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British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ions to the contrary, legal history can extraordinarily fascinating. Legal history explores the conflicts that arise from civilization. A deft legal historian If you're even remotely familiar with the field of British criminal and legal history, no doubt you've seen John Beattie’s [https://www.amazon.com/gp/produc

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How Did the Battle of Culloden Change British and American History
...also put an end to the male-line succession of the House of Stuart on the British throne. The Jacobites' primary goal was to restore the Stuart line. The Jac ...lorious Revolution, see: </ref> Massie, A. (2013) The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain. New York, St. Martin’s Griffin.

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How Did the Battle of Culloden Change British and American History?
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Top 10 Books to Read on Western/British Medical History
...centuries saw the advent of some of the most important medical findings in history. The Industrial Revolution had resulted in a massive change in living condi I’ve arranged this list in order from the most popular, “fun” medical history books, to the more scholarly, academic books.

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====A Great Resource for History Teachers==== * [[51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers]]

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Why did the Egyptians Mummify their Dead
...carried out throughout thousands of years. The process changed throughout history, and there is no one way that the Egyptians mummified their dead. Describe ...ey were prone to disintegration.<ref> “Mummification in Egypt.” The British Medical Journal 1.2409 (1907): 521–521. Web. 11 Nov. 2015.</ref> In

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What were the major United States slave revolts
Slavery represented the opposite of freedom. In the period of human history variously known as the modern era or the Age of Discovery, this form of unf ...nder the control of the Spanish who offered enslaved Africans owned by the British freedom as a way to increase their territorial advantages in the region. Th

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How did the Boxer Rebellion unite Imperial Powers and create Chinese Nationalism
The Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) was a key event in the history of China, as it reflected the colonial powers increasing influence in Chine ...foreign presence in the 19th century, Duara, Prasenjit. 1995. Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern China. Chicago: Unive

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What was the Albany Plan of Union of 1754
...entralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the A ...the Albany Plan during a larger meeting known as the Albany Congress. The British Government in London had ordered the colonial governments to meet in 1754,

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When were Electric Cars Invented
...hat has some ways to go before they become common. However, electric cars' history goes back to the 19th century, as people experimented with electricity and ==The Early History of Electric Cars==

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How did Great Britain win the French Indian War (Seven Years War)
...nland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. ...esulted from ongoing frontier tensions in North America as both French and British imperial officials and colonists sought to extend each country’s sphere o

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Why did Westward Expansion Lead to the American Revolution
...merous problems of how to govern it. Conflicts arose from the inability of British officials to balance the interests of colonists and Indians, which led to c ...nd the entire present-day United States east of the Mississippi came under British control. With the official end of the war, Anglo-American colonists began t

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How Historically Accurate is the Outlaw King
...ot engage in any chivalrous battles with the English would never work. The British always had superior numbers and resources, but once the Bruce switched to g ...ally merged with the English kings and became the ancestors of the current British monarch. Robert the Bruce, both his ambition and bravery, were critical to

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How accurate is the movie The Favourite
...of 2018. It is a historical drama set in one of the key periods of British history. It focuses on the relationship of Queen Anne of Great Britain with two of ...s it marked the end of French expansion under Louis IV and the rise of the British Empire. <ref>Coward, Barry. The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714 (Lond

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What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution
...0-year old aide on an expedition with a letter informing the French of the British claims in the region. The French thanked Washington for coming, put him up ...outhwest Pennsylvania carving roads and attempting to build a fort but the British position was overrun by a larger French force. On a dark May night in 1755

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Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed
*[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] [[Category:British History]] [[Category:English History]][[Category:History of Elizabethan Age]]

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The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
...mes'', the ''Australian'', ''The Conversation'', ''Globalist Magazine'', ''History News Network'' and many others. Palen has recently published two outstandi ...so offers a timely reminder that the Republican Party was, for much of its history, the party of protectionism and imperialism. The GOP dominated the executiv

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What Role did the Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson play in Wartime
...ore the bike manufacturers. With the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 the British office of the Ministry of Defence sought out William and Edwin Douglas, bro ...Davidson Motor Company. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref>

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Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History
...<ref>Virtue, John, ''The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway: A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943'', McFarland & Company, ...heast of Fairbanks, and at the southern terminus in Dawson Creek, near the British Columbia/Alberta border. In between lay 1,700 miles of sub-arctic tundra, r

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
As modern students of history, we must divorce scientific theories of the past from the unavoidable socie ...e a couple thousand years after Plato, was Francis Galton, a member of the British landed gentry and half-cousin to Charles Darwin. Charles was Francis’s ol

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Causes of World War II Top Ten Booklist
The second world war was the most catastrophic war in human history. The origins of the second world war in Europe are complex and controversia ...licy, which became increasingly hostile to Germany. It directly led to the British government issuing an ultimatum to Germany over Poland and this resulted in

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What steps did Germany take to start the Second World War in Europe
...ations, but ultimately the primary cause of the greatest conflict in human history was National Socialist Party's ideology and Germany's aggressive policies. ...ded the first world war, is perhaps the most controversial peace treaty in history; ‘many have judged it to be too harsh and others have judged it to be not

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What started World War One
...storiography of the First World War-Part I." Journal of Modern European History 121 pp: 5-27</ref> Germany was by far the most powerful military count ...y in Continental Europe, it lacked a large colonial Empire. The French and British Empires extended over large areas of the globe. Europe strategists at the t

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Why did the Baroque Style develop
...Culture of the Baroque: Analysis of a Historical Structure. Theory and History of Literature, v. 25. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.</ref> ...lready popular in Britain where the Baroque style never became popular for British tastes, emphasized proportional, free-standing buildings that were geometri

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