International Trade: CASES (1-8) CASE - 1 LUKOil CASE Russia’s GDP grew by 7 percent in 2004‚ which marked five straight years of growth. The growth was also higher than that of any other G8 country. Russia’s oil and gas sector has fuelled the growth‚ accounting for about 25 percent of its oil production and exports the other 70 percent. This dependence on petroleum exports makes Russia quite vulnerable to what happens in global petroleum markets. When the price per barrel of oil changes by $1
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this helped the Colonists achieve their first victory against the British military. Fort Ticonderoga On May 1775 the Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold successfully seized Fort Ticonderoga from the British military. Cannons captured were transported to Boston which forced the British to abandon the city in1776. Caused British military to lose their strong hold with Fort Ticonderoga and leave the city. Second Continental Congress The second Continental Congress was a
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History portrays people by their actions and in turn judges them accordingly. This is how we come to think of some historical figures as heroes and others as villains. Their actions in the face of their circumstances define how we think of them. What their motivations are or how they came to the decisions that they choose are sometimes never given the proper prospective. It has been said that history is written by the victors‚ so depending on who is doing the writing this version of history also
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Ethan Allen was a farmer‚ businessman‚ land speculator‚ philosopher‚ writer‚ and American Revolutionary War patriot‚ hero‚ and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont‚ and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War. Born in rural Connecticut‚ Allen had a frontier upbringing but also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants‚ buying
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big encounter‚ and though they suffered casualties‚ allowed them the small victories of not only firing upon the British‚ but causing them more casualties than their own troops. Fort Ticonderoga The British planned for General Burgoyne to lead his men South from Canada. In doing so‚ he captured Fort Ticonderoga and then continued south. This capture gave the British’s plan to isolate New England the firm start it needed and kept them on plan‚ though ultimately‚ the plan turned into a British
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1 Complete the grid by describing each military event and explaining its relationship to the outcome of the Revolutionary War. |Military Event |Description |Relationship to the Outcome of the Revolutionary War | | |These two battles were the first battles in the Revolutionary War. They were two
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University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. Pre-war event Description Contribution to the Revolutionary War French and Indian War A war from 1754-1763 between England and France. Over disputed land in the Ohio Valley. The French and Indian War changed the Crown’s method of ruling the colonies from salutary neglect to tightening control of the colonist
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Continental Military used any assets available to include a supply of cannons and mortars acquired at Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen. Colonel Knox‚ known as the Father of the United States Army Artillery‚ played a key part of turning the tide and the eventual win of the American Revolutionary War. Col. Knox moved‚ from December 5‚ 1775 - January 24‚ 1776‚ 59 cannons and mortars acquired from Fort Ticonderoga and moved them to Boston to a heavily fortified position placed on Dorchester Heights to push the
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soon became a militia captain of Continental Army when the war began. The first conflict that Arnold took part in was the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga‚ during which he joined forces another militia captain named Ethan Allen (“Ethan Allen Captures”). Together‚ during the night of May 9‚ 1775‚ both men and their militia crossed Lake Champlain towards Fort Ticonderoga‚ New York‚ which was currently under British control‚ and just as the sun rose‚ launched a surprise invasion of the fort. As a result of
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Rodriguez 2 designed by Knox and they developed a friendly relationship. In 1775‚ because the army desperately needed artillery Washington asked Knox for advice in November 1775. Knox advised Washington to transport the canons captured at fort Ticonderoga to the siege lines around Boston. Washington commissioned Knox as a Colonel in the Continental army and was sent north as the winter approached. When he
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