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    King Henry Viii Of England

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    The House of Lancaster,descended from John of Gaunt, was represented by a Red Rose. The House of York, descended from Edmund of Langley, was represented by the white rose. By 1461, the Yorkists had succeeded in becoming the royal house in England. With the Yorkist King Richard III becoming increasingly unpopular, Henry Tudor ,a descendant of John of Gaunt, gained the support of the country and decided to put Richard

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    Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of Austria-Hungary. On June 28, 1914, Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were visiting Sarajevo when the two were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian terrorist group, the Black Hand. After several failed attempts from members of the Black Hand that day, the members were running out of hope. However, due to a communication problem with the driver of Ferdinand and his wife’s car, they were forced to turn around in an alley that Princip was hidden in

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    After World War II, Germany was divided into two halves, as well as Berlin. The United States, Great Britain, and France occupied the western portion of Germany and the western half of Berlin. The eastern half of Germany and Berlin was occupied by the Soviet Union. This led to major differences between the two halves of Germany. This also led to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Each side of Germany had different economies, held separate ideologies, societies, alliances, and political systems

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    Tang Taizong was known to be one of the significant ruler in all of Chinese history. Tang also known as Li- Shimin was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. One of the reasons in which Tang was considered one of the more greatest rulers of all time is because he impacted the people in a really good way. Tang had new government reforms, different laws, religion and most important is China benefited from these new changes ( Mark, 2016). Tang Taizong in a way was a bit liberal and not controlling

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    World War 2 Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles that officially ended world 1. World War 1 was a destruction to human life. World War 1 was viewed as pointless because there was nothing solved and they end the same place they started at. Due to the death toll the United States changed the Foreign Policy to Intervene to Isolation which means that the United States does not get involved with foreign country affairs. A better way to explain United States Foreign Policy is by high and low

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    It all started on September 30th, 1938 when France, Germany and Great Britain signed the Munich Agreement. This agreement gave Germany the authority to take over a part of Czechoslovakia known as Sudetenland. The two allies hoped that Hitler would be satisfied and leave them out of the war. Hitler however, went against the agreement and having invaded Sudetenland, went further and invaded the whole of Czechoslovakia. On September 1st, 1939, almost one year after the Munich agreement German invaded

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    During his time at the local grammar school, Putin developed an interest in sports, and focused more on that than his learning. In 1970, Putin became a student at Leningrad University, majoring in law. After graduating in 1975, he had his mind set on becoming an intelligence officer for the KGB. He started training at the KGB school in Okhta, Leningrad. From there he began

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    Germany after 1923 until his death in 1929. When Stresemann came into power, there was a major financial problem in Germany; Hyperinflation. This was caused by Ebert who printed more money than they had gold in the reserves. This led to the Reich mark becoming almost worthless in comparison to the dollar or pound over a very short period of time. Stresemann solved this major issue by introducing a new currency which solved this problem. This new currency was called the Rentenmark. This helped with Germany’s

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    government due to the fact that she was found with a man who was considered a criminal. Evey is then tortured, but after she is released she discovers that V was her torturer the entire time. V later begins his revolution and he ultimately dies before becoming completely successful, but Evey proceeds to send a train full of explosives towards parliament to fulfill V’s hopes of creating a society where the government fears its people, rather than the other way around. The ideas of the future of society

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    of all time which made its massive cult following very surprising. Despite its evil plans and shocking tactics, people still seemed to trust in it and were persuaded by a powerful dictator into believing its morals. From the moment Hitler became Chancellor, propaganda, terror and repression played a key role in welding together the attitudes of the nation. The Nazi regime relied on these things to win the support of the German people and without it they wouldn't have become so popular, thus making

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