Why did the Americans win the War of Independence? Before the first shots were fired in the American War of Independence‚ very few people gave the Americans (also known as the ’colonists ’ or ’patriots ’) a chance. Britain had a population of 11 million compared to the patriots 2.5 million of whom 20% were slaves. Furthermore Britain had the most powerful navy in the world‚ an experienced and well-armed standing army of 48‚000 men and the support of tens of thousands of loyalists and Indian tribes
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Why Did William Win The Battle Of Hastings? The battle of Hastings was between King Harold and William‚ Duke of Normandy. It was the 14th of October 1066 and the battle lasted nearly one day. Although William had been stuck in Normandy due to the wind direction‚ Harold couldn’t have had a worst time to fight. Because of this William won. A few of the other main reasons that William won this battle were his preparation‚ his unbelievable luck and his clever thinking. Preparation William
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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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The election of 1932 was one of the biggest landslide wins in presidential elections. Held on November 8‚ 1932‚ in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican President Herbert Hoover. The election was held during the Great Depression‚ which is a main influence of the severity of Hoover’s loss. This was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world‚ sparking changes in economic institutions‚ policy‚ and economic theory. The fundamental cause
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a turning point in The American Revolution. The total dominance of the Americans gave lots of motivation necessary for the Continental Army to win the war. If the colonists wouldn’t have had this motivation‚ the British could have easily won the war because the Continental army would not have any motivation‚ making them give up and not fight. This did not happen though because of excellent strategy and planning by Commander-and-Chief George Washington. The Battle of Trenton was major because
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the military and the appointment of weak generals‚ many people also believe that political leadership‚ foreign support‚ the supply of the army and war economics were reasons they didn’t win. The North also had mountains and rivers which made battle easier for the people who knew the area‚ and harder for people who did not. Also the north was much wealthier than the south and also had lots of railways to transport troops and supplies for the war. The north also had many
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believed it and the other countries believed it. The Union struggled with their military leaders and they weren’t familiar with the South’s land. The struggles that the North had before Gettysburg led to everyone believing that the South was going to win the Civil War. The North wasn’t crushing the South like they thought they would. The South wasn’t necessarily winning but they weren’t being beaten so the perception of them “winning” came about. The South had claimed to have better military leaders
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cockpit this prevented many fatal casualties. Without Lord Beverbrook Britain would have struggled to win the battle of Britain. He was head of plane production he invested time and money to produce sophisticated machinery and planes to win the battle of Britain. He was producing 100 planes a week this was a dramatic increase from the previous production numbers. These weapons were relied on to win the battle of Britain. Although Britains weapons were of the highest standard‚ Germany contributed to
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King Edward died‚ he left no heir to the throne. The men who claimed to be king were Harald Hadrada‚ Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy. This essay will decide why William won the battle of Hastings by looking at the tree following factors: William’s skill‚ Harold’s poor leadership and Harold’s bad luck. The first argument as to why William won the battle of Hastings‚ is that he had the bet army. The Normans had 7500 men‚ all fully trained compared to the 4500 village workers and only 500 professionally
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Page 64 The Allies’ plan to capture Anatolia in Turkey failed. In 1919‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George (known as the Big Three) supported the Greeks to send soldiers to Anatolia to dominate the Turks and Italians – who were attempting to colonize Turkey. The Greek government envisioned re-establishing the ancient Greek Empire in a colony where there was a majority of Greek-speaking people. On the other hand‚ Turkish nationalists - commanded by General Mustafa Kemal - had
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