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    causes of the english civil war There is not one reason why the civil war started it did not start overnight but developed over a long period of time. There were many reasons why king Charles I started the civil war in 1642. The first being lack of money. Lack of money was a major factor as Charles I had very little money to his name and repeatedly had to ask parliament for money to help with his campaigns. Parliament was reluctant to give Charles all the funds that he needed‚ as they knew Charles

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    The first World War‚ The Great War‚ or what many like to call it‚ was an avoidable war that cost millions of military and civilian lives. The blood of both sides‚ mixed in the dirt and mud that soaked the uniforms of the sick troops‚ taking cover in trenches‚ praying to God that they aren’t the ones to be bombed by the next mortar incoming; this barely scratches the surface when describing “The Great War”. World war 1 had many opportunities to end‚ however even if it didn’t‚ it a least gave everyone

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    fighting was slavery. The north side was against slavery while the south was for it. This event was called the civil war and it’s crazy to think that the north side v.s the south side of the same country would be fighting against each other! Texas as well fought in this long battle and was part of the south. But‚ why did Texas fight in the civil war? One of the reasons why Texas fought in the civil war was to protect their state’s rights. At the Texas Secession Convention in Austin‚ Texas it was stated

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    Why Did The Civil War Happen? Bang! Why did the Civil War start? The main reason of the Civil War was John Brown‚Bleeding Kansas and Abraham Lincoln they all have a lot to do with the Civil War and how it started. It was about freeing slaves and making all states free states for slaves. It was a Civil War because the South was fighting The North because they wanted too free states and other people wanted to keep slaves because they didn’t have to pay them. John Brown was a crazy man basically he

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    World War 1 – Was this an "unnecessary war"?  There are conflicting views on this topic as the subject is a complex one. However‚ it is true that it was a war that could have been avoided. It can be argued that WW1 was inevitable in the circumstances‚ but if we look at the very root cause of the war was limited and could have been controlled. It was a series of events that triggered a massive‚ global war. The organ of the conflict was disagreement between Austria-Hungary and Serbia’s on how to handle

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    Texans fought‚ but why? In 1820‚ trouble was avoided when Congress passed the Missouri Compromise. Missouri was admitted as a slave slave state and Maine was admitted a free state. Later on in 1854 Congress voted to repeal the Missouri Compromise and passed the Kansas Nebraska Act. Why did Texans fight? Texans fought in the Civil War because they wanted to preserve slavery‚ have states’ rights‚ and the passion for Texas. Texans fought in the Civil War to maintain their hold of slavery. “Texas wanted

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    Have you ever wondered why the Union won in the Civil War? Well I am going to give you some reasons why. The Union had better supplies and transportation than the Confederacy. The Union also had a larger navy‚ army‚ and a more experienced government. The North also had a lot bigger population than the South and the land was different. So Union had the bigger advantage in the army in the Civil War. So let’s start with a little background info about the Civil War. The war lasted from 1861-1865.

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    The Civil War was fought between The North and The South. The war was fought on many different battlefields and there were about 620‚000 casualties the most in any war .The Civil War between The North and The South lasted four years. After all the deaths and the long battles The North came out victorious. The Civil War broke out because of slavery‚ the attack on Fort Sumter‚ and the election of Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War began because the northern and southern states were

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    “Williams Garrison was born on December 10‚ 1805. He was born in Newburyport‚ Massachusetts” (Ehrlich Eugene and Gorton Carruth‚ 2010) He was raised in poverty‚ after his father deserted his three children. “He was later apprenticed to a shoemaker‚ a cabinetmaker‚ and finally to the printer and editor of the Newburyport Herald. He worked as a printer in Boston and in 1827 helped edit a temperance paper‚ the National Philanthropist. Some people believed slavery should be abolished gradually‚ some

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    There were three main reason why‚ I believe‚ the Red Army conquered in the Russian Civil War in 1918. These reasons are the geographical location of the Red Army‚ Military strength and‚ my main point‚ the disunity of the opponents. In terms of geographical location‚ the Reds had dominated the main area of Russia which was the area between Petrograd‚ Moscow and Tsaritsyn which had a population of approximately 60 million. Moscow and Tsaritsyn were important in terms of industry as they contained

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