How successful was Wolsey’s foreign policy 1515-29? On one hand Thomas Wolsey’s foreign policy from 1515-29 was successful because he managed to get most of Europe to agree on perpetual peace which had previously been very difficult. This was what Wolsey’s Foreign policy was all about; acting as a mediator between other countries and gaining respect and prestige so this was a great success. In 1518 Wolsey hosted a great conference in London which representatives of the majority of European powers
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How successful was Elizabeth I in dealing with the foreign policy problems she was faced with in 1558-1603? By 1603‚ Elizabeth was ultimately successful with many of her aims in regard to foreign policy. Despite this‚ the monarch faced various set backs and failures in such affairs. The problems arose as she ruled an isolated protestant kingdom surrounded by catholic superpowers. She managed these difficulties with great pragmatism and opportunism‚ reducing the threat of invasion. Her aggressive
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Jin-Ho Lee IB History – Mr. Wade 28/01/14 How successful was Lenin (1917-1924) in solving the problems he faced? With the October revolution in 1917‚ Lenin managed to execute a successful coup d’état against the provisional government of Russia and with the death of the constituent assembly early 1918; Lenin and his Bolsheviks had finally control over Russia. However this was just the beginning of various problems he would be facing. This raised the debate on whether Lenin could deal with
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How successful was the conservative party from 1918- 1928? As a party the Conservatives can be seen to have achieved considerable success between the years 1918-28. Before the war the party had lost 3 consecutive elections‚ whereas during the period 1918-28 they were in power for all but 10 months of those 10 years (First Labour Government January- October 1924). It can then be seen through their domination of power that they were very successful. However during the first 4 of those years‚ whilst
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How successful‚ in your opinion‚ was the New Economic Policy? The New Economic Policy‚ or NEP‚ introduced by the Bolshevik government in 1921‚ was an attempt to readjust and realign the Soviet economy and to prevent its implosion. The basic concept of the new policy was that the appropriation of food from the peasants‚ as pioneered in the infamous ‘War Communism’‚ was to be abolished and replaced by a ‘tax in kind’. Peasants were then left in undisturbed possession of the land‚ free to sell their
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The Weimar Republic was created in the result of Germany’s defeat in World War 1. Germany was loaded with the blame‚ and hated the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had rejected it but was forced to sign it in 1919. The Weimar government was not able to bring back pre-war conditions. In august 1923 Gustav Stresemann became Chancellor of Germany and foreign minster. He was apart of the German people’s party. Stresemann went along way in resolving the catastrophe that was left after World War 1. Stresemann
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Some of these ideas became successful however some didn’t achieve the goal and some even made it worse leaving the nobility with more power. He followed through with new ideas until his death and therefore the end of his reign on the 21st April 1509. Henry VII was very keen to limit the power of his nobility because he saw the great and powerful nobles as dangerous‚ he thought that if they had a big enough army they could rise up against him and over throw him‚ this was a constant worry to Henry
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How successful was Henry VIII foreign policy. Anastasiya Sosis On this question there are two opposite views. First‚ traditional‚ is that Henry’s and Wolsey’s foreign policy was a complete failure; it was short-sighted‚ naïve‚ anachronistic and way too expensive. As John Guy said in 1988‚ Wolsey ‘overreached himself in diplomacy’. The other view‚ in contrast‚ is that Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey‚ although not reaching much success had a very practical‚ flexible and purposeful foreign policy
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I was going through my old files and profile articles that I’ve written/published in magazines over the past couple of years and it struck me that I could collate some of the gems of insight they shared in an article. Many of the people have moved on to even greater success‚ but their words of wisdom remain relevant years afterwards. Here are some of success tips: I was going through my old files and profile articles that I’ve written/published in magazines over the past couple of years and
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There are many reasons why The New Deal was and wasn’t successful. But‚ in overall The New Deal was more unsuccessful because of the amount of people losing their jobs and the government having too much power. People started to lose their jobs due to the many businesses closing down which led to the poor and the rich to be equal in wealth. Businesses closing was mainly caused by the government having too much power and they thought they could do anything they wanted because no one could stop them
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