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European History Essays and Term Papers
Conscription In CanadaConscription In Canada
By late 1916 the terrible casualties at the front in France and Flanders were beginning to cause reinforcement problems for the Canadian commanders overseas. Recruitment at home was slowing, and the manpower and enlistment system was disorganized. For PM Sir Robert BORDEN, ...
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The HolocaustThe Holocaust. These two words bring to mind an image that will never be forgotten. These words also remind us that future genocide must be stopped in every way possible. At the hands of the Nazis, eleven million people had to suffer and face death at a time when they didn’t think they would. Of ...
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Treaty of VersaillesTreaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central ...
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Single Women in European PastIn the book, Single Women in European Past, there are a number of essays that deal with topics of single women such as, relationships, economic issues and employment opportunities facing them, differences between widows and single women, and also slavery. In particular, from one of the essays in ...
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The Fall Of The Tsar 1917The fall of the Tsar in February 1917
The Tsar Nicholas II was abdicated from power on March 1917, as he lost control of streets, then of the soldiers and at last of the DUMA, after the revolution that started in February of this same year, just a month before he was completely abolished and ...
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The Bog Bodies of Northern EuropeThe Iron Age Bog Bodies of North-West Europe –
Victims of Capital Punishment or Sacrifices to the Gods?
Bog bodies or bog people are terms of referring to a large number of naturally preserved mummies or partial human remains, found in raised peat bogs. The greatest number of such finds has ...
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Nazi SpeechMy fellow German , today, on the 24th of February 1920, Munich Germany, I stand before you in effort to raise this country, our beloved Germany to a height like never before.
As a nation we have suffered, under leaders who have failed this country and its people, by losing the War and ...
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The Holocaust & Its EffectsThe Holocaust & Its Effects
By the end of World War I, Germany lost territory, had to pay war reparations to the Triple Entente and was to abide by the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles. This all had left Germany’s economy weak. There was sadness and an atmosphere of hatred towards ...
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Cromwell PlantationThis paper will discuss the Cromwellian plantations in Ireland during the 1650s. The Cromwellian plantations, in which thousands of Irish were evicted from their land, was just one chapter in the long struggle of the Irish against English domination. The English had first begun the domination of ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte's Greatest MistakeThe French invasion of Russia of 1812 was known as Napoleon Bonaparte’s Greatest Mistake. It made French and France’s ally’s armies much smaller and weaker and France lost its dominant place in the continent. France was weakened so much, Prussia and Austria were encouraged to break their alliance ...
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The Loss of International MoralityThough Wilsonian rhetoric hailed the 1919 creation of the League of Nations as the fundamental framework to establish eternal peace and international security, faith in the Versailles system was sadly lacking by the mid-1930s. Nazi Germany had begun its meteoric economic rise and initiated the ...
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ImperialismImperialism
Imperialism occurs when a strong nation takes over a weaker nation or region and dominates its economic, political or cultural life. This foreign policy was practiced by European nations and Japan throughout the 1800's and early 1900's. In every case, a nation would experience ...
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ColumbusColumbus
The Spanish conquest of the western hemisphere caused havoc among the natives in the late 15th and early 16th century. The behavior of the Spaniards toward the natives was very cruel and unnecessary. Also the king and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella, were now starting to focus on their ...
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Napoleon BonaparteSocratic Seminar
*Did Napoleon further or betray the ideas of the French Revolution and Enlightenment?
Alan Schom: Napoleon: A Life
*Based on Schom’s analysis, Napoleon betrayed ideas of French revolution.
*Uses Napoleon’s ruthlessness as evidence
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Communism In EuropeRobert Santangelo
Revolutionary History Final paper
Professor Berk
May 2011
Sticking Communism where it doesn't Belong
After World War II the Soviet Union stayed in Poland even after Germany was defeated. Throughout their occupation (1945-1989) the Soviet Union attempted to instill ...
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Russian WinterWhile Europe and the European Union have been dogged by an economic and existential crisis, the Arab world has exploded onto the international political stage and done some spring-cleaning with its autocratic leaders. 2011 saw revolutions in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen that led to the removal ...
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Was Charles 1 A Traitor?Was Charles 1 A Traitor?
King Charles 1 was believed to be a traitor, accused of this title by both Parliament and his people. He didn't protect his people or listen to Parliament and also broke the contract of monarchy between Charles and his people. As a result, Parliament and the people ...
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The Banality of Evil in the Cold WarThe Banality of Evil in the Cold War
Although the date, May 8, 1945, ends the war, it does not end the legacies of Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. The end of the war meant continued and even new forms of misery. Herf and Arendt investigate different yet similar representations of ...
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The French RevolutionThe French people overthrew their ancient government in 1789. They took as their slogan the famous phrase "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite"--Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Equality, or doing away with privilege, was the most important part of the slogan to the French revolutionists. For equality they ...
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SpartansSpartans
In the summer of 480 B.C a battle took place that would forever change the history of the Greeks and that would eventually influence the way in which the Western world looked at war. The Spartans took their stand against the massive army of Persians in a three day battle which resulted ...
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Civil Peace DBQDescribe and analyze the changing views toward the concept of a “civil peace.” (Burgfrieden) in Germany from 1914 to 1918.
During the year 1914, Germany’s Reichstaf, or parliament, was putting forth two major efforts: mobilizing German troops into was as well as declaring Burgfrieden (civil ...
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French RevolutionThese events effectively ended the independent authority of the king. The march symbolized a new balance of power that displace the ancient privileged orders of the aristocracy and favored the nation's common people, collectively termed the Third Estate. Bringing together people representing ...
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Holocaust NarrativeThomas Reimert
Language Arts
3[rd] Quarter Exam
Holocaust Narrative
My name is Theodor Reimert. My family and I are Jews in hiding. I have a sister named Shiann and two brothers whose names are Tyler and Cody. I have a dad named Eliot and a mom named Naomi. My two grandma's, Carol Reimert ...
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Was Germany A Meaningful Concept By 1815?Before the 19th century, Germany as a state had no real meaning or political concept. It existed as only 314 different states with 23 million German speaking people residing within. These were loosely ruled by the Holy Roman Empire under the Holy Roman Empire. However, by 1815, a series of a few ...
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