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    “How close to civil war did Britain come between 1912 and 1914?” A civil war between Ireland and Britain seemed inevitable by the 27th of July 1914. Problems had been brewing in Ireland between Protestants and Catholics since the time of Oliver Cromwell. However‚ it was not until the introduction of the third home rule bill which made it seem likely that Ireland would finally be independent‚ that the problems between the Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionist caused major concern for

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    Why did Henry break from Rome? Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church in Rome in 1534 for a number of reasons. These included love‚ money‚ power and religion. The most important reason was his divorce. This was important for a number of reasons. Firstly‚ he would be rid of the ugly Catherine Of Aragon and he could marry Anne Boleyn instead. Henry never did get on well with Catherine and he decided to divorce her. Another important reason was money. This was because when Henry did break with

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    Why did Australians volunteer to fight so readily in 1914?’ The outbreak of The Great War in 1914 was the first battle The Commonwealth of Australia fought in as a separate nation. Having been an extremely young nation‚ federating in 1901‚ the country of Australia was still very much tied to their true ‘mother country’‚ Great Britain. Britain was in charge of Australia’s defence in that point in time and had certain obligations to Britain‚ particularly in times of war and conflict. Australians

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    Why Tax Breaks?

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    behind tax breaks? Currently‚ class warfare has being wage against the wealthy and middle classes. Tax breaks are not for all classes. The elimination of tax breaks could help settle the conspiracy issues of class warfare. Everyone wants to live a good life and have equal opportunities and furthermore‚ we all know that is not new in our society. In our society today‚ arguments are still going on between Democrats and Republicans about the elimination of tax breaks. And the dispute of tax breaks is not

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    Why Did the Civil War Begin?

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    Why Did the Civil War Begin? On 22 August 1642‚ King Charles I raised his battle standard and declared a civil war against his enemies in Parliament. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were the King ’s side known as the Royalists and Parliament ’s side known as the Parliamentarians. The main reasons for going to war were part of three or possibly four topics; they were Money‚ Religion‚

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    The Cold War was by chance the most stressful part of the World’s history than anything else because it stretched across the entire globe and affected every country in one way or another. There are several reasons that the Cold War began and several different points that can be described as the beginning of the Cold War. By far the most influential part of the Cold War was the distrust that Joseph Stalin had between Winston Churchill and Harry Truman. The hostile relationship between the countries

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    however in Guatemala was under attack by a group known as the Kaibil‚ the war had ended after the government had negotiated between each other and seized fire for good‚ then in Tasmania back in 1832 before the war had ended‚ the native americans were being kicked off their land by the king’s colonist‚ in 1832 a large massacre wiped out the Cambodian Genocide The Khmer Rouge was a militia and a communist group. Why did the war start? In Samulet‚ Cambodian peasants were not treated very well‚ they rebelled

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    World War 1. On June 28th‚ 1914 in the Austro-Hungary. Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the imperial throne. Princip was a member of a Serbian terrorist organization‚ Black Hand. He was trying to spread Serbian nationalism. Instead‚ his reckless act started World War 1. About a month of diplomatic challenges and responses‚ the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Ottoman Turkey) and the Allied Powers (Britain‚ France‚ and Italy) went to war. 2. What role did America

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    Trojan War: Background Introduction: The Trojan War‚ which is dated from 1194-1184 B.C‚ is one of the most famous wars in the history of the world. The tactics used and the heroes involved in the Trojan War are probably the two biggest reasons why the war will always be remembered and studied. Achilles is at the center of the heroes that fought in the war‚ with the Trojan Horse being the controversial war tactic. However‚ the following few paragraphs will give some background information on

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    How valid is the claim that in 1914 states went to war due to fear rather then motives of gain?Austria ’s quarrel‚ Germany ’s warOne of the theories about the outbreak of the First World War is that nations went to war not to necessarily gain something but mainly because of fear which caused by many different factors. Europe before the war can be compared to a round-about with the countries involved‚ Germany being the central pole‚ speeding up and thus causing the nations into uncontrollable chaos

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