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    Origin of World War II in the Asian-Pacific Region Why did Japan ultimately decide to start World War II by invading China in 1937 and then worsen the conflict by attacking the British and Americans in 1941? Were these attacks the effects of a Japanese state with an extreme belief of nationalism‚ or of a particularly coercive social order‚ or of economic and social inequalities‚ or had Japan by the late 1930s entered a stage of late capitalist development that naturally evolved into fascism? Was

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    Europeans Settled in North America over 500 years ago‚ but why? I have three reasons that I think is what pulled the Europeans to settle in North America. My three reasons are freedom of religion‚ the discovery of new land‚ and to find resources that are rare. The first pull factor for the settlement in North America is the freedom of religion. “Catholic leaders in Spain often burned heretics—nonbelievers—in public during the Inquisition of the 1400s and 1500s.” “Heretics” or "nonbelievers" were

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    “The size of Europe Population was around eighty million and it decrease to fifty million after the black plague had hit (Ole J. Bendeictow)”. With the black plague taking reducing the population it caused Europe fifty years to recover from their loss. The importance of the Europe’s population decline from the black plague it resulted in a better and cheaper value on the labour. In 1381 it was followed right after that value to increase it caused the peasants to revolt and the farming to change.

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    The European Conquest of The Americas One of the primary reasons for exploration was the search for the Northwest Passage‚ an imaginary path that could be used to reach Asia without having to go around Africa‚ or through the Middle East. The Panamanians proved that travel was possible around Africa with a new kind of boat that utilized wind better‚ but the Spaniards and other Europeans were more interested in a more direct approach to reaching Asia. So they began to head westward. The Queen of

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    Around the 1870’s Europeans came and started to takeover Africa. Before they even came‚ Africa had a very stable economy. After the settlement of the Europeans‚ they started taking all the wealth for themselves‚ which had demolished the economy of Africa. After the imperialism of Africa was seized‚ Africa became independent. With the Europeans weakening the economy they were already off on the wrong foot. At one point all the world was in poverty‚ but during that time Africa had the worse case

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    their submarines which they used to explode Entente ships with US cargo. This starts Unrestricted Sub Warfare on all Entente Force ships‚ including civilian ships. I think the US had the right idea when heading into this war and siding with the Entente because the Central powers wanted nothing to do with the US after they started destroying their goods. Germany starts sending threats to US newspapers about their start of Unrestricted Sub Warfare. Germany then sinks a ship with American goods and

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    World War I had many factors as to why it started. These consisted of colonization‚ militarisation‚ assassination‚ and alliances. Colonization came to be a negative factor due to all the countries in Europe fighting for land and wealth of goods. Militarisation was another one of the factors due to the rapid development of the dreadnoughts by Britain and Germany. Assassination‚ from the death of Archduke Ferdinand. Alliances cause tension between countries. After Ferdinand was assassinated‚ allies

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    The Spanish’s need to colonize and conquer the Americas derived from their dreams of success‚ wealth‚ and power. When Spanish conquistadors conquered some of the richest and populous lands in South America‚ it caused a chain reaction of voyages and expeditions across Europe. The discoveries of gold‚ silver‚ newly captured slaves‚ and land uplifted the European economy. Self-recognition and “title” was also gained through conquering large‚ plentiful lands. Through the eyes of the Spaniards

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    The first European Americans When people think about the new world‚ they might think why did European sail across the globe to the new world? Why did Chinese‚ for example‚ did not want to sail? The answer to that is Europeans‚ unlike Chinese or any other group of people‚ had two main reasons that made them interested to sail to the new world. Europeans were motivated by their poverty‚ and their motive to convert the world to Christianity. In other words‚ Europeans were motivated by “God‚ gold‚ and

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    In the beginning‚ the Europeans that immigrated to America often did so because of one of two things; religious reasons or economic opportunity. They brought new ideas and new religions to the Americas. The Quaker Colonies of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts were formed by English Protestants who wanted a place where they could worship their religion in peace‚ with social order. These people looked to America for asylum. The Europeans also established colonies in The Caribbean Islands. The Spanish

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