What were the most compelling reasons why the British decided to establish a colony on the east coast of New Holland in 1788? It Was All About Location In 1788‚ the British colonized the continent of New Holland‚ which is present day Australia. The colony was first started as a penal colony on the east coast‚ but soon expanded throughout the country. There are many reasons why this colony was first created and why Botany Bay specifically was chosen‚ but many of these reasons came about due
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Why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin The first reason why Stalin and not Trotsky was able to succeed Lenin was because Stalin had an important position of General Secretary. He used his position as secretary to put his supporters on the Central Committee of the party and dismissed Trotsky’s. This helped him establish control over the party and this lead to him building a powerbase in which he was in control. Having mostly his supporters in the party helped as there were few members
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ETIB L5 Comparison between the American and the British Judicial Power A project presented to Misses Alexa Hocheime on the 27th of Novembre 2012 Outline Interview with Her Majesty the Queen… I- Introduction II- Body 1- Informative part Description: General overview on the American and British judicial powers 1-1 British judicial power 1-2 American judicial power 2- Analytic part
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A Column of British Soldiers marched out on the morning of April 19‚ 1775 toward the town of Lexington‚ Massachusetts. A small band of seventy-seven colonial militiamen stood their way. The shot heard around the world occurred in this time period as the outnumbered Americans retreated‚ thus starting the American War of Independence. Six years later‚ on October 19‚ 1781‚ Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown‚ Virginia to the joint forces of General George Washington and French General
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Content American English…………………………………………………2 Lexical difference…………………………………………………4 Grammatical difference…………………………………………..6 Bibliography……………………………………………….8 Grammatical difference between British and American English. American English. In the early part of the seventeenth century English settlers began to bring their language to America‚ and another series of changes began to take place. The settlers borrowed words from Indian languages for
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The American Identity Audrey Montoya History 111 College of the Canyons Professor Gregory Shrout March 5‚ 2014 The American Identity The British influenced the unique American identity by American colonies wanting freedom for everyone and anyone. American colonies didn ’t want to acquire the English ways of kings‚ courts and bishops etc. Everyone being ranked from rich to poor meant people would not be treated equal and there wouldn ’t be true freedom for all. The American colonies
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African Americans played in the Civil War. In 1792 a law was made to exclude African from serving in the war. On July 17‚ 1862 congress passed the confiscation act allowing all slaves of rebel masters free as soon as they came into union lines . Congress also repealed the 1792 law. Because this law was no longer in action hundreds even thousands of African Americans joined the war. Shaw‚ Montgomery‚ and Higgins were men that led many great raids with the African Americans regiments
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Why was Hitler able to Dominate Germany by 1934? World War one had left Germany in an unstable state. Large amounts of the state budget had been spent on war pensions‚ one of the factors contributing to Germany being virtually bankrupt. The war had deepened divisions in the German society‚ many workers were bitter because of restrictions placed on their wages. Germany could not start to recover and gain power again because it had reparations to pay due to the treaty of Versailles. The Weimar republic
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historical importance as Athens. In an age of conflict between the giant Persian empire and Greeks‚ the commercial giant of Athens was the focus of the struggle in the lengthy‚ violent Persian War. In these times‚ effective and ambitious political figures were the key to the defense and success of a state. Themistocles‚ a young‚ bright individual of Athens devoted his life to the success of the state and proved himself to be a worthy leader by developing a fortified naval fleet that made Athens the dominant
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pacific‚ and partly because of their alien philosophies and attitudes which are deeply embedded in the psyche of the Japanese soldier and which were consequently demonstrated through out their involvement in World War II. This essay aims to explore the foundations of the Japanese army that the allied forces faced and identify examples of‚ and potential reasons why‚ the Japanese Army was so brutal during the Second World War. The Imperial Japanese Army‚ or IJA as it is sometimes referred to‚ was created
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