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    Plan of Investigation Thesis: Why did Britain go to war? Between the late eighteen hundreds and late nineteen hundreds‚ England was described as being in “splendid isolation” from the rest of Europe until 1914. But why did Britain go to war? What rivalries were Britain involved and what treaties dragged her into the war? I need to look through the primary sources such as official reports‚ published interviews‚ addresses‚ and history textbook to gather facts; secondary sources from the internet

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    Everything was quiet‚ too quiet. As the two opposing sides face one another in the battle field‚ you can hear the wind howling in agony. This war has gone on for centuries and nobody knows when it will end. For as long as the truth isn’t revealed‚ no one is willing to back out. This is the scene that comes into my mind as I try to personify the two opposing sides of the Shakespeare controversy. For years now‚ the Stratfordians and Anti-Stratfordians fought. And their reason of fighting‚ the identity

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    Spanish Armada‚ or great fleet‚ as “the greatest naval force they had ever seen on the open seas.” But the expedition the Armada was on proved to be a tragic mistake—especially for the many thousands who lost their lives. What was its objective‚ and why did it

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    1. Why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction is where the government try to reunite the Union states and Confederate states as one and help rebuild the Southern states. Lincoln proposed the ten percent plan where only ten percent of the population in the Southern states only had to take the oath to the Union‚ but the government rejected the plan and went the Congress’s plan. Their plans was over fifty percent of the population to take the oath‚ but Lincoln vetoed it. After Lincoln’s assassination

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    There are many theories on how dinosaurs became extinct but scientists have not yet found a proven reason why. About sixty-five million years ago Dinosauriformes‚ or as we call them Dinosaurs‚ walked and roamed planet Earth. These massive carnivores‚ herbivores‚ and omnivores lived many years on earth before humans appeared. There were several variations of dinosaurs such as land‚ sea‚ and air dinosaurs. For a millions of years the dinosaurs thrived in their environment. They had an abundant food

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    find ways to induce multiple births‚ so that they could proliferate the weakened German Army. Although researchers know of his experiments‚ this was not always so. Mengele had a very firm veil of confidentiality within Auschwitz‚ on experiments he did. No one at Auschwitz- not the detainees‚ SS watchmen‚ or even other doctors- knew precisely what Mengele was doing with twins. Twins who went through the most gruesome experiments‚ took their secrets to their grave. It was not until the Bolsheviks

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    the history of the world. The tactics used and the heroes involved in the Trojan War are probably the two biggest reasons why the war will always be remembered and studied. Achilles is at the center of the heroes that fought in the war‚ with the Trojan Horse being the controversial war tactic. However‚ the following few paragraphs will give some background information on why the war happened and what these two groups of people were fighting over for so long. Also‚ the beginning will give some background

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    One of the biggest reason why Jamestown really sufferd was when john smith had to go back to england and they had no good substainable water source nor did they have any idea of how to farm with this new land. John smith got injured in a gunpowder explosion and had to go back to england. Also most of their water supply was not good and would give them diseases like disentary. When they came over they had no idea of how to farm in the new soil. The soil was alot different than the soil in england

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    Hitler is well known for being the reason why millions of Jews died‚ but there are some other things that people may not know about him. For instance‚ did you know that he was one of the reasons why World War II started? Did you also know that his last name was originally Schicklgruber‚ until he changed it to the last name we know now? Because Hitler invaded a particular country‚ he was a part of the reason for why World War II started in the first place. Once he invaded the country‚ 2 other countries

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    break down in our system. In brief‚ the campaign was a failure. It was a failure as we did not successfully push through the Turkish lines to Istanbul‚ and then on to attack the Germans on another front to help the Russians who were suffering heavy causualties at the time. So‚ heres why we retreated: * Second thoughts in Parliament: worth the casualties??? * Supply lines were not working. Men did not get enough stuff * No one knew how to do an amphibious assault: we just rowed to

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