In June 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain in reaction to three issues: the British economic blockade of France, the induction of thousands of neutral American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier. A faction of Congress, made up mostly of western and southern congressmen, had been advocating the declaration of war for several years. These “War Hawks,” as they were known, hoped that war with Britain, which was preoccupied with its struggle against Napoleonic France, would result in U.S. territorial gains in Canada and British-protected Florida.
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The assassination of the heir to the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophie. On June 28, 1914, the couple paid a state visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia.
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"Feared the use of weapons of mass destruction"
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This was the official explanation. However, there were no real signs that Iraq had any such weapons. Based on US govt. documents detailing the sale of Iraqi oil fields and a conscious decision to make a foe of Iran, the real reasons seem to have been to control Iraq's oil and to box in Iran.
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Charlemagne (c. 742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic tribe in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany.
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During the Neolithic age technology or tools were made using bones and stones where the early human civilizations used them for hunting and gathering. While during the Bronze age, humans have already adapted and learned new ways how to carve out tools and other materials using a more sturdy material. Both ages were turning points in human history as they have determined the course of how society will be formed and how it became civilized.
