Why were the Statesmen at the congress of Vienna so reluctant to give serious consideration to the establishment of an independent and united Italy? The Congress of Vienna was a peace conference after the Napoleonic Wars. During the Congress of Vienna the European powers‚ Britain‚ Austria‚ Russia and Prussia began to draw up a settlement that they hoped would ensure them a place in Europe. This settlement‚ from 1814-1815 was dominated by a few leading statesmen from the major powers. Austria’s
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The first branch established in the US constitution is the legislative branch that as the Constitution states‚ “all the legislative power is controlled by Congress that consists of The House of Representatives and the Senate.” Congress is bicameral meaning it consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate which gives it two perspectives leading to a wider range of points of view that in theory makes the process more effective. The House of Representatives is the lower chamber that consists
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29 Reading Questions What effects did World War I and the Treaty of Versailles have on Europe? World War I left European countries with huge debts and decreased amounts of land for crop production. The massive loss of life due to the war massively decreased the European workforce and forced European economies to rely on imports from settler societies and the U.S. Additional economic pressures placed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles made the political situation there particularly unstable.
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The Palace of Versailles is located at Versailles‚ France‚ and was built in 1631 in the order of Louis XIII. It has served as the royal palace and numerous other purposes. It now serves as a museum of French history. Versailles is a Chateau which in French means‚ castle. It started as a hunting lodge built for King Louis XIII in 1624. Louis XIV (The Sun King) built Versailles to be his home. To Louis XIV‚ a magnificent palace was a must for royal life. All of the kings and nobles had to have wonderfully
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March to Versailles On October 5th 1789‚ a violent dispute broke out in Paris at the Hotel de Ville regarding the lack of bread throughout the country. On this rainy autumn Monday an armed group of approximately six thousand angry French women wanted food and money and were willing push extreme limits in order to fulfill that demand. Conclusively‚ it can be inferred that this event was influenced by the lack of bread and money in the country. Marie Antoinette was the King’s wife‚ and she was
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DIANA JOY G. SILVA BEED-1B POWERS OF THE CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OF THE POWERS OF CONGRESS * Enumerated Powers – refer to those specifically or expressly conferred to the Congress by the Constitution. The enumerated powers of the Congress includes: * Power to impose taxes * Power of appropriations * Declare the existence of state of war * Power to meet as board of canvassers in the election of President and Vice President * Power of impeachment
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Articles V‚ VIII‚ IX and X The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War. Signed on February 2‚ 1848‚ it is the oldest treaty still in force between the United States and Mexico. As a result of the treaty‚ the United States acquired more than 500‚000 square miles of valuable territory and emerged as a world power in the late nineteenth century. Beyond territorial gains and losses‚ the treaty has been important in shaping the international
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To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles weaken Germany Democratically‚ between 1919 to 1929? The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on the twenty second of June in 1919‚ would forever psychologically be associated with the long term bitterness and humiliation of the German public towards the German democracy. The civilian government who agreed to the terms of the treaty‚ which saw German suffer a deduction in their army‚ forced to pay high reparations‚ deduction of land and population were
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extent I agree that the Treaty of Versailles 1919 was fair and just. Firstly‚ I will define what is fair and just. For me‚ "Fair" is defined as free from bias and proper under rules. And "Just" is defined as what guided by truth or reason‚ punish and award rightly ‚done or made according to principle. For the Treaty of Versailles‚ some people argue that some of the territorial arrangement was fair and just. And which I partly agree with their statement. Here are the treaties about the territorial
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What can congress do to influence the bureaucracy? In ordinary usage‚ “bureaucracy” refers to a complex‚ specialized organization composed of non-elected‚ highly trained professional administrators and clerks hired on a full-time basis to perform administrative services and tasks. Bureaucratic organizations are broken up into specialized departments or ministries‚ to each of which is assigned responsibility for pursuing a limited number of the government’s many official goals and policies those
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