Why did war break out in 1914? The First World War transpired to turn into the bloodiest battle ever fought barring the Second World War. However‚ WW1 was the war that shock the world; the first war that encompassed every continent in one-way or another. The annihilation that lay residue in the years after was unheard of. Tens of millions of people died. The Great War spanned four years and involved many nation states. 1914 proved to be the beginning of the most revolutionary five years in recent
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Why did Britain get involved in the Slave Trade? The Renascence period was a time full of new music‚ extravagant architecture and fine art. All of these things causing an increasing demand for funds from the government. In the 1440’s the Portuguese started trading slaves for various things with the Americans. Britain found out about this trade whilst their pirates were raiding Spanish ships and found them abroad. John Hawkins made the first known British slavery voyage in 1562; this started a
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Factors that Motivated Britain and France to Adopt a Policy of Appeasement during the 1930s This paper will take a critical look into what the policy of appeasement was about‚ the factors that led Britain and France to adopt it‚ its advantages‚ disadvantages‚ and the impact it had on the World War 2. The policy of appeasement is a diplomatic policy that allowed enemies to find a common ground with one another to avoid war. The term was very common after the World War I because no country wanted
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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 very different from each other. The main difference were their views on slavery‚ northern states didn’t support slavery while the southern states did support slavery. The north and south argued about which new state should have slavery and which shouldn’t
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History : Focus Task on P.274 “Why did war break out in Europe in 1939?” When Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933; he had a lot of frustration against the Treaty which he thought was unfair. For example the enormous amount of reparation‚ it literally got Germany bankrupt. The restriction of army had also caused a lot of anger; Hitler and the Germans felt humiliated as the army used to be Germany’s pride and symbol before the First World War. Moreover‚ Germany
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Why did Britain and France accept to the Munich Agreement? On 29 September 1938‚ the four leaders of Germany‚ Italy‚ Britain and France signed an agreement on the fate of the Sudeten territory in Czechoslovakia‚ without the Czechoslovak authorities present‚ which‚ it would seem at the time‚ was a guarantee of peace. Such was the premise of the event‚ but in reality it represented the abandonment of Czechoslovakia (Weinberg‚ 1988: 165)‚ by France in particular‚ and the naïve nature of the foreign
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voyages left Britain and France with different territories in North America. Britain has thirteen colonies and France ruled a large area named New France. The two engaged in several wars before the French Indian war. By 1754 Britain controlled the majority of the colonies leaving the French with much less. These two areas were expanding closer and closer with the question of who would dominate who. The Ohio River Valley was used for communications between the two halves of the American empire. The
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In 1846‚ Britain repealed the Corn Laws‚ which made sure that the wheat and flour shipped into Britain from Canada had low taxes. This decision was made because Britain wanted to create an environment of free trade to reduce the cost of importing goods from other countries. Due to the Corn Laws being repealed‚ the British government became less reliant on Canada for their exports of raw resources. This led to a depression caused by the Canadian economies focus on exporting instead of
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that the Articles of Confederation did not create a strong enough government to keep us unified and protected. Thus‚ the Constitution has been created to make sure a proper government is set-up and that our rights are secured. Although the concerns of Anti-Federalists’ are understood‚ I agree fully with the Federalist’s proposed structure of government. It covers the basic rights instituted in the Declaration of Independence‚ and creates a centralized government that will help serve and protect the
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of government?” The answers have ranged from the rule of the one‚ to the rule of the few‚ to the rule of the many. This topic has long been the center of argument and has even started a few wars‚ such as the war of American Independence and the French Revolution. America and most of the Western world’s answer to these questions is democracy. That leads to another question‚ however‚ “Is democracy the best form of government?” In America‚ and most of the Western world today‚ the best government is
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