Did World War I occur because everybody wanted to rule the world? If we look back at WWI‚ we can see that even though there are other causes such as militarism‚ industrialization‚ alliances and nationalism‚ imperialism is the leading cause of the war. Imperialism is when a country takes another country and makes it a subject to their rule‚ this is because they all want large empires. This is evidently the leading cause of the war because it spurred cutthroat competition for land and resources‚ ignited
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When floods develop‚ the places in which they do so are called water sheds. These water sheds can be either man made or they can be natural. A watershed is defined as an area that is between a land mass and a water source. A watershed can be a lake or a river. If this particular watershed is working appropriately‚ then the water should be drained into the ground naturally. However‚ if there is too much snowfall or rainfall‚ then the watershed cannot hold so much water and this results in overflowing
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The Reason Why I Started To Eat Carrots It is Sunday afternoon; I’m hungry and I can’t take off my mind the carrot cake that I eat each year on my birthday. I’m gazing at the splendid vista that my huge picture window offers. It is winter now‚ and as far I can see‚ there is no green anywhere in the woods‚ only the desolate gray that is scattered among the crunchy branches‚ the dead frozen grass that doesn’t lure the deer to come by and say hi to the window. But here I am‚ the time is passing‚ and
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How The American Revolution Started By: Aaron Han April / 30 / 2014 The American Revolution was the colonists breaking from monarchy and switching to Democracy. The outcome of the movement lead to the Declaration of independence‚ and then the creation of America. There are several reasons why the American Revolution began‚ here are a few. The sugar act‚ or the American Duties Act was passed in 1764 for the sole purpose to raise money for the French Indian war. The Act forced a tax of
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federal government needed to have more control. The first organized government in the US after the American Revolution was under the Articles of Confederation. The thirteen states formed a loose confederation with a very weak federal government. However‚ when problems arose‚ the weaknesses of the Articles caused the leaders of the time to come together at the Constitutional Convention and create‚ in secret‚ the US Constitution. Strong proponents of states rights like Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were
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How The Internet Got Started Some thirty years ago ‚ the Rand corporation ‚ America’s foremost cold war think tank‚ faced a strange straegic problem. How could the US authrieties succesfully communicate after a nuclear war? Postnuclear America would need a comand-and-control network‚ linked from city to city ‚ state to state‚ base to base . But no matter how thoroughly that network was armored or protected ‚ its switches and wiring would always be vulnerable to the impact of atomic bombs
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Terrorism has been widely known to all of the world for many years. "It exists as a means of making a government or group aware of certain needs that they must change something by creating fear and destruction". But why do people have to resort to violent acts such as: bombing‚ assassinations‚ and hi-jacking? How do and how can individuals and organizations justify these acts of terror? During the last few years‚ many groups of terrorists have formed all over the world and it’s becoming an international
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The American Revolution was the cause of a buildup of events. The rise of the revolution was brought on by a series of events‚ these are the main reasons as to why the American Revolution happened‚ the Intolerable Acts and the formation of the Stamp Act Congress. The Intolerable acts were a set of laws that colonists deemed unfair. These acts were put into place after the Boston Tea Party. The first act was the Boston Port Act the closed the port of Boston until the Dutch East India Company got
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How does Chirac define Terrorism and the dangers it poses to the public? Chirac defined terrorism as “blind‚ and spares no one‚ not you‚ not me or anyone….”. The way I interpreted Chirac definition is that terrorism is everywhere and sometimes even unseen with no precautions in place. Also‚ meaning that no one is safe or immune to these actions that take place against the government and its citizens. Terrorism is a danger to the public because a terrorist
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well in all terms‚ like strong economy‚ great infrastructure‚ top businessmen‚ more number of Indians in forbes richest people list‚ technology‚ education‚ strong media‚ politics on the positive side and when we looking into the worrying part comes big scams‚ curruption‚ etc. We are hearing about new scams almost every week these days and interestingly most of these scams are picked up by the media rather than any of our proud investigating agencies or people who are responsible to monitor our financial
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