Chapter 8
Question 1
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Following failures to create a European state directly after the First World War, continental leaders decided, when they founded the European Economic Community in 1951, that political integration would make the members of the EEC interdependent and that this would encourage economic integration. This would then eliminate the sort of unemployment and inflation that led to the Great Depression.
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Following failures to create a European state directly after the Second World War, continental leaders decided, when they founded the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, that functional integration would make the members of the EC interdependent economically and that this would encourage political integration. This would then eliminate the sort of competition and conflict that led to the Second World War.
Question 2
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The Agreement of Rome of 1957 set up a grouping of the original sixteen members of the ECSC with a much smaller range of functions and tasks that the original body. To symbolise this it changed its name to the European Union.
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The Treaty of Rome of 1957 set up a grouping of the original six members of the ECSC with a much greater range of functions and tasks that the original body. To symbolise this it changed its name to the European Union.
Question 3
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The Maastricht Pact of 1982 represented a small departure from preceding initiatives because of added only modification to their economic and political objectives.
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The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 represented a radical departure from preceding initiatives because of its ambitious economic and political objectives.
Question 4
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Sovereignty is the shared right to illegitimate power within a territory. A sovereign state has complete power over other countries.
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Sovereignty is the exclusive right to legitimate power within a territory. A sovereign state has complete power over its own affairs.
Question 5
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Britain has traditionally been favourable to European integration, because of its stake in involvement with European markets and their close links with Commonwealth countries.
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Britain has traditionally skeptical about European integration, because of its stake in world markets and its links with English-speaking countries overseas.