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The birth of a son to James II was the event that most directly caused the Glorious Revolution.
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- James II was a determined catholic who wanted to reinstate the status of Catholicism in the kingdom.
- But as soon as a son was born to James II, his daughter Mary II. who was a protestant by belief, along with her husband, William of Orange, took over the throne and changed the way the kingdom was ruled.
- Mary II dispensed more power to the Parliament and took the initial steps towards a making England a political democracy.
Before the end of WWII in 1945 most of European countries were in constant wars with their neighbors. This was detrimental for the entire region because the fighting hampered efforts to develop a sustained economic growth. Due to these circumstances, the European Union was born to finally put an end to the endless wars among countries.
Around the 1950s, countries which were producing coal and steel in Europe, decided that in order to continue with the success of the two industries, it was necessary to unite European countries. Thanks to their efforts, the European Union was born.
The founder member countries were Italy, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. They have been very successful in creating of the largest economic trading blocks around the world. It is their hope that the success continue for many decades to come.
Answer:
1. Tales of Men and Ghost (1910)
2. Summer (1917)
Explanation:
Edith Jones Wharton was an american writer who lived between 1862 to 1937, she authored various books (novels, novellas, short stories etc.) in her life time, in which they are the following:
Verses (1878). The Greater Inclination (1897). Crucial Instances (1901). The Joy of Living, by H. Suderman (translated by Wharton 1902). Sanctuary (1903). The Descent of Man, and Other Stories (1904). Italian Villas, and Their Gardens (1904). Italian Backgrounds (1905). Fruit of the Tree (1907). Madame de Treyms (1907). The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories (1908). A Motor Flight through France (1908). Artemis to Actaeon, and other Verses (1909). Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910). The Reef (1912). Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort (1915). The Book of the Homeless (1916). Xingu, and Other Stories (1916). Summer (1917). The Marne (1918). French Ways and Their Meaning (1919). In Morocco (1920). The Glimpses of the Moon (1922). A Son at the Front (1923). Old New York (1924). The Mother's Recompense (1925). The Writing of Fiction (1925). Here and Beyond (1926). Twelve Poems (1926). Twilight Sleep (1927). The Children (1928). Hudson River Bracketed (1929). Certain People (1930). The Gods Arrive (1932). Human Nature (1933). A Backward Glance (1934). The World Over (1936). Ghosts (1937). The Buccaneers (1938). Eternal Passion in English Poetry (1939). The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton (2 vols., edited by R. W. B. Lewis, 1968).
