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    The developing problems in France caused the country to move closer and closer towards Revolution. In 1789‚ France was under the control of King Louis XVI. He was married to Marie Antoinette. At the time‚ France’s social and political system was the Old Regime. In the Old Regime‚ there was the Estates System which divided the people of France into three estates. The First Estate consisted of the clergy. The nobles were in the Second Estate and the peasants‚ bourgeoisie‚ and urban lower class made

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    The fifteenth century gave rise to an upsurge in maritime exploration in Europe. The European explorers were inspired to embark on this journey to find a trade route to Asia because their goods were getting hard to acquire. The Muslim power blocked easy access the east to these treasures and posed a military and religious threat to Europe. This was where Christopher Columbus purposed the idea of sailing west to end up on the eastern side of the world because he taught of the world as being round

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    How Far did the Nazi Regime depend on fear rather than popular support for maintaining their control of Germany between 1933-39? What is this essay asking you to do? Determine whether the Nazi regime used fear as a method of control of the German people or whether there are other reasons for the fact that the Nazis kept power and control of the German people. For example Did propaganda also help? Was the regime actually popular with Germans? Why was there no opposition? Did the Nazis

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    revolving around him as a god for all of France to worship. He did all this in only one year. How did this happen? Before 1789‚ France was at its lowest point in history and desperately searched for relief. There were famines everywhere‚ and the financial situation was abysmal. In 1792‚ a seemingly charismatic speaker known as Maximilien de Robespierre appeared the to be the answer for the French. Unfortunately‚ Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety led France into even more bloodshed in trying

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    Mexican­American War    In 1836‚ after a deadly war‚  the Texans successfully gained independence from  Mexico and formed the Lone Star Republic.  Initially the Texans approached the Union  with the hopes of being admitted as a slave state‚ but the delicate balance in congress  between slave and free states would be disturbed by doing so.  For this reason‚ the  Lone Star Republic would remain independent for another decade.  Forging valuable  trade relationships with European and Americans‚ as well as building its economy

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    Throughout the course of the seventeenth century‚ a new political regime spread across Europe known as absolutism. Before absolutism came into place‚ the sixteenth century had been full of chaos and wars as a result of various levels of governments sharing the power to make decisions‚ and the therefore constant splitting of countries over how to best act when faced with a crisis‚ resulting in countries such as SpainEngland and France all undergoing their own civil wars. To try and combat this‚

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    Britain’s and France’s weaknesses were not the most important causes of World War 2 although they did have an effect on it. The Invasion of Poland actually started World War 2. Britain and France could have prevented WW2 from ever occurring at The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland‚ Munich Conference and The Invasion of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France could have also lowered reparations for Germany as Germany was bankrupt and with extremist parties taking power such as The Nazis would dislike

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    Geography: France is bordered by Belgium‚ Luxembourg‚ Germany‚ Switzerland‚ Italy‚ Monaco‚ Spain‚ Andorra‚ and the UK by the Channel Tunnel. It is located in the continent of Europe. They are in the timezone of UTC/GMT +1 Hour. The borders inside of France are the only ones that have changed‚ the outside perimeter has been the same since France was declared a country. Paris is the capital city and also the largest. Lyon is the second biggest city in France. People do travel from country to country

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    Franco-Dutch War Analysis

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    Franco-Dutch War‚ commonly referred to simply as the Dutch War‚ was a conflict in which France attacked the Spanish Netherlands (1)‚ a territory in the Low Countries controlled by Spain (2). In 1670‚ England and France signed the Treaty of Dover‚ uniting them against the Dutch (1). When French forces under Louis XIV invaded the Netherlands‚ Dutch armies flooded vast portions of the country by opening the dikes‚ impeding French movement. William III of Orange‚ the Dutch monarch‚ oversaw the naval

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