The Crimean war played a huge factor in the selling of Alaska to the US. First of all‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ an empire that controlled many parts of the middle east except for Persia‚ gradually disintegrated after a largely prosperous and cultural time. Egypt and parts of the Balkans were slowly declaring independence from the Ottomans. Russia saw this disintegration time as an opportunity to advance its territory southward. However‚ the British saw this expansion as a threat‚ and if Russia took over
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Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War was the last straw that broke the camel’s back and started the demise of the old to spark the new modernization of Russia in both a social and economic way. The Crimean War lasted from 1853-1856 and was caused by a breakdown of the balance of power in Europe. Factors that also caused the conflict were the competition for land in the middle east and Russia’s desires to expand into the European territories then controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The war was devastating for
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To what extent was the defeat of the Crimean war Alexander’s excuse for change. The defeat in the Crimean war was arguably the main reason why Alexander II made a series of reforms when he came into power. The devastating loss of the war proved the backwardness of Russia in relation to other powers and even though peasant unrest and the criticisms of serfdom were partially responsible for influencing Alexander II‚ the decision to make changes primarily came from the loss of the Crimean war.
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1. What was the cause and result of the Quasi-War? The Quasi-War was a short‚ undeclared war between America and Britain against France on sea while Adams was president. The Quasi-War was fought on July 7‚ 1798 until the Treaty of Mortefontaine on September 30‚ 1800 was signed. The payments between America and France were stopped because of the money that was owed to the French Crown. A group called the French Privateers captured the American Merchant ships so they could use them as their payments
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What medical services were available in the Crimea? The medical knowledge of the time were limited which reflected on the medical services that were available in the Crimea to help the sick and wounded soldiers. How were the medical services organised? * 1853‚ the Army Medical Department + the Ordnance Medical Department were moved under Dr Andrew Smith. * Had not been done before as the Duke of Wellington had opposed reform of the medical system. * Andrew Smith had to create a
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The new deal had many different features‚ but an underlying foundation beneath the entire idea‚ was the idea that the federal government had and should thus use its power to actively intervene in the economy and do what it could to improve the standard of living in America. It was a break with the past and an end to the previous Republican belief‚ that if income of tax revenues fell‚ then expenditure must also be cut to immediately balance the budget. Roosevelt’s idea was one very dissimilar‚ he
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Results of the Falklands War 1. Consequences for Argentina * As a result of the Argentinean defeat‚ Galtieri was removed from power within three days of the surrender. Soon after this the military rule was over. The army no longer had authority over the Argentinean government. In 1995 10 members of the Junta‚ including Galtieri‚ were put on trial for crimes committed during the rule of the junta – they were sentenced to long term imprisonment. * The government‚ under pressure from rising
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world‚ it had a lot of land to gain and a lot of wars to fight. The largest‚ and probably most important wars‚ was called the Punic Wars‚ which was fought between Rome and Carthage. There was a series of three wars‚ lasting between 264 BCE until 146 BCE. The motives of these wars are complex‚ but essentially each city-state was determined to conquer the other in an attempt to gain territory for trade and economic expansion. Prior to the first war‚ Rome and Carthage signed peace treaties in the
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Pre-World War 1‚ also known as the Great War‚ there were the Balkan Wars. The Balkans consisted of two wars that were fought because Russia wanted access to ports that they could use to avoid their enemy‚ the Ottoman Empire. The some of the results of these wars included Serbia being freed and Bosnia becoming a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire. These results would eventually lead to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ the “spark” of the war. Though the assassination is considered the “spark”
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people think of the Crimean War they tend to automatically think of soldiers‚ weapons‚ and fighting. Although they played a huge part in the war‚ they were not alone. Florence Nightingale was a major asset to the war. She‚ along with dozens of other trained nurses‚ tended to the wounded soldiers and helped to rehabilitate them back to health. It was during this time that she noticed a correlation between the patients who died and their environmental conditions (cite #1). As a result of her keen observations
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