points in history. Some may say Bismarck was a diamond in the rough. After all‚ he came from a very unusual background but that did not stop him from achieving greatness even in his younger years. Otto von Bismarck was born the first of april in 1815 in the german
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The most influential man to the Congress of Vienna was Prince Klemens Von Metternich. The Congress of Vienna was made up of Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia. They arranged the final peace. The Congress wanted to restore the Bourbon King of 1814 and restore the balance of power. With the congress it was able to bring back Balance of Power throughout Europe. Not only did the the Congress
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separated into three-dozen individual states. The railroads provided an opportunity for those states to merge into a united country. This was accomplished through a unified trading system‚ linking the industrial cities‚ uniting Western and Eastern Prussia‚ delivering a more effective structure to law and order and competition between states and private companies. During the early development of the railway a unified system of national trade had to be put into place as agricultural towns were connected
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1. Why are Luddites famous? Hated and ransacked factories/machines 2. What characterized railroad construction on the continent? The need to expand trade and move goods to farther places faster; more efficient; different levels of government involved (England= moderate‚ others= not a lot) 3. What did the Mines Act of 1842 call for? Underground work prohibited for children and women 4. What were the demands of the Chartist movement? Male suffrage 5. Which law outlawed labor unions and
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important man back in the days. He was the reason Germany was shaped in such a way but he was also the downfall of the world war l. Otto was called the "Iron Chancellor” (1815-1898)‚ who between 1862 and 1890 effectively ruled first Prussia and then successfully covered all Germany. He initiated decisive wars with Denmark‚ Austria and France to unite 39 independent German states under Prussian leadership. He used his manipulative intelligence European rivalries to make Germany a world power‚ but in
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INTRODUCTION This paper begins by outlining the definitions and what exactly is meant by international relations. Secondly‚ it tells the story of how and why the study of international relations emerged when it did‚ during the course of modern history. Even though‚ the history and the origins of this discipline alone does not reveal everything we need to know about how international relations functions in this day and age‚ it certainly would help us to understand the legacy left behind by this study’s
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He realized the political and geographical chaos within Germany after the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815. This was greatly due to the high number of local battles and internal wars within the un-unified Germany. The existence of these struggles was mainly because‚ through the congress’s “balance of power”‚ European powers were limited to reduce the possibility
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Germans unify so late? Germany in the 1500’s is Swiss cheese; there are thousands of divisions throughout the country. All of the states around Germany are practically established as one place or empires. Why did Brandenburg eventually grow into Prussia? Importance of Religion in Political Dealings and how Medieval Kingship worked: What makes a nation? What makes a country? What makes a Kingdom? Natural barriers provide a good barometer of shaping countries. Germany actually doesn’t have effective
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* Napoleon attempted suicide with a pill he had carried since a near-capture by Russians on the retreat from Moscow however‚ its potency had weakened with age‚ and he survived to be exiled while his wife and son took refuge in Austria * Evening of February 26 ‚ 1815 Napoleon takes advantage of temporary absence of the English custodian‚ Colonel Campbell * Under the cover of night‚ he silently slipped away with a from the island and returned to the mainland * He traveled through
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What was the main reason for Italian Unification? In 1815 after the battle of waterloo and the end of the Napoleonic wars‚ the victorious powers met to discuss what to do to at what became to be known as the Congress of Vienna. To ensure that war on the same scale never broke out again they decided to make very little changes to the current map of Europe‚ except strengthening all of France’s neighbours. I was agreed at the conference that the ruling powers should meet in the future whenever
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