Prompt 3: In what ways and to what extend did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least two countries. Absolutism was the beginning of the end for Europe’s nobility when it came to political power and influence. This period is often described as a bridge between Europe’s feudal society in which nobles held ultimate power and status to the capitalist society which eliminated the nobility’s influence over government and
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Settlement House Established in 1888 by Jane Adams- The settlement house was in Chicago. This settlement house would mark a particularly important shift in history and social welfare. It re-defined how to help people. Rather than punishing people for being less fortunate‚ it began helping people overcome poverty through education and support services‚ like help finding a job. This is one of many factors that lead us to having social workers. This settlement house also helped many European immigrants
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The Bank for International Settlements (Bank for International Settlements‚ BIS) is the oldest international financial institution in the world‚ having been in operation since 1930. With its headquarters in Basel‚ Switzerland‚ the BIS assists central banks regarding the investment of cash reserves‚ provides a forum for international monetary cooperation‚ acting as agent or trustee in the execution of international loan agreements‚ and engages in extensive economic research. The BIS is involved
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Nationalism is a strong bond to the nation to which we belong. In the 1960s‚ a new political view originated the expansion of the Quebec nationalism. Since the quiet revolution‚ the establishment of a Quebecer oneness has had many economic‚ political and cultural effects. Therefore‚ even nowadays‚ nationalism can be helpful to people. First of all‚ nationalism inspires a feeling of pride towards the community that makes people work for the common good. Indeed‚ if someone has a strong bond to his
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Janira Garcia 09-14-2012 1st Pd. Settlements of British North America Although there was economic and religious concerns during the colonial period it is believed and can be proved that economic concerns had more to do with the settling in British North American than religious concerns. Economic concerns that drove the settlements included‚ over population‚ standard of living‚ as well as high unemployment. Throughout history‚ people from around the world from different cultures have to American
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How did nationalism contribute to World War 1? Nationalism held a huge part in world war1 as it does in many wars. A major part of nationalism in world war1 is shown through Otto van Bismarck. Bismarck was a very tactical man and was great at thinking up strategies. It seemed he would do all he could to promote Germany and make it truly powerful over the rest of Europe by making a group of alliances that wouldn’t give France a chance to rise up to Germany since alone France was weak. Although Bismarck’s
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the national pride of every American. Nationalism is an ideology which asserts that an individual’s allegiance to the nation state surpasses other segregational differences such as race‚ religion‚ gender or sexuality. It provides a collective identity for people whose single greatest commonality is their belief in the strength and power of the nation state. Slogans and symbols‚ like a country’s flag‚ assist in capturing the essence of a country’s nationalism. The United States is known for standing
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line of physicians and was a physician himself. Clemenceau played a key role in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Georges Clemenceau was the senior French representative at the Versailles settlement. Georges Clemenceau needed the terms of Versailles to crush Germany‚ while David Lloyd George of Britain secretly needed a non-emotive way to deal with Germany’s discipline at Versailles.2 Georges Clemenceau was totally tuned in to what
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I do believe that Nationalism was the main cause of the war because it all began from countries trying to get their freedom from the Austria-Hungary Empire. Guarilo Principe shot Francis Ferdinand because he didn’t want to be under their control any longer. Then‚ of course‚ the other countries went to war not only because of the allied agreements but because they did not like the countries they were up against. In this war‚ there were two types of nationalism: there was the type where countries did
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Firstly‚ we must proceed to explain the nature of Article 231 in order to be able to analyse its judgement about Germany’s responsibility for the war. After the war had ended‚ Europe’s‚ especially France’s economy was devastated. There was also a general desire for such a war never to repeat itself‚ as the first proof of modern warfare proved to be ruinous. To deal with this two issues the allied powers made Germany sign the "war guilt clause" which made it accept all the guilt for the war and because
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