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    Giuseppe Garibaldi was another one of the great leaders who was involved with attempting to unify Italy. Garibaldi was known for his magnificent military background. He was very tactful, and always put together the greatest armies. Garibaldi was a man of endurance. (Hearder 188) No matter what,

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    independence referendum. Scotland voted to remain with the rest of the United Kingdom. However, just a few months ago, The Great Britain voted to get out of the EU - while Scotland itself voted to remain. The United Kingdom has ignored the Scot’s opinions and went on claiming “majority voted Brexit”. In 2014, Scotland had its first ever poll on whether to leave the UK to be an independent country or stay with the rest of Britain, and caused debates from different perspectives, aspects around the globe

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    RECOMMENDATIONS 7. APPENDIX 8. REFERENCES  3. Executive Summary   4. Introduction and Background The exit of the United Kingdom from membership of the European Union, is also known as Brexit. Derived from Britain and Exit. The United Kingdom held a referendum to decide if they leave the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1975. This was mainly because in 1963 and 1967 the United Kingdom applied for membership and was denied because Charles de Gaulle the president of France at that time dismissed the

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    2024 The impacts of Alfred the Great Through Alfred the Great's life his policies made an impact and he changed the way of the government and how it was viewed. The way of the military, the way education was viewed and practiced, and the thoughts of religion. Alfred the Great significantly impacted British history because of his actions as first monarch of England. BIOGRAPHICAL The youth of Alfred the Great significantly impacted the actions of him. Alfred the Great was born in 848 AD as thelwulfs

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    This meeting became known as The Congress of Vienna. This group included all of the monarchs/leaders of European countries. This congress session went on for eight months. Most of the decisions were in secret between Russia, Prussia, Austria, Great Britain, and France, but the most important guy of all the countries was Klemmens Von Metternich. Metternich established three goals for this congress. One goal was to get rid of, and prevent all violent behavior

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    World War I ( Wwi )

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    had many main events from 1914 – 1918. It was known as the Great War and the war to end all wars. It also introduced us to many new technology to including Barbed wire, machine guns, artillery, poison gas, airships, aircraft 's, new naval vessels and tanks. All these wartime machines and equipment resulted in unprecedented carnage and destruction, with more than 9 million soldiers killed by the end of the war. This First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe. This global conflict

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    France, and was now heading toward Great Britain. On July 2nd 1940, Hitler announced that he wanted to invade Great Britain. Germany needed to destroy Great Britain’s Air Force, which was called the Royal Air Force. Germany’s military forces were called the Luftwaffe. July 14th 1940, the Battle of Britain had risen. Germany had bombed the United Kingdom. They intended to destroy the Air Force, and prepared for the invasion. At the time the Prime Minister of Great Britain was Winston Churchill. When they

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    world dominated by mostly Men. These Rebels Rebelled by taking action instead of sitting around talking about the problem they advance into taking action. Yaa lead an army of 5,000 men against a for more superior force which was at the time Great Britain. Unfortunately In the midst of battle Yaa got captured and would never return to her homeland again. The Black Mambas acted by learning how to identify traps and disarm them, they also taught people the importance of having such a splendid biodiverse

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    The Austrian-Hungarian empire was ruled by the Habsburg monarchy from 1867 until 1918. It was seen as one of the great powers in Europe, next to France, Britain, Germany and Russia. It was established under the rule of Francis Joseph I in 1867, who was the emperor of Austria and the king of Hungary. The Austrian-Hungarian empire extended for over 675,000 square kilometers, which are now Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, and the Federal

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    “They fought together as brothers¬in¬arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation” (Admiral Chester A. Nimitz). The Great War also known as World War 1 began in 1914 and ended in 1918. There were many causes leading up to this war. Some of the causes were: militarism which made sure that there was an army/navy prepared for war. Alliances allowed countries to work together as one. Imperialism was a way that countries seeked to dominate others. Nationalism

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