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    some difficult decisions. Some of them‚ which caused wars and a lot of hate towards the British‚ and some that strictly affected the British colonies‚ which caused a lot of issues. The Seven Years war had a strong effect on the British Empire because it put the British in a lot of debt and they needed a way to get out of debt‚ which was one of the major consequences of the American Revolution. With the corruption that followed after the Seven Year war with the empire and

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    How did foreign involvement affect the outcome of the Spanish Civil War? Part A: Plan of the Investigation In this investigation‚ “How foreign involvement affected the Spanish Civil War?” will be evaluated. In this investigation the two sides that fought in the war‚ Republican and Nationalist‚ will be evaluated‚ based of success due to foreign involvement. This investigation explores both sides’ points of view on the war‚ and clearly shows how the foreign

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    The civil war is one of the turning points in the history of the United States. After the fall of fort Sumter‚ the battle lines were drawn very quickly. The first shots had been fired and there was no turning back. The union being an established country already‚ acknowledged by outside countries as a nation. This was one of the most important advantages of the Union. The north where most of the union states resided was known for its booming industry. This means they readily had supplies in which

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    this was because of a series of internal events that weakened an empire to a point where it was vulnerable to a final blow from an external source. The Roman Empire was the largest empire in history‚ which existed for about 1‚200 years‚ with times of war‚ prosperity‚ and innovation. However‚ all great empires eventually came to an end; in 200 CE‚ The Roman Empire started to decline‚ and about three hundred years later‚ in 476 CE‚ the Western Roman Empire collapsed once and for all. Rome’s political

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    arbitrary confiscation of property‚ corruption by judges‚ perversion of the legal process‚ alteration of the sacred law to suit the interest of rulers and aristocrats‚ and large-scale corruption in government. The two collections also offered solutions on how to curb these

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    The United States Civil War was a challenging time for the American people. Numerous factors led the Southern states to secede from the United States and form the Confederate States of America. More than a century after Robert E. Lee surrendered his soldiers to the Union‚ people continue to argue about how the Confederacy was defeated. In the past thirty years‚ historians have examined the most popular believed explanations for Southern demise (Beringer). Of course‚ there is no established belief

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    Why did the Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War? The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies‚ led by the former officers of the Tsarist state‚ and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded‚ and often outnumbered by their opponents. At times‚ their situation seemed hopeless. Yet‚ by the start of 1921‚ the Bolsheviks had defeated

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    Pendleton Civil Service Act Since the beginning of the government‚ people gained and lost their jobs whenever a new president took office. These jobs were political pay-offs for people who supported them. Many people did not take their jobs too seriously because they knew they would be out of their office soon. As Henry Clay put it‚ government officials after an election are "like the inhabitants of Cairo when the plague breaks out; no one knows who is next to encounter the stroke of death."

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    The Civil War of Rome The Civil War in the eyes of most people is not glorious‚ but rather one of the worst crimes you could possibly commit when the state is all-important. Only under the most extreme circumstances should one be allowed to (in the eyes of the people that is) begin a Civil War with just cause. Caesar took this into consideration‚ but too many things were going wrong in Rome for him not to begin the war. The first of many problems was the collapse of the Triumvirate. The Triumvirate

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    published in both The Journal of the Civil War Era and Civil War History I have a far better understanding of the many different subfields that make up the historical study of the Civil War. My response to the question which prompted this essay would be that I consider myself to be a military Civil War historian. However‚ I am not a military historian in the traditional sense. I am interested in studying the military strategies used by the great military minds of the Civil War‚ but that is not all I am interested

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