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    The Seven Years’ War or the French and Indian War beginning in 1754 refers to the struggle over land around the Ohio River Valley between French and Indians allies against Britain and the colonies. The French surrendered with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 but soon after a greater conflict‚ one between the colonies and its mother country began to brew. Despite the renewed sense of British pride in colonists after the victory‚ American and British tensions during the war‚ the oppressive way Britain treated

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    reunification and reconciliation after the Civil War and to improve the status of former slaves (freedmen). The reality is that it was enormously difficult to satisfy both these goals. -- "Politics is the art of the possible." The North prevailed during the Civil War. The South prevailed after the war. I. Four main questions vis-à-vis Reconstruction of the post-Civil War South: 1. How to rebuild the South after its destruction during the Civil War? 2. What would be the condition of

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    Hivites‚ and Jebusites—all of which reside in the Promised Land they are preparing to enter. Although these nations are stronger than Israel‚ God insists that he will deliver these nations to the Israelites and they will destroy them completely‚ make no treaty with them‚ and destroy them. Following in verse four‚ God stresses that the Israelites are not to intermarry with any of these nations because doing so would allow them to turn the children of Israelite away from Him to serve other god. In result

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    of Politics and History: Volume 52‚ Number 3‚ 2006‚ pp. 439-454. A Prehistory of Australia’s History Wars: The Evolution of Aboriginal History during the 1970s and 1980s LORENZO VERACINI Australian National University While an extensive debate has recently addressed more contemporary contributions to historical scholarship‚ the historiographical background to Australia’s History Wars has rarely been appraised. This article proposes an interpretative narrative of the evolution of Aboriginal

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    The Cold War In this module you will learn: 1. FOUR causes of the Cold War [BARE]. 2. NINE events which caused the Cold War. 3. FOUR decisions made at the Yalta Conference. 4. TWO decisions and three disagreements at the Potsdam conference. 5. The ‘salami tactics’ that brought Communists to power in Eastern Europe 6. FIVE causes [CABAN] and FOUR results [CENA] of the Berlin crisis‚ 1948–9. 7. FIVE ‘Berlin Airlift Facts’. 8. FOUR causes of the Korean War [CJD-Kim]. 9. FIVE phases of the

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    The Treaty of Versailles was made after WWI in Paris 1919 there was a representative from America‚ Great Britain‚ France and Italy. American Woodrow Wilson‚ Great Britain’s David Lloyd George‚ Frances Georges Clemenceau and Italy’s Vittorio Orlando were known as the ’Big Five’. The Treaty was drawn up so Germany who was responsible for the war was to pay reparations to the allies and their associated powers. The Treaty consisted of Territorial Settlements‚ a war guilt clause‚ reparations and restrictions

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    Treaty of Versailles Questions 1. How do you think the German people would have felt after their leaders signed such a treaty? Explain‚ state your answer and give examples to support it. Many German people may have hated the Treaty of Versailles‚ as they were not invited to negotiate the treaty and their Government were forced to sign the treaty‚ meaning they had to suffer under the harsh terms. They would have felt betrayed because most would have expected their Government to fight more for their

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    what extent was The Treaty of Versailles a positive peace agreement for the future? The well-recognised Treaty of Versailles‚ signed on the 22nd June 1919‚ was one which has been the target of very crucial criticism over the ages. It was a treaty that subjected Germany and the other nations it was aligned with into a crisis of hardship‚ financially‚ socially and economically. Although the treaty was known to contain traits of a positive peace agreement that would prevent future war from occurring‚

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    Friends and Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant‚ and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust‚ it appears to me proper‚ especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice‚ that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed‚ to decline being considered among the number

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    The Vietnam War: 1955-1975 The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two‚ although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing

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