Maastricht Treaty

protection for soldiers to fire back at the enemy from without them being able to shoot them through the walls in front of them. After this war was over the winning side decided something needed to be done to prevent another world war. They created the Treaty of Versailles to accomplish. They essentially wanted to cripple Germany by forcing them to pay an insane amount of money back after the war. This also created the league of nations which were a group of countries that assembled to keep the…

World War one began on July 28th, 1914 and ended on the 11th of November 1918. It started off with a local war between Austria Hungary and Serbia. It developed into a war which involved 32 countries. Empires like the Great Britain, Germany, Austria Hungary and Russia took over many territories, and were fearful of others invasion towards their newly marked lands. Thus, countries began culturing alliances with one another. Australia, is one of the many countries that were involved in WWI. Many…

How Did the Versailles Treaty Help Cause World War II? The purpose of the Versailles Treaty was to create peace, but instead began the start of World War II. Germany was blamed for World War I and was punished by the treaty for the destruction they caused. Germany had land taken away, military size reduced, and had economic restrictions placed upon them. This treaty took a lot of Germany’s territory; including the Alsace Lorraine, Danzig, Polish Corridor, and parts of Denmark. This punishment…

Essay – Causes of WWI World War One from 1914 to 1918 is also known as the Great War. The main causes of the war, Imperialism, Nationalism and Militarism turned many European countries against each other over decades. The short term events that caused the eruption of the Great War were the forming of alliances of many European countries and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. World War One destroyed countries, families and killed over seventeen million people and…

The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary. In many people’s eyes, there were four causes to World War I. They were nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the alliance system. Through the alliances, the world became involved in the war. The two opposing forces were the Central Powers and the Triple Alliance. The Central Powers consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. The Triple Alliance consisted of Britain, France, Russia,…

World War 1 or the First World War was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history, taking lives of more than 60,000 Canadians. The three main arguments are how WW1 affected Canada politically, socially, and economically. Even though, the war killed nearly 61,000 Canadians, WW1 had a more positive effect or impact on the future development of Canada. Although Canada experienced a lot of downfalls and negative effects like the amount of casualties and deaths we had, we also had some positives too.…

Compare and Contrast Essay Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech, delivered in 1941, and Kennedy’s inaugural address, delivered in 1961 were both impactful speeches in our country's history. Both Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech and Kennedy’s inaugural address stated freedoms for all humans. However, Roosevelt’s speech stressed to the nation about what was going on in the world (Hitler). Whereas Kennedy’s speech emphasized the need for peace because of nuclear weapons. As President Roosevelt…

Many Canadians wonder and ask how did the Canadian identity form. Canadian identity comes in many shapes and forms. An identity is something that everyone who lives in Canada shares. Also it is what separates a country from others and the fact of being who or what a person or a nation is.The Canadian identity formed just like any other country. Canadian identity has taken various forms throughout the history and this depends on the authority given the final word of important matters. Mackenzie…

the Russians coming from the East and the Allied Powers of the West closing in on them. There was nothing Germany can do. In the end, The Kaiser of Germany Friedrich Wilhelm lost. And with it all of his territory and huge amounts of war debt. The treaty of Versi was signed forcing Germany to pay all of the war debt, take all the blame, and limited their armies so they never start a war again. In Conclusion, this was one of the biggest mistakes ever made by a world leader. With his mistakes…

stated “Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas”, burning of books was a clear violation of their freedom of speech. He determined that the one thing the german people all had in common was the hatred of the treaty of versaille. He promised a great future for Germany tarnishing the treaty, creating jobs, building the economy, food and etc. His political power is another trait that stands out because he went from the bottom of the government to becoming the dictator of a country. Hitler was a…