seen several of the main theaters of war.The British empire after the War The Middle East The Post war is The Middle East‚ Russia and Turkey are now removed from the equation. At this time a new British empire was taking.BRITISH EMPIRE IN WORLD WAR I 1918 British Empire is the largest but England lost the mantle of the powerful nation. there is an ant-Colonial fever and Freedom.The call of the Empire‚ the call of the war When Britain declared war on Germany the Dominions (self-governing territories
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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Word Count: 516 Analysis of “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” William Wordsworth’s‚ “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”‚ focuses mainly on the beautiful things that nature has to offer. Nature is very important to Wordsworth and it is clear in his writing. Originally the poem was two stanzas and the final version (published in 1815) had four. The feeling of the poem is positive and this attitude remains generally the same throughout the poem. “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” presents
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World War I began because of many events that got countries heated and upset. Some events that caused World War I to happen were nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ and the Alliance System. Nationalism was a occurring problem in the 1870s‚ Nationalism encouraged unity but it also created mistrust and a rivalry between nations. The next because of the war was imperialism. Rivalries expanded among powerful nations such as Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ and Russia between the years of 1870-1914
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There were different punishments that the Germans had to suffer from. The punishments include taking away territories and colonies of Germany‚ dropping the size of the German army and forcing Germany to pay compensation. I believe to make Germany take the responsibility for World War I was the worst punishment. (German delegation‚ 1919). Another motive of the treaty was to completely destroy their economy and also to ruin their government power. At this time every country was against
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World War I was a devastating war on everyone. It did help the American economy crawl out of the great depression‚ but our initial plan was to stay neutral. But with Germany constantly trying to pick a fight‚ we could see war coming sooner or later. Throughout 1915‚ several U.S. ships traveling to Great Britain were sunk by German mines. Not to mention that Germany pledged to the safety of passengers before sinking unarmed vessels‚ but in November sunk an Italian liner without warning‚ killing 27
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In Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s "The Portable Phonograph‚" the author makes setting play a major role in understanding the action of the characters within the story. Clark‚ a writer and an English Professor‚ lived from 1909 to 1971. During that time‚ he lived through both World Wars at a relatively young age‚ which may have influenced this story. Clark has excellent use of setting to make the atmosphere needed and set the proper mood‚ so this story is credible. To accomplish this‚ Clark orients the
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King’s “I Have a Dream” speech (August 28‚ 1963) to Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” (November 19‚ 1863). Even though they are two completely different speeches the meaning of them both has powerful similarities. During the time that Abraham Lincoln gave the "Gettysburg
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confused. In Roosevelt’s speech he says “an equally basic essential to peace is a decent standard of living for all individual men and women and children in all nations” (Roosevelt). Absolute freedom would be completely savage as stated in “Learned Hand’s I Am an American Day Address”. Freedom is ruthless and it is not one anyone would actually want. You might want to argue that freedom is what everyone wants. But‚ in our society if we had no rules or standards to live by we would be completely lost and
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Written Commentary 1 | Macbeth Analysis of Macbeth’s Soliloquy in Act I Scene VII All throughout his play‚ ‘Macbeth’‚ Shakespeare excogitates the inevitable obliteration emanating from unrestrained ambition. He exposes in Act I Scene VII‚ the inner turmoil which plagues Macbeth succeeding the witches’ prophecy of his future as King of Scotland. A glimpse into Macbeth’s soul in this soliloquy enables the audience to analyze Macbeth’s character and state of mind at that
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