... . Both sides of the nationalist movement were worried that divisions between them could allow other parties like the Labour Party, to make gains in the election. A new constitution was agreed between both sides prior to the election that offered hope a compromise could be reached. However, the British government objected to the new constitution and threatened military intervention unless the terms of the ... ...

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... because she feared his wealth and power would enable him to challenge them for control of England. In 1455 King Henry suddenly recovered from his catatonia and returned to Margaret's party. The first battle of the Wars of the Roses was the Battle of Saint Alban's 22 May 1455. This battle resulted in a decisive victory for the Duke of York. The ... time, at the Second Battle of St. Alban's. York's own son Edward was only eighteen and already a great military leader. He defeated the Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross in 1461. He reached London before Margaret's forces could get there and cl...

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... to offer amnesty to Confederates taking the loyalty oath; if ten percent of voters took the oath, statehood was re-established. President Lincoln's major goal was to strength the Republican Party in the South. President Johnson's plan was for Confederate leaders and wealthy Southerners to ask presidential permission to take the loyalty oath. The Southern would have to approve the Thirteenth ... did not change overnight. The official reconstruction of the south ended in 1877, but the attitudes have taken over a hundred years to change, and the attempt to make that change reached a boilin...

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... the late 19th century. At this time, France's colonial ambitions led it to take over Vietnam and some of it's neighboring countries - Laos and Cambodia. In 1930, the "Indochinese Communist Party" was formed by Ho Chi Minh, and during the Second World War he formed an independence movement called the Vietminh. After WWII, the Vietminh wanted Vietnam as an independent country ... 1972, the newly elected Labor government in Australia stopped all Australian involvement in the war. The war ended not long after that in January 1973 when a cease-fire agreement was reached and all American grou...

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