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Europe by the Allies which favoured Britain and Russia. However, the new balance of power was not going to remain secure for long because Russia had become a huge influential power in Europe next to Great Britain, and was determined to grow her influence further. For example, Russia had attained Warsaw which turned into a separate kingdom of Poland and took Bessarabia from Turkey in 1812, which posed a threat to the Ottoman Empire and the international order. Britain, on the other hand, became…

immigrating to the United Kingdom, but he was all for the Jews establishing a homeland in Palestine. He figured this would end the “Jewish problem” in Great Britain. According to Victor Kattan’s lecture, Why History Matters, He figured all Jews would move to Palestine, the only problem was all land was already occupied by Palestinians. Britain realized they had pledged the same territory to 2 different nationality. When there was violence between the Arabs and Jews, Britain would come down on…

begin with, British spent a great deal of money in the French and Indian War. The cost of maintaining 10,000 British soldiers was around £300,000 per year and would be crucial to defend the colonists from Native Americans attacks. Furthermore, the French and Indian War had cost the British £70,000,000 which doubled their national debt to £140,000,000, which was necessary to defeat the French and the Native Americans since they were allies to the French. As a result, the Britain needed more money…

King Arthur is said to be a medieval knight that was head of the kingdom Camelot. Many people debate on if he was real or not. Some say he was a military leader that fought off a Staxon invasion in the 5th and 6th centuries. His legend has been written by many authors, poets, and journalist. Not much is known about Arthur. Different writers have written different stories on Arthur. Some say he was a warrior that lead the British army. Others say he was an actually leader of Camelot. King…

Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip who was one of a group of six assassins. This group was led by Danilo Ilic, a member of the Black Hand. They were known as a secret military society formed by officers in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia. This led to a battle between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. As an outcome, there were drastic changes in the countries politically, economically culturally, and socially. There were many causes that played a big role…

On September 1, 1939 less than one year after the Muenchen Concord , Adolf Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. His goal was to eliminate all of the Jews. United Kingdom and Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault promised to help Poland but United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was too far away for their Melodic line Strength to help and France was too afraid to help because they were afraid of the Germans. Poland had very little Navy and Air Force to conflict the Germans. Poland was also…

Winston "Winnie" Churchill Winston Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874 in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom in the Blenheim Palace. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is a known as one of the world's greatest leaders along with many titles such as Prime Minister, Journalist, Author, Orator, Statesman, Soldier and Historian. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill. Churchill was raised in a very aristocratic family with his…

At first Prime Minister Lloyd George did not enforced conscription to Ireland because of their strenuous relationship. He and other members of the cabinet knew that Irish conscription would not aid the war effort, as it would jeopardize the Irish Convention, which had been searching for a solution to the Irish Question. Up until the German Offensive destroyed Britain’s fifth army and the pressure to conscript Ireland became overwhelming. Prime Minister Lloyd George had pressure coming from every…

Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Originating before the year 2000 BCE, Maya civilization thrived as a intelligent and powerful society for over four thousand years until the sixteenth century when Spanish explorers conquered the Maya kingdom and changed the lifestyle of ancient Maya civilization. Luckily, information about ancient Maya civilization can be obtained through archaeological research, ancient Maya documents and relics, and records of Spanish encounters with the Maya.…

Although the American revolutionary war was fought between seventeen seventy-five and seventeen eighty-three, the revolution had been brewing in the colonies long before hand. Following the French-Indian war the British wanted to make back the money they had spent on fighting, what followed were a series of acts passed by the British government to generate taxes from the colonies. Each act resulted in the colonist having to pay more and more to their parent country and generally making…