WW2: Its Cause & Its Ineffectiveness

WW2 didn't really solve any of the problems. Germany was still angry, only this time the treaty was not as unfair. Japan and Italy still wanted to expand but found out the limits to their power. So the issues of aggression and expansion were only suppressed and will probably need to be dealt with sooner or later.

COT Practice: WW1 (The Great War)

The Great War

Change:
The Great War causes a shift in power among the colonial powers.
- Germany's colonies in Africa are taken by the British or the Spanish.
- Britain becomes more powerful as shown by the additional territory taken in the Middle East.

The reason for this change is that the war resulted in a clear winner and a clear loser that resulted in one side relinquishing the power of their colonies.

Continuity:
The struggle between the colonial powers to control colonies across the world is present before and after the Great War.
- Germany's loss of territory is split between the major colonial powers to show the continued interest in controlling colonies.
- Africa's territory is split up between the major colonial powers before and after the Great War.
- the Indian Ocean Basin area is also split up between the major colonial powers

The reason why colonial powers continued to desire for control over colonies is because of the benefits like more natural resources, a larger trading network, and more taxes that come with colonies.