... Maharaja never consulted with them . Since Muslims make up the majority of the population, Pakistan claims that Kashmir should be a part of Pakistan. After the partition, in the absence of a quick satisfactory solution to the Kashmir problem, Pakistan sent an army to capture the territory, and India's army was invited by the Maharaja to defend the territory. In January 1948, India ... war was initiated by Pakistan who since the defeated of India by China in 1962 had come to believe that Indian military would be unable or unwilling to defend against a quick military campaign in Kashmir. ...

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... . The southern states were so reluctant to admit that African-Americans were people that they allowed the 3/5ths compromise to occur. During the argument over electoral votes, southern states were quick to try to include their slaves in an effort for more power. In order to get some type of benefit without compromising their idea of African-Americans being property, the ... ...

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... , they looked to shopkeepers to help them, which in return brought the shopkeepers and retailers into bankruptcy as well. Many merchant houses crashed, and plantations owners also struggled to find quick cash. "Thousands of southern planters suffered court judgment that took away their 'land, Negroes, horses, cows, hogs, and feather beds or old pots or pans,'" Nash said ... ...

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... extremely significant in the development of war. The reasons however for this are ˜much more political than technological'. The advances in weaponry in the 19TH century with innovations of quick firing artillery, machine-guns and repeating rifles were the cutting edge of the 'new imperialism' abroad. Russia's remarkable economic recovery upset the military equilibrium. Not only did spending on arms ... ...

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... growth of a variety of cotton that thrived in almost every part of the South. Bonded African Americans were still needed to pick the cotton, only now Whitney's gin allowed the quick separation of cotton fiber from seeds. As cotton production increased exponentially, plantations expanded all over the South and ever increasing numbers of bonded African Americans were required. With the invention ... ...

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... growth of a variety of cotton that thrived in almost every part of the South. Bonded African Americans were still needed to pick the cotton, only now Whitney's gin allowed the quick separation of cotton fiber from seeds. As cotton production increased exponentially, plantations expanded all over the South and ever increasing numbers of bonded African Americans were required. With the invention ... ...

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... the empire. And for all the company's attempts to discourage interloping, more and more free-lance adventurers kept flocking in from Europe, equipped with forged trading passes and a hunger for a quick killing. The threat that most unsettled the English, however, came from the French, who in the 1750s were engaged in a global war with Britain. In 1746, the French boldly seized ... ...

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... to protect the perimeters of towns. In weaponry, the British were comparable to other European powers. The artillery consisted of the 12 and 15-pounder breech-loaders, only a handful of quick-firers and heavy ordnance were used. The infantry trained with .303-inch magazine Lee-Metfords. The cavalry took the field with carbines, sabers and some time lances. Later in the ... ...

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... . President McKinley was more willing to find a compromise. However, he was assassinated, and Theodore Roosevelt became president. A much rougher individual, Roosevelt was not willing to compromise on anything. He wanted quick resolution to the Alaska question - even members of his own cabinet sometimes though he went overboard in negotiations with other countries. Roosevelt told the British ambassador to the U.S. that he ... ...

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