seen several of the main theaters of war.The British empire after the War The Middle East The Post war is The Middle East‚ Russia and Turkey are now removed from the equation. At this time a new British empire was taking.BRITISH EMPIRE IN WORLD WAR I 1918 British Empire is the largest but England lost the mantle of the powerful nation. there is an ant-Colonial fever and Freedom.The call of the Empire‚ the call of the war When Britain declared war on Germany the Dominions (self-governing territories
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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World War I is one of the most remembered wars in the history. There are many short and long-term causes that lead up to the war. Most important causes that contributed are the Bosnian Crisis‚ Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the secret alliances. First critical cause that contributed to the war is the Bosnian Crisis in 1908. There was tension between A-H and Russia as the Balkans was important to both of them. Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and an agitated Serbia looked
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‘Was James I a suitable candidate for King of England?’ How far do you agree? James I had many questions asked about his ability and potential to be King of England. He had many critics saying that the only reason he was King‚ was as he was the only one in line to the throne and his ability as a King was not good enough to deserved the throne. There were many views about him at this point of time and this was one of many. This may have been due to his mix repertoire as King of Scotland. In this
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Word Count: 516 Analysis of “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” William Wordsworth’s‚ “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”‚ focuses mainly on the beautiful things that nature has to offer. Nature is very important to Wordsworth and it is clear in his writing. Originally the poem was two stanzas and the final version (published in 1815) had four. The feeling of the poem is positive and this attitude remains generally the same throughout the poem. “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” presents
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In Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s "The Portable Phonograph‚" the author makes setting play a major role in understanding the action of the characters within the story. Clark‚ a writer and an English Professor‚ lived from 1909 to 1971. During that time‚ he lived through both World Wars at a relatively young age‚ which may have influenced this story. Clark has excellent use of setting to make the atmosphere needed and set the proper mood‚ so this story is credible. To accomplish this‚ Clark orients the
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touch him. However‚ this all changed when Charles I took over the throne as due to his misdeeds and increasing pressure from the public and parliament‚ he was put on trial which was mind blowing at the time and then finally executed. Such an act had never been seen which had many people in shock‚ especially Charles I since he and many others had thought even considering to put a king on trial was a sin (59). The reason for this was because Charles I was brought up believing that he was the divine leader
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November 11th‚1918 eleven o’clock‚ I felt something in the air that changed‚ the war was over‚ it was finally over. The whole war for everyone lasted over four years‚ but only a little over a year for America. World War One killed nine million soldiers‚ injured 21 million soldiers‚ and at least five million civilians died‚ and that was only in America. The official war started June 28‚ 1914. On August 4th‚ 1914‚ Woodrow Wilson officially announced America would be neutral in the war. Bankers were
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World war I was the first world war that cause about 40 million deaths and over 300 billion dollars of damage. The Allies and Central powers were fight most for power and respect. The Franco-Prussian war triggered tension and the alliance system and the arms race. The Franco-Prussian was the one of the main reasons the war started anthers reason was the assentation of the archduke of Austria-Hungry Franz Ferdinand assassinated. I believe that they should not have joined the war. When Germany started
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confused. In Roosevelt’s speech he says “an equally basic essential to peace is a decent standard of living for all individual men and women and children in all nations” (Roosevelt). Absolute freedom would be completely savage as stated in “Learned Hand’s I Am an American Day Address”. Freedom is ruthless and it is not one anyone would actually want. You might want to argue that freedom is what everyone wants. But‚ in our society if we had no rules or standards to live by we would be completely lost and
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