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|War of the Austrian Succession

|(1740-1748) a broad conflict among many European nations, with the result that Prussia defeated Austria to win the territory of Silesia

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|Easter Rising

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|(April 24-30, 1916) Irishmen seeking independence from Britain captured key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic; British suppressed this and executed its leaders.

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|Irish Republic

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|(1919) established through the efforts of its leader, Michael Collins (1890-1922), who was then killed three years later during an Irish civil war

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|Northern Ireland

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|divided between British Protestants and Irish Catholics, still under the control of the British

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|Bloody Sunday

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|(1972) Irish held a peaceful march for freedom in Derry, Northern Ireland, but British soldiers responded by shooting and killing some of them, including children; the British never punished those responsible and several rock music songs commemorate the tragedy

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|9-11

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|September 11, 2001) 19 Muslims, most from Saudi Arabia, hijacked American airplanes and flew one into each tower of the World Trade Center, a third into the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania as the passengers attempted to retake control of the plane from the terrorists.

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