France and England both began with a similar styles of government‚ but by the 17th century these two nations had very different styles of governing. France by the mid-17th century was an absolute government. This meant that the government of France was financially independent of the nobility‚ had developed its own national income‚ which allowed it to operate without the input of the citizens. It also meant that during a crisis it could effectively turn its back on large portions of people if need
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How did World War I start? Sadly‚ it started because a few unruly Serbians and one Bosnian killed Archduke Frantz‚ who was from Austro-Hungary. The countries in this area often argued over their borders. So with that Austro-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austro-Hungary asked Germany for help because they feared Russia would help Serbia. The countries in this area often argued over their borders. Did animals play a part in World War I? yes‚ they did. Thankfully‚ pets helped raise the low morale
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If the British had won the Revolutionary War‚ I would not be sitting here writing this paper and you would not be reading this right now. Americans would not be Americans‚ but British. America would not even be around now and there would be no 50 states. Most of our ancestors would not have came if the British beat the Americans. Our ancestors came for independence‚ land‚ and economic gain‚ they came for a better life then they had where they were. Based on Britain back then‚ it was not like America
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The role of the French in the Indo-Chinese war could be characterized as a desperate attempt to maintain control over their colonies in Asia. For the uninitiated‚ in the aftermath of the Second World War‚ the majority of European powers‚ which were inclusive of Britain and Germany‚ had relinquished their colonies‚ deeming them as distracting burdens. On the contrary‚ the French were still adamant that the possession of colonies would give the nation much desired power and status. From December 19
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Explain why Australia became involved in the Vietnam War. The 29th of April 1965 was a pivotal moment in Australian military history. In parliament‚ Robert Menzies proposed his arguments for sending Australian troops into South Vietnam and subsequently announced that Australia would be joining the United States in the Vietnam War. He believed that Australia’s allies would need help and that it was best to stop the spread of communism before it reached Australia: a forward defence technique. The
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War‚ something the world has yet overcome. For years; life on earth have fought over religion‚ land‚ power and yet have reach a conclusion that can over come the obstacles each country has to face. Power‚ being the superior of something much greater than a small portion of the world is something that can overcome and peace. One can argue that the Thirty Years War was fought because of political issues‚ however the war was fought because of religious difference between countries of Europe. Causes
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the Second World War was coming to a close there emerged a new and altogether different type of war. The Cold War‚ as it is known‚ was a war where the two superpowers of the time the United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) fought each other in many different battlefronts but never involving actual armed conflict with each other. This war lasted for about half a century and in this essay I shall relate the origins and the early manifestations of this war. The most significant
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The war aftermath in South: the former Confederacy presented a sharp contrast to the victorious north. Throughout the south‚ people where emotionally exhausted: many lives had been sharttered.in 1866‚ the state of Mississippi spent a fifth of its annual budget on artificial limbs for confederate soldiers. Property value had collapsed. In the year after the war ended‚ eighty-one plantations in Mississippi where sold for less than a tenth of what they had been worth in 1860. Confederate money was
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Throughout the Lais of Marie de France there are several themes presented as central to the various stories. Some of these themes are present in all of the lais. One such example is that of courtly love and it’s implications. Courtly love being one of the more prominent themes in all of medieval literature‚ it is fittingly manifested in all of the lais as well. Another theme present in two of the lais is isolation. The theme of isolation plays a large role in the stories of Guigemar and Lanval
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(1750-1914) 1. Population Revolution 2.Conservatives 3.Liberals 4. Chartist movement 5. Revisionism 6.Mass leisure culture 1. List and explain the three forces of change behind the Age of Revolutions. 2. Describe demographic change in Western Europe. 3. How were social groups impacted by this population growth? 4. How did the population upheaval and creation of a wage-earner class affect the society‚ what behaviors changed? 5. Date for
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