Australia Joining World War 1
.... (former railway worker from Parramatta, NSW), was one of the many men whwo enlisted because he felt that it was his duty to support the 'mother country' ..."I have (enlisted) ... and I don't regret it in the very least. I believe that it is every young fellow's duty" and "... we are the sort of men who should go."Private Antill enlisted because he needed the money, clothes and food and also because it was easier work than cabinet making ..."I tell you what I have just joined the Australan army ... it's not bad money here 5/- a day and clothes and food that's nearly as good as cabinet making and not half as hard."Lieutenant D.G .....
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Beringia To The Revolution
.... that two very different lifestyles were developing in the Northern and Southern colonies. Indentured servants soon became obsolete. Instead people were beginning to turn towards slavery. Slavery existed in all the colonies, but it was vital to the South. Indians were first used as slaves. However, the Indians were clever and more familiar with the surroundings. The English eventually turned towards African slaves.
While the south was preoccupied with slavery, the north developed commerce. A triangle of trade was established. Shipping, work, and taxes became important. However, the English colonists were not independ .....
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The Battle Of Waterloo
.... is now Belgium, the battle ranks as a great turning point in modern history.
After raising France to a position of preeminence in Europe from 1804 to 1813, Napoleon (pictured above) met defeat in 1814 by a coalition of major powers, notably Prussia, Russia, Great Britain, and Austria. Napoleon was then deposed and exiled to the island of Elba, and Louis XVIII was made ruler of France. In September 1814, the Congress of Vienna, with delegates from most of the nations of Europe, convened to discuss problems arising from the defeat of France. However, on February 26, 1815, while the congress was in session, Napoleon escaped from Elb .....
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Tradition And World War 1
.... the 3eme Etat proposed to the King that the nobles be placed in their estate, and accordingly he conformed to their demands.
Secondly, we can look at the act of perfectionism in France at this time. This basically stated that the Republic must be made up of active citizens, and in turn would be built on their morality. In order to accomplish this, education became the sole means of achieving a positive, on-going Republic. Along with this, it was also said that no religion should be discriminated against in order for French citizens to become more of a unitary nation. In accordance to perfectionism, universalism was als .....
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The Battle Between The Spanish Armada And The British Fleet In 1588
.... he had to do something about it himself. He drew up a flawless plan that wouldn't underrating England's ability to defend herself, Philip organized a brilliant fleet, which he called his Spanish Armada. It was called 'Invincible', the fleet of unprecedented size and strength. His Armada consisted of about 130 ships from his Mediterranean and Atlantic fleets, from the Portuguese navy and his allies, with as many as 8,000 seamen and possibly 19,000 soldiers. These ships were to join 30,000 troops who had been fighting in the Spanish Netherlands under Philip's commander, the Duke of Parma. Don Á lvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Sa .....
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Greek And Roman Influences On Modern Society
.... times. Irrational numbers scared them, and they decided that something irrational had no place in the rational world. Of course, today we have overcome those fears, and there are several irrational numbers which are indespensible, like pi.
The Greeks also evolved history and drama. Both had been around for a while, but the Greeks brought new ideas to them, and changed them into the form they are today. For many years, men had documented the events of time, but it wasn't until Herodotus and Thucydides that men tried to make an actual story, from beginning to end, of an event. Today, many people write stories about 'what .....
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The Holocaust
.... beliefs. After that, people were beginning to be sent to ghettos. Ghettos were places where the Jews were isolated from other people. There were usually walls or fences to keep them in their own place, because they were basically rejected from society.
After spending some time in the ghettos, they were transported by cargo trains to what was called a concentration camp. It was basically like a prison, they had no rights, they were worked like slaves, and they were exposed to horrible conditions that killed over two thirds of the Jewish population in Europe.
People were packed onto the trains. There was no room to spar .....
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The Causes Of The Holocaust
.... Poland gained most of Western Prussia and Germany's Rhineland was demilitarized, although allied troops occupied it for fifteen years after the war (Shirer 59). The Treaty also solely held Germany responsible for the War in a "war guilt" clause which greatly upset the Germans. When the German government saw the treaty, they heavily opposed it; however they had to accept it. Germany's new republican government ratified it in 1919. Germany's defeat in the war and the provisions in the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending the war, greatly outraged the German people. Germany had lost everything, the economy was in a decline .....
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Importance Of The Renaissance Period For European Overseas Exploration
.... the Renaissance, there was a general idea of Humanism. humanism is the belief that people should seek their own guidance and fulfillment in life through gaining knowledge of the world. Many cartographers were inspired by this belief and therefore began to learn more about the world through both navigation and map-making.
This Renaissance was important for European overseas exploration in the sense that many advances were made during the Renaissance in the field of ships and off-land navigational devices. Gutenburg perfected the printing press leading to the spread of many ideas quicker. Humanists learned about distant land .....
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World War 2
.... War 2. Although there are many other reasons, he was definitely one of them. Another reason was the Treaty of Versailles. This was the treaty that was signed at the end of World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that Germany must follow because of their defeat by Britain and France. Many Germans were angered by the treaty, for most of the rules in the treaty were unfair and Germany lost a great amount of wealth. One of the cruelest reasons for the war was Hitler's racist hate for Jews. He would send them off in cattle cars to places called concentration camps were they would be slaughtered by the thousands.
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