were there three Opium Wars in China during the 19th century? The Opium Wars were a series of three wars between the Chinese and the British; primarily fought in regard to the illegal trade of opium in China during the 19th century. They manifested the conflicting natures of both nations and demonstrated China’s misconceptions of its own superiority. The Opium Wars resulted in the humiliating defeat of the Chinese to a country they considered to be "barbarians". There were many problems with
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Breaking the Norms When each of us was conceived‚ we did not have anything influencing our perception of the world. While we were growing up and still do this day‚ our surroundings influenced the way we think and the how we behave in our daily lives. We get ideas about gender roles from our parents‚ our teachers‚ television‚ books and even subconsciously. As part of a project to break the norms of society and push past peoples thresholds‚ I needed to figure out what made people feel uncomfortable
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Before the Cold War occurred‚ the United States relations with U.S.S.R was peaceful and both considered each other an ally after the end of World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ president of the United States during WWII (1933-1945)‚ was aware that it was only a matter of time the U.S. would enter the war. As a form of involvement‚ Roosevelt aided Great Britain who happened to be bankrupt and was suffering from Germany’s attacks‚ while not directly declaring in joining the war (Fogarty). Before the
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The Spanish American War of 1898 was a war that lasted only ten weeks between the United States and Spain. A declaration of war was declared to Spain by the United States because of the sinking of the United States Ship Maine‚ but other causes that fueled America with the desire of war was the United States support for Cuban independence‚ business interests within Cuba because of their sugar‚ as well as the growing instigation of the United States newspapers that is called “Yellow Journalism”. During
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The War of 1812 was a major turning point in American history in that it moved America from Jefferson’s Republicanism‚ as well as any signs of Federalism‚ and towards Jacksonian democracy. The War of 1812 has been called a Second War for American Independence because it changed America politically‚ diplomatically‚ and economically. America was changed because it became less dependent on Europe economically‚ American politics moved toward a new era‚ and America had more diplomatic respect from other
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Was the Iraqi use of military force in The First Gulf War justified? In the end of Cold War‚ a new problem for the international community emerged. In the summer 1990 Iraq launched an invasion of Kuwait. Since the establishment of the United Nations‚ the international law has played a significant role in relations between states and the survival of the fittest has no longer been a legitimate reason for aggression. Hence‚ as Iraq has been a UN member a since 1945‚ its government must have advocated
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This house believes that Britain had good economic impacts on Britain I do believe in this statement. There are many statistics‚ and viewpoint to provide enough evidence to prove this. Before the British conquered India‚ it was split into colonies. This was mainly due to the fact that there were no such transport links to travel across India‚ unless you had a car- which of course would have been extremely expensive‚ or you walked. The British started their major improvement in India- to transport
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clear. Throughout history‚ Vietnam has changed from a very nationalistic country‚ to one that has been broken down. Vietnam was separated into three nations since the French had taken over‚ each ruling these sections in slightly different ways. The U.S. used Vietnam as an entry to reach out to communism to avert it from spreading onto other nations in South Asia and eventually the United States. ( Domino theory ) Communism was contradictory to American morals such as (... ). They believed that Vietnam
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years of 1740-1766‚ the political‚ economic‚ and ideological relations between Britain and the American colonies were altered in effect of the French and Indian war due to the British bringing in more troops to control the expanding colonies; controlling the trade and enforcing taxation; along with the unfair treatment of the colonists threatening their rights as Englishmen. The relationship between Britain and its American colonies altered both in positive and negative ways. This can be proven with
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