Waterloo‚ fought on June 18‚ 1815‚ was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battle. His defeat led swiftly to his final overthrow as ruler of France. After his exile to Elba‚ he had reinstalled himself on the throne of France for a Hundred Days. During this time‚ the forces of the rest of Europe‚ the United Kingdom‚ Prussia and the Russian Empire converged on him‚ commanded by the United Kingdom’s Duke of Wellington‚ and Prussia’s Gebhard von Blücher. As far back as 13 March 1815‚ six days before Napoleon
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to the industrial revolution are the invention of machines. With the invention of machines the use of steam and electricity‚ which shaped how to reproduce products and goods. 4 Describe working conditions in factories and mines between 1800 and 1850. What was life like for a typical worker? Reference at least one primary source to support your response. Working conditions consisted of manual labor in extreme warm weather‚ working 6 days a week in 12 – 14 shifts‚ unequal pay rates between men
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supporters of unity itself. By far the greatest obstacle‚ however‚ was the role of Austria in preventing unity. The Catholic Church was influential in Italy in many ways. Both rulers and ordinary people were influenced by the conservative beliefs of the Catholic Church and the attitude of the Papacy towards Italian unity was often reflected in the actions of Italian rulers and mass support for nationalism. In 1815 temporal power was restored to the Papacy in the Papal States and the Pope shared
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only for northern Italy to become a greatly expanded kingdom of Sardenia. “In the 1850’s Cavour worked to consolidate Sardenia as a liberal state capable of leading northern Italy.” (McKay‚ 836) Cavour saw Austria as a threat in unifying Italy and this is one point where both Cavour and Bismarck were on common ground. Therefore‚ they strategically persuaded European powers to fight against Austria…Italy provoked Austria into war Cavour then used Garibaldi’s popular appeal to his benefit. “When Garibaldi
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important first steps‚ Beales states ‘Many persons who first acquired experience of politics and administration under French occupation were prominent after 1815 in reformist‚ liberal and nationalist agitation’4. Martin Collier states the reason for the limited success was they ‘failed to attract foreign support to counteract the impact of Austria.5’ This supports the argument that
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century because the Tsarist government regarded the Jews to be a potentially revolutionary element. According to Professor Monike Richarz "In 1887‚ a quota system for Jewish students was introduced‚ which caused many Russian Jews to study in Germany‚ Austria or Switzerland. Generally speaking‚ one may say that acceptance depended on the impact
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and Austro-Hungarian empires. Nationalism also contributed to the outbreak of World War 1. These contributions all show how powerful nationalism was back then. Nationalism contributed to the unification of the Italian empire in the 1880s. “Between 1815 and 1848‚ fewer and fewer Italians were content to live under foreign rule.” Nationalist wanted unity‚ but regional differences worked
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the Russians and could not support the hungry French Army over the long winter. Thus Napoleon was forced to begin a long retreat‚ and saw his army decimated to a mere 20‚000 men by the severe Russian winter and chaos in the ranks. England‚ Austria‚ and Prussia then formed an alliance with Russia against Napoleon‚ who rebuilt his armies and won several minor victories over the Allies‚ but was soundly defeated in a three-day battle at Leipzig. On March 30‚ 1814‚ Paris was captured by the Allies. Napoleon
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was one of the twentieth century’s most powerful dictators. Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler are alike in that they were both military leaders and controlled vast amounts of territory‚ while both were raised in Europe‚ Hitler’s family lived in Austria and Napoleon in France; could their childhood have affected their leadership? Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler’s leadership are both alike in that they were both outstanding leaders to their military. Adolf Hitler was a German leader who committed
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