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    Charles 1st was reasonable to an extent‚ but not fully. Parliament was also to blame‚ but less so than Charles. Charles had a bad relationship with Parliament from the beginning‚ resulting in conflict between them. He believed in Divine Right of King‚ something that his father also believed in. Divine Right of King means that you were chosen to be King by God; therefore‚ God is on your side. Charles also shut down Parliament a number of times‚ and ruled without Parliament for a number of years.

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    To what extent was Margaret Thatcher’s opposition against sanctions in South Africa in support of apartheid? Table of Content Section Page Number Introduction 2 Review of Literature 3 Processing of Findings 6 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 11 Plagiarism Report 12 Introduction Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of Britain in 1979. The Iron Lady was not only one of Britain’s most controversial prime ministers but also left an impression on Great

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    Differences and similarities between the 1920s and the 1950s There many differences between the 1920s and the 1950s; such as‚ race relations‚ roles of women‚ and probably the big one is consumerism. Of course there were more but these three were the main ones. Yeah they had a different teenage culture but it wasn’t big. There were blacks wanting their rights‚ women being the man of the house during the wars‚ and even people just buying stuff because they can. These times were right after a

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    Inquiry Question: When do Alienation and Conformity promote positive social change and negative social change? Conformity – Positive & Negative Points - When you stopping at a red light‚ you are conforming to the law and to the general agreement that for the good and safety of society‚ a red light means stop. You stop‚ even though most of the time there is not a police officer on the scene to enforce the law. - The biggest positive of conformity is acceptance. When you conform‚ people will

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    Comp. of 1850: The significance of this compromise was that it‚ like a number of other actions‚ was an attempt to refuse the tensions that were leading to the Civil War. It is also significant to write that the Compromise failed to do this to any great extent. The Compromise of 1850 was meant to be like the Missouri Compromise. It was meant to calm sectional tensions. However‚ it was not able to do this. It failed to calm the tensions largely because of the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act

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    Cherie Fanelle Introduction to Pop Culture 27 November 2013 Television Shows of the 1950s and Mass Culture During the 1950s‚ the average American was an optimistic reflection of the traditional values of the times. Then as the world around them began to change‚ so did the types of television programming they were exposed to. The era of the 1950s was an extremely confusing time as America was trying to adjust to its new role as a competing superpower and still trying to maintain the strong foundation

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    persist for their lifetime (Manaster and Jobe‚ 2012). At about three years‚ children begin to display and conform to certain character traits and tendency that portray their gender and personality‚ in which they become aware of their sex and act in conformity to that discovery (Tietz‚ 1998; Martin and Fabes‚ 2001; Hanish and Fabes‚ 2013). In addition to nature and psychology‚ gender differences have also been linked to environmental factors and mode of upbringing (Booth and Nolen‚ 2009). Gender segregation

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    To what extent was the United States of America responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance? A capitalist state‚ a Communist state and a colonial power all joined power during World War II and formed the Grand Alliance. The United Stated which was led by Franklin Roosevelt‚ the Soviet Union which was led by Joseph Stalin and Great Britain which was led by Winston Churchill united powers as they all shared one main objective. The three leaders were famously known as the big three‚ they all

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    whether or not the Treaty of Versaille was ‘harsh and unfair’ too Germany. The treaty was set up to cripple Germany so it had no power anymore to start another war. In the conditions in the Treaty of versaille Germany had too accept all blame for the war‚ lost 10% of it’s land‚ had to pay £6600 million in reparations‚ had it’s army cut too just 100‚000 men and was not allowed into the league of nations until it could prove the country was peaceful. The treaty was signed on June 28th 1919. By the end

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    which meant inflation‚ tax rises and America’s economy suffering. The collapse of the home front and the lack of support from the media was cause for the presidents to retreat and was another reason for the undermining of the war effort. This information from home often leaked to the front line and caused the deterioration of troops’ morale‚ also‚ the government was often criticised for not understanding the political nature of Vietnam‚ where no-one really understand or cared about the term democracy

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