Why did so many Europeans collaborate with the Nazi occupiers? As the dust settled in Europe‚ collaborators were hung‚ sent running naked down the streets or imprisoned‚ while the resistance set out to define post-war Europe. The illusion of a clear distinction between Hitler’s henchmen and enemies shaped the psychology‚ language and power structures that are still present today. Collaboration and resistance‚ as categories of human behaviour‚ gained their historical relevance from the weight
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Why did Piedmont become‚ and remain‚ the driving force towards closer Italian unity in the years 1848-61? In‚ 1849 when the Piedmontese army was embarrassingly defeated by the Austrian army at the battle of Novara‚ you could say that Piedmont was the most unlikely Italian state to be responsible for Italian unity. People thought that Piedmont would never really recover‚ especially when Charles Albert abdicated through shire disappointment and embarrassment of northern Italy trying to fight Austria
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were two colonies with England settlers‚ these colonies were very different. New England economy was base on growing crops and livestock‚ unlike the Chesapeake who depended greatly on the king of England for economic support. The New England colony who came to the new world for religious freedom practiced Christianity. On the other hand Chesapeake colony was mostly from the Anglelican church who at the time were actually a ruling government and religion was not important. Although both colonies would
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In 1607 about 110 settlers tried to settle in Jamestown‚ which is located in Virginia‚ but many of the did not survive. Why did so many colonists die? Some of the reasons why the colonists died were because of disease‚ bad water and droughts so they couldn’t grow food. The diseases were bad because the English were coming with disease which was bad because when one person got it pretty much everyone got it. In the summer of 1607 nearly half of the settlers died from disease. In total‚ nearly 130
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Why did America become involved in WWI? How did President Wilson justify his decision to enter the war in 1917? Was the war in the national interest? At the start of 1917‚ the United States and its president was not interested in fighting in the war. President Woodrow Wilson wanted to remain neutral. Even though 2 years earlier in 1915‚ a Germen u-boat destroyed the R.M.S Lusitania‚ in which 128 Americans were lost. The United States was interested in selling weapons and help with funding the allies
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the biggest religions in the modern world. Islam was created in the 600s and grew quickly over the next few decades. However‚ the question is‚ why did Islam spread so quickly? Islam spread quickly because of flourishing trade routes‚ military conquests out of Mecca‚ and the appeal of its central ideology. One of the biggest reasons that Islam spread so quickly was because of the connecting trade routes. Mecca was a very prosperous and important city‚ that was the crossroads of a caravan trade. The
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CHAPTER 3 Settling the Northern Colonies‚ 1619–1700 Focus Questions 1. What religious turmoil in the Old World resulted in the little colony of Plymouth in the New World? 2. Why was the initial and subsequent colonization of the Massachusetts Bay Colony more successful than Plymouth? 3. How did the colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony contribute to the origins of American independence and government? What were the contributions to American independence and government from
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The 17th century was the colonial era when the British settled in North America. These colonies are categorized into three groups- New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Although economy and religion had importance‚ geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies. Although the separatists came to North America for religious reasons‚ it was not the reason for New England’s development and prosperity. Geography is the primary factor because economic activities and
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from countries accross the globe‚ leading up to US military involvement in Vietnam. The events began with the French‚ who had returned to Vietnam to claim it for their empire after World War 2. It wasn’t expected that this would take as long as it did. Incredibly the French were defeated by Ho Chi Mihn’s Vietcong army at Dien Bien Phu. The Vietcong sought to promote communism in Vietnam. Communism was feared in America‚ the largest capitalist country in the world. The American government felt if
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The reason behind why being Canadian is so great is our freedom. Freedom‚ geography‚ diversity‚ opportunity. These are just some of the things that you think of when the word Canadian or Canada is present. To some we may seem to be a primitive country (some Americans still think our land is 95% ice and that we live in igloos) but to those who know us‚ we are nice‚ hardworking people that live in a highly developed society. Something Canada is well known for is it’s freedom towards citizens
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