Declaration inspired by Enlightenment and Locke’s theory of government 5. The American Revolution‚ 1775-1781 n. British advantages: strong government‚ navy‚ army‚ plus loyalists in colonies o. American advantages: European allies‚ George Washington’s leadership p. Weary of a costly conflict‚ British forces
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On July 29th of 1883‚ the Italian dictator‚ Benito Mussolini‚ was born. He was born in Dovia di Predappio‚ a small town in Italy to parents Alessandro and Rosa Mussolini; he was the eldest of the three siblings. Benito’s father was a blacksmith and socialist while his mother was a Catholic school teacher. Benito’s father had a great influence on his son’s ideologies. Benito and his father spent a lot of time together during his youth while he helped in blacksmithing and during this time is when he
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EUROPEAN HISTORY DBQ . 1. Explain the reasons for the adoption of a new calendar in revolutionary France and analyze reactions to it in the period 1789 to 1806. Historical Background: On November 24‚ 1793‚ the National Convention adopted a revolutionary calendar to replace the Gregorian calendar (established by the Roman Catholic Church in 1582). New Year’s Day was moved from January 1 to September 22‚ the founding date of the French Republic‚ and this date in 1792 marked the beginning
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Chapter 4 Big Picture Questions 1. What common features can you identify in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All
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HC-30-08-397-EN-C ç Translation at the European Commission – a history ISBN 978-92-79-08849-0 Translation at the European Commission – a history European Commission Translation at the European Commission – a history European Commission Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls
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Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which of the following statements is true about immigration to the United States during the last two decades of the 19th century? a. Southern and Eastern Europeans came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. b. Irish immigrants came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. c. The US government entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” to ban immigrants from certain countries. d. Nativist
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) 	Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of Italy for nearly 20 years. Benito was born at Dovia‚ a suburb of Predappio‚ in the northcentral part of Italy. His father‚ Alessando‚ was a blacksmith. And his mother‚ Rosa‚ was a schoolteacher. As a young man‚ Mussolini was a Socialist with revolutionary tendencies. He was expelled from 2 schools and later was in trouble with the authorities several times. In 1912 he became editor of the Socialist newspaper
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Introduction The medieval period in European history begins after the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 C.E.‚ and continued until the early modern period beginning around 1500. The medieval period is split into the sub-categories of early medieval (500-1000)‚ central middle ages (1000-1300)‚ late medieval (1300-1500)‚ and followed by the early modern period (1500-1800). At each of these periods of time important political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ religious and scientific changes were being
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Short Answer Questions: 1. The progressives believed that growth and progress could not continue to occur recklessly‚ as they had in late nineteenth century. The “natural laws” of the marketplace ‚ and the doctrines of laissez faire and Social Darwinism that celebrated those laws‚ were not sufficient to create the order‚ stability‚ and justice their growing society required. Direct‚ purposeful human intervention in social and economic affairs was essential to ordering and bettering society
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Benito Mussolini was born on July 29‚ 1883 in Predappio. The son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910 he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s war in Libya. Soon after his release in 1912 he became editor of the socialist newspaper in Milan‚ "Avanti!". When WWI began in 1914 Mussolini advocated
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