Collective security had a better response towards aggression rather than appeasement. This is because a lot more European countries didn’t approve of the decision made during the Munich Conference. Winston Churchill was one person who strong didn’t approve with this decision. He was a British politician who thought, “keeping peace depends on holding back the aggressor” (Document 6). Churchill believed that in order to guarantee the security of Czechoslovakia, Europe should have held Germany back and Britain and France should have worked together as an alliance.
The incident permanently damaged the already tense relations between the nations. Faced with increasing problems within its already diverse population, Austria-Hungary viewed Serbia as a threat. This was largely due to Serbia's desire to unite the Slavic people, including those living in the southern parts of the empire. This pan-Slavic sentiment was backed Russia who had signed a military agreement to aid Serbia if the nation was attacked by the Austrians. Though stunningly, the death of Franz Ferdinand was not viewed by most Europeans as an event that would lead to general war.
It depends on how modernized the colony taken over is and how willing the imperialist country is willing to put into the other country that they are taking over. Over time most countries either will get kicked out of the country that they have taken over, or they will not have the profit to keep the country under their control. Nigeria won its independence over European countries because they had been stripped of many of the known resources and also they fought for it. While Asian countries were able to gain independence by putting the country that had taken them over in debt because they were unable to make a
This is demonstrated in documents 4, 5, and 6. Henry Haskell states that “The government undertook such far-reaching responsibility in affairs that the fiber of the citizens weakened” (Document 4) This shows that the decline of the empire was due to heavy taxation that couldn’t support the government. If the taxes couldn’t sustain the government then it wouldn’t be able to control the people. According to Montanelli “The military crisis was the result of… proud old aristocracy’s… shortage of children” (Document 5) This means that many children weren’t old enough to go into the military which caused the decrease of soldiers. With the lack of soldiers, it would be easier to invade Rome, which could’ve led to the decline of the Empire.
This growing unrest meant that the country needed to find cheaper more effective ways to fight the communists; one option that was available to the US was the new idea of peaceful coexistence. This was one of the reasons why America thought this policy was a good idea. America could then spend less money funding the nuclear arms race and more money on the important events during this time. One of the first examples of coexistence was when the west allowed the Red Army to invade Hungary. This shows how the West we willing to let the soviets do something that was clearly wrong.
Religion and philosophy are very essential to development. While reading about the Battle of Cajamarca I learned that religion and philosophy was the cause of the entire war. The Spaniards were a small group, but the fact that their religion was disrespected by the Inca emperor, Atahuallpa, gave them more drive to conquer the Indian army. This showed me that if a town is dedicated to their religion and philosophy that nothing could tear them apart. Religion and philosophy would create a strong foundation for any upcoming civilization, which is why I believe that it is an essential factor.
After the first free elections in Serbia following the collapse of communism, he managed to stay in power by convincing the voters that he was a nationalist and not a communist. He wanted to keep the united federal state of Yugoslavia but intended that Serbia should be the dominant republic. ❖ By the end of 1990, free elections had been held in the other republics too and new, non-communist governments took over. Franjo Tudjman, leader of the Croatian Democratic Union and president of Croatia, stirred up Croatian nationalism and wanted to
However, the ruling class enacted to squeeze and exploit with their political power, which sharpened the contradiction and resulted in the uprisings. The nobles had to make concessions to increase the salaries and reduce the land rent. Due to most of the nobles’ income was from land, it caused the tremendous decrease of the income and put their finance into a difficult situation. The suzerainty of the nobles was lowered while merchants and financiers took the opportunities to grab more money and become the main decision maker in the government. It weakened the political power of the original ruling class.
/Conversely, imperialistic nations were in a race to advance in power to be able to be stronger than their neighbors. They would go to another nation, set up camp, harvest raw resources, and treat the people of those nations like second class citizens. If they rose up, they put down the uprising with violence. Some used religion as a reason to expand, but ultimately they were out for the same things. They wanted land and resources.
When tariffs are eliminated, consumers will switch to imported goods and services. This will cause local companies and businesses in developing countries to suffer as they are no longer supported by their country and may have to compete with foreign companies while being poorly equipped. Thus, lead to pollution and other environmental problems as companies fail to include these costs in the price of goods in trying to compete with companies operating under weaker environmental legislation in some countries. Also, some local companies and businesses may have to force shut down, leading to a high unemployment rate within the country. Although free trade has weaknesses, there are benefits to it too.