Assignment 2 (Ashley)

1. List five historical ties (treaties, peace agreements, trade pacts, etc) since 1914 between your country and the two other countries assigned for this homework.

a. Treaty of Alliance from 1917, Great Britain and France were allies during WWI

b. Great Britain cam to France’s aid during WWI

c. Treaty of Versailles in 1919 between Germany and the allied powers.

d. The Tripartite Agreement between the Britain, India and Nepal was a treaty signed in 1947 concerning the rights of Gurkhas (people from Nepal and parts of India in military service)

e. India has opened the oil and gas and aviation sectors to private enterprise

2. Has your country fought any significant wars, or battles, against each other directly, indirectly, of through proxy since 1914? If so, List the wars, or proxy wars, these countries have fought against yours since 1914.

a. There have been no fights between Great Britain and France or Great Britain and India.

3. Does your country have any significant religious disagreements with the two other countries assigned that reach back through the centuries (and yes, this can precede 1914)?

a. Christianity is a religion within the country of India that Saint Francis Xavier brought to India. In the following years Portugal, Denmark, Holland, Germany, and Great Britain followed in Xavier`s footsteps and came to India to preach the benefits of Christianity. Therefore, Britain and India share similar beliefs for religion. Britain also supports France’s religion because France’s religion is Catholic.

4. Historically has the relationship been your countries and the two other countries (individually) been amicable, hostile, or neutral? Briefly (6-8 sentences) explain.

a. Historically, the relationship between Great Britain and France has been hostile because they often had feuds over territory (America, Central America, Mexico, etc.). England and India’s relationship has been amicable because India used to be a colony of England’s. The English also backed the Indian in the French and Indian war, and adopted the educational system from England.

How is your country related politically to the other?

5. How do their government systems compare? One sentence answer is fine.

a. England’s government is a Parliamentary Monarchy, while India is a Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic and France’s government is divided up into branches and is a secular, democratic, and social Republic.

6. Which major military and political treaties does your country share with the other countries since The Treaty of Versailles?

a. June 18 German-British Fleet agreement, The German fleet is set to 35% of the British. This supports the revision of the Versailles treaty and leads to some discomfort between France and Great Britain.

b. 1944 March 7 Japanese try to strike into India with an advance to Kohima and Imphal. They are stopped by British and Indian forces in a series of battles that rage until the end of May.