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    The French and the English wanted to control the colonies. The American colonist thought of themselves as citizens of Great Britain. They were tied to Britain through trade and by the way that they were governed. The British restricted trade so the colonies had to rely on Britain for imported good and supplies. After the French and Indian War‚ the British wanted to control the expansion of the western territories. The Proclamation Act was created so that their would not settling beyond the Appalachian

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    the Mauryan empire over 2‚000 years ago. Asoka then added kalinga to the Mauryan. Asoka is an enlightened ruler because he decided to spread Buddhism‚ he became friends with kalinga and he became a Buddhist. First‚ Asoka started to spread Buddhism in India and parts of Asia. He became a Buddhist and sent missionaries to spread Buddhism to India and some parts of Asia. When he spreads Buddhism it makes him good because it means that because he believes in it and doesn’t want to kill people

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    their right to owning property‚ in this case‚ the enslaved Africans. The South claimed Independence from the North‚ just like the colonists did with Great Britain. As a result‚ the Revolutionary war broke out between Great Britain and the Colonists for the independence and freedom of the colonies‚ in other words‚ the colonies wanted to secede from Great Britain. The South attempting to secede from the North is very similar because the South feels

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    Between the year A.D. 100 and A.D. 400 the Roman Empire declined and Christianity rose up and took its place. This was not easy though‚ when a massive city died all around them they had to stay strong and fight for what they knew was right. There where many factors that allowed the Christians to grow in this time‚ and the Romans never even knew it was happening. The roman religion was based on action rather then thought‚ so they didn’t think about what could be happening right in there own city

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    how Pizzaro conquered the Inca Empire is when he first journeyed to the Isthmus of Panama with a Spanish conquistador‚ Vasco Nunez De Balboa‚ and how Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific. Then Pizzaro heard a rumor about an Empire in the South that had a lot of gold like large amounts of gold and how they had sculptures of solid gold of Inca riches. Then‚ in 1531 Pizzaro then left 180 men in Panama in an attempt of the conquest to conquer the Inca Empire and take advantage of the Incan

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    Why did Britain and France accept to the Munich Agreement? On 29 September 1938‚ the four leaders of Germany‚ Italy‚ Britain and France signed an agreement on the fate of the Sudeten territory in Czechoslovakia‚ without the Czechoslovak authorities present‚ which‚ it would seem at the time‚ was a guarantee of peace. Such was the premise of the event‚ but in reality it represented the abandonment of Czechoslovakia (Weinberg‚ 1988: 165)‚ by France in particular‚ and the naïve nature of the foreign

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    Why did democracy develop in Britain after 1850? Introduction Between 1850 and 1928‚ through the introduction of a series of acts of parliament‚ Britain became a democratic country. All the features that would be expected in a democracy were put in place. For example‚ the franchise was made universal‚ the constituencies were more or less shared equally across the country‚ voting was protected and the opportunities for corruption were considerably reduced. Whilst appreciating the effectiveness

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    The empire of Mali‚ is one of the most gold rich empires ever. Stretching from the Atlantic‚ to the city of Goa‚ the empire is one of the first of its kind. The Mali empire was first created by Sundiata‚ one of the few survivors of the Mandinke people. Sundiata would grow up to be a very strong military leader‚ who would seize control of major trade routes in Ghana‚ and later conquer the Empire‚ thus‚ creating the empire of Mali. Sundiata’s Predecessors‚ Mansas‚ meaning Sultan; would later convert

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    The Roman Empire has been a figure that many aspiring conquers have set eyes upon and received inspiration from. Rome had military excellence‚ a strong multicultural acceptance‚ one man rule and a set of micromanaging laws and rules for following leaders. However though a wide spread empire limiting communications‚ a combination of shortages of gold and silver and rising taxes and the stopping of roman conquest. Rome had drew the short straw. These factors were the defining decisions that caused

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    Why did Britain get involved in the Slave Trade? The Renascence period was a time full of new music‚ extravagant architecture and fine art. All of these things causing an increasing demand for funds from the government. In the 1440’s the Portuguese started trading slaves for various things with the Americans. Britain found out about this trade whilst their pirates were raiding Spanish ships and found them abroad. John Hawkins made the first known British slavery voyage in 1562; this started a

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