Although William the Conqueror had defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066‚ an even bigger challenge had presented itself. William was now outnumbered in a land he had very little knowledge of‚ and would face several rebellions in the first decade of his reign. William was aware of this challenge‚ building castles in towns which presented any threat as a symbol of his power. Despite these measures‚ it would take William almost a decade‚ until 1075 to gain full control of England‚ which
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How far was Britain a democracy by 1918? At the beginning of the time period‚ 1850‚ Britain was not democratic. There was not a lot of choice concerning the political parties‚ there were only two parties: The Liberals and the Conservatives. Woman did not have any right to vote and were considered second class citizens. In England and Wales only one million and five men could vote and some men could vote twice. The distribution of seats did not take into account the migration of Britain. The House
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Why did Labour win the 1945 election? There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime
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How Successful Was The New Deal? In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election by nearly 7million votes‚ one of the biggest democratic victories ever recorded in the US. He mainly won this election due to his promises of a New Deal for the American citizens. The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. But how successful was the New Deal in solving America’s economic depression? One of the main problems was that Americans had little
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Do you agree with the view that‚ in the years 1945-51‚ the achievements of the Labour government far outweighed its failures? Explain your answer‚ using Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. (40 marks) The Labour government in 1945-1951 achieved a high degree of activity and success‚ despite working within ‘the aftermath of war’ which inevitably ‘brings enormous difficulties’. The Labour government devoted their power to reconstructing a better nation‚ one that would be a ‘better place in
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The League of Nations was an organisation designed to maintain peace throughout the World. It was created during the Paris Peace Conference. The League of Nations was the idea of Woodrow Wilson‚ the president of the USA. The League’s main aims were to bring together all nations in a parliament to discuss and settle disputes‚ to protect the independence of countries and safeguard their borders‚ to improve peoples living and working conditions‚ and to make war obsolete by persuading nations to disarm
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The Ottoman Empire is one of the largest and longest lived of the great empires of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire survived for more than four centuries until it was finally dismantled at the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman Empire provides a direct link from the early modern period. At its height of power‚ the Ottoman Empire controlled a huge amount of territory‚ in the Middle East‚ North Africa and southeastern Europe including Greece‚ Hungary‚ the Balkans‚ Romania and Bulgaria. The
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World War II saw the rise of new powers. The Axis powers were a group of nations that participated in WWII. Each nation in the Axis had been considered before that point to not be very dangerous‚ but became a huge problem during the war‚ as their full power was realized. However‚ these nations failed in their goal to conquer new land and spread their ideologies. In order to determine their failure‚ we must first analyze their successes. The Axis had many successes at the beginning of World War II
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dictator of the Roman empire in 44 B.C.. Being named ‘Dictator for life’ did not come easy. Caesar had shown the Roman Empire that he was dependable enough to make the right decisions at the right time‚ especially in the military. In fact‚ Caesar is often remembered as one of the best military minds in history. He was a very successful man when it came to government. He also did a lot of great things for the Empire. Most of the Romans’ loved him being dictator. Caesar thought more of his people than
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How successful were the liberals in dealing with the problem of poverty? Poverty was a huge problem in Britain in the 1900s. Keeping the youth of Britain healthy by giving them school meals was one of the problems‚ also giving workers sick pay when they were entitled to it‚ giving the elderly a pension when they reached a certain age‚ as well as trying to find the unemployed a job‚ then trying to give those who did have a job a better days work. These were all key factors in tackling the problem
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