Ms. Lingley History 10 DP 18/06/12 Intro This investigation is on the extent of the influence that Attila the Hun had on Europe to strengthen its defences. My main form of investigation is to argue that he did not actually influence them to fortify their defences at all
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Battle of Somme With over seven months of vigorous planning came one of the bloodiest battles in military history during World War I‚ known as the Battle of Somme. The four month Battle of Somme was the cause of over one million lives‚ endeavoring to conquer the Western Front between France and Germany. Among the amount of artillery shells intended to support the British‚ projected to be substantial in paving the way for ground troops to triumph over the enemy force. The battle‚ originally planned
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The Battle of Bannockburn ended in utter disaster for Edward II. Thousands of Englishmen lay dead along the banks of the Bannock Burn‚ including an earl and over one hundred knights. For the Scottish the battle was a resounding and decisive victory. Robert the Bruce won total militarial control and de facto political independence of Scotland. Robert the Bruce’s victory at Bannockburn ended any realistic Plantagenet claim to the Scottish throne. In the year 1314‚ Bannockburn was a small village immediately
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was inadequately trained‚ had little supplies‚ and was not paid very well. Practically the British had all of the advantages‚ but the colonies still won their independence. It all began with what the British had to accomplish militarily in order to win the war. Parliament and King George III bombarded into military confrontation with
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Places/Events • July 1‚ 1916 – Battle of the Somme o British launched offensive against Somme River o Also known as the Somme Offensive‚ took place during the First World War between 1 July and 14 November 1916 in the Somme department of France‚ on both banks of the river of the same name. The battle consisted of an offensive by the British and French armies against the German Army‚ which‚ since invading France in August 1914‚ had occupied large areas of that country. The Battle of the Somme was one of
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clarification of dominance between two supreme powers. These powers were the Romans and the Carthaginians. Rome and Carthage according to Morey (1901) became the two great powers in the Mediterranean area by 265 B.C.‚ each for different reasons. They did not want to share the power and thus the conflict was inevitable. The years that followed were a power contest until the strongest conquered all. Who was the strongest of the two powers and what determined that strength? As explained clearly in Morey
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humiliation of being defeated at their home ground with all the advantages of familiar terrain and features of the area. However‚ this did not provide enough advantage to the Americans who had already felt that they had been defeated. During the course of the war‚ the Americans then started employing these advantages as most of their attacks were militia planned and did not follow the order that was in the British army. The use of militia greatly helped to boost the American soldier’s spirit as they
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The Battle of Yorktown‚ also known for it’s many unique names‚ was a war fought to determine who or what may have a sense of control over the government within the colonies. Have been carried out by the conjoined forces of an American Continental Army‚ also being led by George Washington with the assistance from French leader Comte de Rochambeau’s troops‚ they engaged in a gruesome yet satisfactory civil war. The famous conflict took place at Yorktown‚ Virginia to where it gets it’s name sake‚ finally
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On June 17‚ 1775‚ early in the Revolutionary War the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker/Breed’s Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss some inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy. The battle provided them with an important boost of confidence. Although commonly referred to as the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ the majority of the fighting happened at Breed’s Hill. On June 16‚ 1775‚ learning the British were planning to send troops to occupy
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