The Revolutionary Era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries was marked by transformative political upheavals and ideological shifts around the world. It includes historical occurrences like the French Revolution (1789–1799)‚ the American Revolution (1775–1783)‚ and the independence movements in Latin America. The Enlightenment principles of liberty‚ equality‚ and democracy propelled these revolutions‚ which ended in the overthrow of monarchies and colonial rule. As a result of the American Revolution
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appointed Otto von Bismarck as a Prussian representative for the German Confederation. Bismarck then served from 1851 to 1862 as the Prussian ambassador to Russia and France‚ and when he returned to Prussia‚ he was appointed as the prime minister of Prussia by the new king‚ King Wilhelm I. Once Bismarck was prime minister‚ he decided that Prussia should be the one to unify Germany‚ and after some of the previous attempts to unify Germany had failed‚ he decided to use different methods. Bismarck used realpolitik
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The first of these four are Militarism; It’s long term because a country takes time over a long period to build up its military‚ like Germany and France for example. Because of the invasion of Germany from the time of the Franco-Prussian War‚ Otto Von Bismarck deemed it a necessity of the German state to build up its military forces in response to France in efforts to keep France as weak and isolated as possible. France‚ in return‚ responded with the same tactics; building its own military to protect
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His climb to the royal position denoted another heading in Hohenzollern standard. Wilhelm’s granddad‚ Wilhelm I (1861-88) had generally been a typical ruler‚ leaving political choices to his consultants‚ especially Otto von Bismarck. The youthful kaiser’s own folks had been liberal-minded progressives‚ who supported a British-style arrangement of government with the ruler informed by a bureau regarding pastors. Be that as it may‚ the egotistical youthful kaiser was unwilling
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France and 1871 • France declared war on Prussia on 10th of July in 1870 following “Ems Dispatch “after declaration of the status of the second French empire ➢ Otto von Bismarck manipulated the telegram by Wilhelm 1 that is sent to France and published to the public. ➢ In respect of France‚ the manipulated telegram sound as if the king mistreated them. ➢ 6 days later‚ France declared war of Prussia. • Then from August to September‚ French forces had lost continuously
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In order to colonize‚ Western European countries had to cooperate with each other and overcome complications in Africa. As a result of Europe’s industrialization unemployment‚ poverty‚ and homelessness grew‚ factories were creating products but the people could neither afford them or were already owned (Iweriebor‚2013:2). Africa was seen as an untouched market with endless opportunity for merchants to get cheap materials to create goods and sell them. (Hay‚2002:104) One of the major complications
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Nationalism Nationalism was the most powerful force in the 1880’s. Nationalism could be a uniting or a dividing force. Nationalism united people into nation-states toppled on many empires of ethnic minorities and contributed to wars. Nationalism contributed to the unification of Italy in the 19th century. Nationalism contributed to the fall of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires. Nationalism also contributed to the outbreak of World War 1. These contributions all show how powerful nationalism
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Global Studies II Final Exam Review Sheet: People to Know: Name: Time Period Country: Ideas/Beliefs/Accomplishments/Why Important?: Karl Marx Industrial Rev Communism: History is record of Class struggle‚ reacted to industrialization‚ haves v. have nots Otto von Bismarck 1860s1890 Germany Nationalism‚ unification‚ realpolitik Simon Bolivar 1810s1822 Venezuela Nationalism‚ independence‚ Gran Colombia Napoleon Bonaparte 18001814 France Took control of most of Europe‚ inspired nationalism
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Between the years of 1878 and 1898‚ it was spurred by the demand of the Industrial Revolution for raw materials‚ new markets‚ and etc. In addition Europe wanted to conquer and and colonize Africa but at the time it was very difficult for Europeans to take over countries due to the fact that everybody used muskets. However‚ due to technological advancements by the Europeans‚ a man named Hiram S. Maxim invented the Maxim gun in 1885‚ the first machine gun. At this point‚ the Europeans and other countries
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European imperialism in Africa was that due to the devastating effects of the slave trade‚ African kingdoms were weak and easy to take advantage of. Another main cause of colonization and imperialism in Africa was the Berlin Conference. Held by Otto von Bismarck in 1884‚ he encouraged Europeans to colonize land in Africa. Great Britain took over large amounts of land‚ including what is now Uganda‚ making it a British protectorate. Imperialism also affected Uganda greatly‚ and changed its entire infrastructure
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