go back to the Cold War‚ when tensions between NATO and the USSR where incredibly strong and the world was threatened by a nuclear-bomb war. During this period of time‚ the United States was part of a group of western allies called the NATO‚ which was supposedly interested only in winning the war against communism. To win the war both the NATO and the USSR established military bases near both Russia and The United States. Even thought NATOS’s interest was only winning the war‚ the United States’
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to be a part of the British empire. Years later‚ after the results of the French and Indian War took place‚ the colonies realized the British wasn’t all what it seemed. After seeing the British lose the first two years of the war‚ the colonies thought that they could possibly have a chance to beat them. King George decided to start taxing the colonies to pay for the war debt from the French and Indian War. This outraged the colonists because they felt they were being taxed with representation.
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The First World War was the first ’total war’ - the whole nation had to be mobilised to fight. Men joined the army while women took over their jobs‚ but was this change lasting or a temporary effect of total war? The population at home - the basics People in Britain were affected by six main ways: 1. Recruitment - there was a huge poster campaign to get people to join up‚ and the government had to introduce conscription in 1916. Conscientious objectors could be imprisoned. Women were recruited
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World War II: A Continuation of The Great War When the Great War came to an end with the signing of an armistice in the fall of 1918‚ the European counterparts of the Allied forces sought only to punish the German Empire to the harshest degree. With their determination to substantially debilitate Germany‚ The Treaty of Versaille decimated its army to an almost humiliating number‚ decreased the size of Germany‚ and forced the empire to pay an insurmountable amount in reparations for damages from the
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In 1756 the French Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Years’ War‚ was a battle between France and Britain over the control of the Ohio Valley and Canada. The French become allies with Indian tribes and fight the war against Britain‚ but are defeated. The British Empire started taxing the 13 colonies during the war to raise money for weapons and ammunition‚ this was called the stamp act. The stamp act taxed americans on newspapers and legal document in 1756. The 13 colonies didn’t want to be taxed
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if our people would only recognise it and cease from vain self-boasting and adulation‚ how strong would be my belief in final success and happiness to our country! But what a cruel thing is war; to separate and destroy families and friends‚ and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbours‚
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United States declared war against Great Britain. Since the 1790s‚ American leaders tried to avoid getting involved in wars between France and Britain. George Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality which meant that the United States would not choose sides between France and Britain. In 1800‚ John Adams agreed to the Convention of 1800. This ended the alliance America formed with France during the American Revolution‚ which threatened to draw America into Europe’s wars. The next president‚ Thomas
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When the Civil War began in 1861 it began for many political reasons all of the reasons were affected by slavery‚ but the war was not entirely about slavery. It is a belief that President Lincoln and the north started the war because they were fighting for slavery‚ but this common belief in not completely true. They fought to protect the Union. Because of the willingness of the African Americans to fight in the war they changed the idea of slavery and new reasons for the fighting of one of the
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The Civil War was a hard and long fought war with many battles‚ deaths‚ and injuries. In 1861 the Civil War began‚ but not before a series of events that reached the boiling point of both Northerners and Southerners. Three events that inflamed tensions between the North and South included the Compromise of 1850‚ the publishment of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚” and the election of 1860. The Civil War lasted about 4 years‚ and that was because the North and South had differing opinions on slavery. The first
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Declaration of War to the congress he said that “the world must be made safe for democracy”. Now‚ nearly a hundred years later‚ we know the effects of the decision that were made at this time. Knowing what happened I say that the US involvement in World War I was not a fight for more democracy. The roots of the German dictatorship under Hitler were laid during the peace negotiations of Versailles. So the most important point of what Wilson officially wanted‚ to bring peace and democracy to the world‚ to
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