SAT作文素材 历史与战争

　　今天留学的老师继续给大家发一篇SAT作文素材历史与战争，美国历史悠久，在这么漫长的历史过程里战争也是一个亮点，而且历史无论是从正面还是反面都是例证的首选，它可以充分说明问题，而且了解美国历史也会给评分老师留下勤奋好学的较好印象，所以希望这篇SAT作文素材可以对大家的写作有所帮助!

　　1066:Norman Conquest

　　In 1066, William, duke of Normandy , led a force of 6,000 men from northern France to defeat King Harold of England in the Battle of Hastings. The Norman Conquest destroyed Englands tie to Scandinavia, instead bringing it into close contact with Western Europe. Within England, Norman French became the language of literature and of both the court and upper classes, and had a great effect on the development of the English language.

　　1775-1781: American Revolutionary War

　　The Thirteen Colonies successful war of independence from Great Britain led to the creation of the United States and the establishment of the modern democratic style of government. The Revolution had a great influence on liberal thought throughout Europe, inspiring revolutions in France, and later, in Spains American colonies.

　　1861-1865: American Civil War

　　The American Civil War erupted when southern states seceded from the Union in order to form their own nation. The Norths ultimate victory preserved the Union, abolished slavery, and granted citizenship to newly freed slaves. The Civil War also marked the economic and political ascendancy of the rapidly industrializing states of the North.

　　1939-1945:World War II

　　World War II involved every major power in the world and was the costliest war in history. The conflict resulted from the rise of totalitarian, militaristic regimes after World War I. Modern methods of warfare, including the first use of nuclear weapons--together with Germanys attempt to exterminate entire religious and ethnic groups -- killed tens of millions. Political consequences included the reduction of Britain and France to powers of lesser rank, the birth of the United Nations, and the beginning of the Cold War.

　　1095-1192: Crusades

　　The Crusades, profoundly altering European history, were a series of attacks organized by Western Christians in order to take control of the holy city of Jerusalem from Muslim powers. Although they generally failed in their chief purpose, the Crusades exercised an immense influence on Western civilization by bringing the West into closer contact with new ways of living and thinking--stimulating commerce, giving fresh impetus to literature and invention, and increasing geographical knowledge.

　　1799-1815: Napoleonic Wars

　　With Napoleon in a position of absolute power, France fought the shifting alliances of other European nations for territory. France enjoyed a short domination over most of Europe, during which Napoleon instituted many administrative and legal reforms. After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleons empire disintegrated, stimulating movements for national unification.

　　1914-1917:World War I

　　The underlying causes of World War I were the imperialist, territorial, and economic rivalries of the great powers. It was the advent of total war, in which civilians became legitimate targets, and use of modern weaponry made the war one of the bloodiest in history, with an estimated ten million killed. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles changed the face of Europe and the Middle East while the harsh terms imposed on Germany set the stage for World War II.

　　1950-1953: Korean War

　　The conflict between communist and non-communist forces in Korea was the first war fought under international authority and the first post-nuclear war. Ending in a stalemate, the Korean War clarified the lines of the Cold War between democracy and Communism and intensified the arms race between the United States and Russia.

　　历史观点

　　A universal view of history and the perception of present situation mutually sustain one another. As when see the totality of the past, so we experience the present. The deeper understanding we acquire in the past, the more sagacious decisions we make in the present.

　　德国对二战的教训

　　In world war two, the chauvinism in Germany led to great disaster not only to the Germans but also to the people of whole Europe. Fortunately, the government of Germany leant from the history that chauvinism would be harmful, and thus takes effective actions to restrict the resurgence of Nazism in all of the aspects of society.

　　以色列复国

　　In the reestablishment of Israel, the Bible played a crucial role. It is common that we humans have a basic psychological need for individual identity, which we define by our unique traditions, rituals, mores, beliefs, languages and especially history. Therefore, when a nations history are neglected or even abandoned, the result is a diminished sense of pride, dignity, and self-worth of the people.

　　对于这些SAT作文素材，有的学生可能说这么多的历史问题真的很难记住，其实我们不用刻意地去死记硬背，如果你有精力这么做固然是好，但为了节省时间对于历史问题我们把它作为一个小故事可以复述就可以了，但是一定不要把里面的重要信息记错，否则你在评分老师心中的形象会大打折扣，毕竟历史问题是一个严肃的问题。