In 1871 Germany finally became a unified statehood. This was a long time coming for Germany because for so long they were just a cluster of twenty-five German speaking states‚ city-states‚ and duchies between France‚ Russia‚ and the north sea coast. When fighting for the right to finally be unified this brought fighting which was fueled by the rise in German nationalism in the early half of the 1800’s. Germany’s unification began with the uproar of 1848‚ when a series of revolutions came through
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so much about it. On February 15‚ 1564‚ in the city of Pisa‚ Italy a boy was born that would forever change the way humans look up at the stars every night. Galileo Galilei has been and will forever be known for his discoveries and inventions‚ and how they contributed to our planet. Many known scientific theories have spawn from the ingenious mind of Galileo. Like all discoverers‚ you either make a theory or support a theory. Many people before Galileo’s time thought that the earth was the center
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The resulting colonies were unique in that New France had the fur trade‚ New Netherlands had war with neighboring Indians‚ New England had community formation as they followed Protestant principles‚ and New Spain had introduced diseases to America. Jacques Cartier took the St. Lawrence River to France back in the 1530s‚ but for 75 years it grew weak until Samuel de Champlain returned there in 1608 and formed the fur trade in Quebec. The newly founded New Netherland in 1621 also went into fur trading
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itself; every man is a piece of the continent.” this illustrates the diversity that our world has. Living in a perfect community would not be ideal there would be sameness. communities have no ways of spreading culture. Imagine a place where there is no color‚ no choice; a place where individuality and freedom have been traded for sameness and security. Lois Lowry has created such a place in the novel The Giver. First‚the community‚ In The Giver‚ is set in the future and is supposed to be a kind of
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The invention of the printing press in 1450 marked a new start point for Europe‚ the capacity to print/copy texts allowed people to have more access to education; the literacy rates went up and new discoveries and ideas arose guiding mankind to a period of time that is known for the great advances‚ ideas and discoveries that became the fundamental base for today’s political and scientific ideologies. These new political and scientific philosophies of the enlightenment era marked a shift in the
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and pastor. Born February 4‚ 1906‚ he was one of seven children‚ and the family live in Breslau‚ Germany. In his youth‚ Bonhoeffer studied in Berlin and Tubinger. He eventually served as a vicar in a German parish in Spain. His theological studies were completed in the year 1930‚ and a year later‚ he was ordained as a priest. He eventually began to work at the University of Berlin like his father. Dietrich was an active member of the resistance against
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education. 1B EXPLAIN THE CHARASTERISTICS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOLS IN RELATION TO EDUCATIONAL STAGE(S) AND SCHOOL GOVERNANCE. All children between 5 and 16 are entitled to a free place at a state school. There are four main types of state schools funded by local authorities. They all follow the National Curriculum and are inspected by Ofsted. Community schools: The admission authority for a community school is the local authority. Community schools are run by the local authority
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There was a specific critic of the Treaty of Versailles that stands out more than others; a failed painter‚ turned war hero who was ignited with the incendiary fuel of nationalism. That critic was Adolf Hitler. Hitler gained support relatively quickly following the Treaty of Versailles. In fact‚ Hitler used the Treaty of Versailles to rise to power. As I’ve stated‚ many germans (including radicalists) felt the treaty was immoral‚ and deprived Germany of self-determination. In fact‚ abolishing the
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Following the success of the February Revolution‚ Lenin returned to Russia and delivered the April Theses‚ which established his policies and aspirations for the country. After a decade of exile‚ Lenin intended to take control of the revolutionary efforts upon his return. He arrived in Petrograd on April 3 – and delivered “the April Theses” to his supporters. In this dissertation‚ Lenin denounced the Provisional Government‚ called for the nationalization of all land‚ and “demanded the immediate transition
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In her lifetime‚ Kate Chopin touched her writings on lives of women finding the difficulty of realizing their desires which will led to their downfall. As one of the earliest American feminist writers‚ Kate Chopin had given insights of women struggling the restrictions of society after the Civil War through her novels and short stories. Most of her work was considered a taboo to society because they were based on her emotional cravings for independence and exemption from the strains of a country
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