In 1914 Europe was considered an armed camp‚ and its politics were taken over or dominated by two rival alliances. When a United Germany was created‚ it disturbed the balance of power in Europe. Due to the fear of Germany‚ it encouraged France and Russia to form an alliance in 1894. Moving closer to World War I (WWI) Europe experienced faster and efficient economic growth and encouraged the ideas of Imperialism and Nationalism. Europe then later began to threaten the stability of multi-ethnic empires
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a series of revolutions that reshaped the entirety of Western civilization‚ primarily in the areas of politics‚ social standings‚ and economics. Starting with the American Revolution in 1776 and ending with the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ the word has seen a variety of changes and upheavals. Primarily sparked by political oppression‚ economic inequality‚ and social unrest‚ these revolutions led to a new beginning for many countries. Understanding the reasons behind these revolutions‚ their respective
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The French Revolution changed the world. France indeed would not have been the way it is now if its revolutionary actions were not taken. To understand the revolution and why it came to be‚ we must examine the events leading to it‚ and the conditions of its people. Prerevolutionary France was under the leadership of Louis XVI (reigned 1643 to 1715) in a form of government known as an absolute monarchy. All power is given to the king. They exhibit the right to make laws and to enforce them‚ the
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World War I‚ Italy was essentially a country defeated. Despite having been on the winning side the feeling was that Italy had lost. Far from being treated like a major power‚ Italy felt marginalized by the “Big Three” countries‚ The US‚ France‚ and Great Britain‚ at the Paris peace talks and the Treaty of Versailles did not give Italy the territory it had been promised and felt it deserved. To add to this‚ Italy was a country embroiled in social turmoil‚ people were unhappy with the post-war economic
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The “War for Independence” better known as the American Revolution‚ took place between 1775 and 1783 and still after two centuries later‚ has left large attributes in the way society operates today. The American Revolution specifically brought radical change to the economic and social climate of the United States of America. After the Revolutionary War‚ individuals with moderate incomes increasingly represented their constituents in state legislatures. Through the evidence based off of the document
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political‚ and scientific aspects of society and were the cause of the French Revolution. The new proposition of government and society based upon the Enlightenment ideals of democracy‚ citizenship‚ and human rights set ahead by the philosophers such as John Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ and Voltaire spread throughout France. It changed how people viewed the government and its policies. As a result the French Revolution came to play from 1789-1799. It started when the working classes known as
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During the French Revolution‚ the Assembly abolished the French nobility which caused the guild system to begin to deteriorate and establish a national church. The French Revolution was known for its major social and economic changes in Europe. Many of these changes caused positive and negative impact on women and men in everyday life. In 1799-1815‚ Napoleon became a powerful ruler in France. Napoleon led the war between France and its allies‚ which resulted in France‚ defeating the first and second
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Most people would think they have a tough life or complain about every little thing‚ but they are missing the point. No one ponders about what it was like to survive before the industrial revolution. This event changed the world in many different ways. Creating such catastrophes including problems like transportation‚ child labor‚ education‚ and medicine. Many pros and cons reached the surface through this time and helped our world spin round even to this time. While you have the choice to go to
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and powerful regimes that were aristocratic and monarchical in the countries of Italy‚ the German Confederation‚ and France. Revolutions broke out in Italy in January making it the first revolt of this historic year. The Italian peninsula was made up of many smaller states and hadn’t yet been unified into one country. Revolutionaries demanded freedom from foreign powers‚ unification of the peninsula‚ and the creation of a constitutional government which provided more civil liberties to the people
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without the revolution that Gorbachev brought forward. His reform efforts would be the eventual catalyst towards demanded freedom from Eastern Europe and Yeltsin’s demands of ”democratization and rapid economic changes”. The end of the Cold War led to the Soviet Union’s collapse which happened because of Mikhail Gorbachev and his reform changes. The Cold War was a long and brutal battle.
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