The United Kingdom was tied by alliance to France and Belgium (as well as to Russia). Germany was tied by alliance to Austria-Hungary (and also to Italy, but Italy would later change sides). Those alliances would kick in as World War I erupted -- in particular, Germany's alliance with Austria-Hungary would have a key role in starting the war.
The United Kingdom had the world's strongest navy in the years building up to World War I, and Germany was doing all it could to build up its naval capabilities to catch up to the British. The competition for supremacy was a big part of the events leading up to World War I.
When the Austrian prince Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, the German alliance kicked in before the British were directly involved in any way. Russia had mobilized its armies against Austria, to come to the defense of Serbia as an ally. (The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was carried out in Serbia by a Serbian nationalist group.) Germany warned Russia to halt its troop mobilization, and when the Russians did not do so, Germany went to war. However, the German war plan, based on Russia's alliance with France, was to go and attack France first. The Germans went through Belgium in their attack on France. Both as a guarantor of Belgian neutrality and as an ally of France, thus the United Kingdom became involved in the war.
So, both Germany and the United Kingdom were reacting to events, but they also were both causes of the events that were leading to the war. Increasing militarization and alliance systems were a big part of the events leading to World War I, and both Germany and the UK were involved in that.
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John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist who believed in and advocated armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He first gained attention when he led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856. He was dissatisfied with the pacifism of the organized abolitionist movement: "These men are all talk. What we need is action—action!" In May 1856, Brown and his supporters killed five supporters of slavery in the Pottawatomie massacre, which responded to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces. Brown then commanded anti-slavery forces at the Battle of Black Jack (June 2) and the Battle of Pottawatomie (August 30, 1856).
In October 1859, Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (today West Virginia), intending to start a slave liberation movement that would spread south through the mountainous regions of Virginia and North Carolina; there was a draft constitution for the state he hoped to establish. He seized the armory, but seven people were killed, and ten or more were injured. He intended to arm slaves with weapons from the arsenal, but only a small number of local slaves joined his revolt. Within 36 hours, those of Brown's men who had not fled were killed or captured by local farmers, militiamen, and US Marines, the latter led by Robert E. Lee. He was hastily tried for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, the murder of five men (including 3 blacks), and inciting a slave insurrection; he was found guilty on all counts and was hanged. He was the first person convicted of treason in the history of the country.
Historians agree that the Harper's Ferry raid and Brown's trial, both covered extensively by the national press, escalated tensions that led to the South's secession a year later and the American Civil War. Brown's raid captured the nation's attention; Southerners feared that it was just the first of many Northern plots to cause a slave rebellion that might endanger their lives, while Republicans dismissed the notion and claimed that they would not interfere with slavery in the South. "John Brown's Body" was a popular Union marching song that portrayed him as a martyr.
Brown's actions as an abolitionist and the tactics he used still make him a controversial figure today. He is both memorialized as a heroic martyr and visionary, and vilified as a madman and a terrorist. Historian James Loewen surveyed American history textbooks and noted that historians considered Brown perfectly sane until about 1890, but generally portrayed him as insane from about 1890 until 1970, when new interpretations began to gain ground. So the answer is C).He attempted to cause a slave uprising. Please mark brainliest. Have a good day!
The preamble, bill of rights and constitution do not, nor have they ever, built democracy.
Answer:
Presidential elections take place every four years, and Congressional elections occur every two years.
Explanation:
According to the United States Constitution, the period of intervals at which the election will be conducted for the President and the Congress members is well stipulated in which it is stated that "Presidential elections take place every four years, and Congressional elections occur every two years."
The congressional elections are done for House of Representatives members and one-third of the total membership of the Senate every two years.