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Nineteenth Century - Belgium had a colony in Africa: the belgian Congo. The Belgian leadership treated the native people of the Congo in an extremely brutal manner, most people were essentially slaves. Some workers were mutilated if they did not meet certain quotas, or if they "misbehaved".
Twentieth Century - France and Britain came to dominate several areas in the Middle East after the Ottoman Empire collapsed. The French Mandate in particular, created the countries of Syria and the Lebanon.
The problem was that the borders of these countries were created without regard for ethnic and religious differences.
For this reason, modern Syria and Lebanon are very conflictive countries (Syria is in a civil war, Lebanon had a civil war from 1975 to 1990) because of that.
Twenty-first century - The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 under the false claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction hidden in its territory. While the U.S. army managed to depose the former dictator, Sadam Hussein, the invasion caused the deaths of thousands of American Soldiers and Iraqi citizens, and Iraq continues to be a unstable country up to this day.
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Below are some of the important dates that led to the creation of the Constitution: 1775 — The Revolutionary War between the Colonies and Britain begins. 1776 —Declaration of Independence written; the 13 colonies become the 13 states, but are not yet united under one central government. To set up government guidelines, set up a military, and make laws.
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Dissapointment.
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Ralph had surely learned about the virtues of democracy, good governance and accountability. Then Watergate happened and he, just like millions of Americans, saw and listened to president Nixon lying and obstructing justice after having abused his power to spy on his political rivals. The Watergate scandal erosioned the credibility of the political system and of the institution of the presidency. So, Ralph became dissapointed.
Answer:tern culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Occidental culture, the Western world, Western society, and European civilization, is the heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies that originated in or are associated with Europe. The term also applies beyond Europe to countries and cultures whose histories are strongly connected to Europe by immigration, colonization, or influence. For example, Western culture includes countries in the Americas and Australasia, whose language and demographic ethnicity majorities are of European descent. Western culture has its roots in Greco-Roman culture from classical antiquity (see Western canon).[citation needed]
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wont
Most Americans supported isolationism. They didn't want to engage in another European war. Although this agreement didn't include sending troops to Europe, it involved sending 50 destroyers to UK, so the amount of help was rather major.
