France. The major provisions of this treaty were: Loss of land‚ Germany lost all its overseas colonies. Alsace-Lorraine went to France. The Saar was to be run by France for 15 years. A union with Austria was forbidden. Western Prussia and Upper Silesia want to a new Poland‚ Danzig
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estimate of 125‚000 prisoners half of these were women were send to Gross Rosen were in Gross Rosen. On June 8‚1941 the first group of Jews arrived to Gross Rosen concentration camp. Gross Rosen is found in Rogoznica in lower Silesia‚ Poland. Gross Rosen was work by three men name Arthur Roedl‚ Wilhelm Gideon and Johannes Hassebroek. Men and women were forced to work at constructing the concentration camp. Gross
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The Seven Years War (1756-1763) was one of the major conflicts in history since the fall of Rome. It had Bourbon King Louis XV on one side trying as hard as possible to repeat the golden days of Louis XIV and Frederick II of an emerging Prussia backed by British gold provided by William Pitt on the other. The Seven Years War was mainly the result of trading rights. The British colonials (Americans) were pinned up against the Atlantic seaboard‚ with only the Hudson Bay company in the north challenging
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Poland the political Oder line as the frontier with Germany. With those changes the URSS gained Konigsberg and Lvov for Poland‚ meanwhile Poland toke the principal port of Berlin‚ Stettin‚ and the rest of Prussia‚ part of Brandenburg‚ Pomerania and Silesia. A lot of German people were deported to the new shared Germany‚ who lost the 25% of the territory after the war. Despite that‚ the USA didn’t invade Japan because the American Scientists discovered the nuclear bomb‚ which destroyed the cities of
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1) The 18th century is known as the era of the Global Economy. Describe the world economy in the first half of the 18th century and assess the effects of the economic‚ political‚ and social trends. I. Intro II. Economically‚ the old regime was marked by a scarcity of food‚ agrarian economy‚ slow transport‚ little iron production‚ unsophisticated finances‚ and sometimes commercial overseas empire. (And mercantilism) Mercantilism and the Atlantic Economy A. European maritime exapansion
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stop wars‚ improve people’s lives and jobs‚ encourage disarmament and enforce the Treaty of Versailles. Judged against these aims‚ the League was quite successful in the 1920s. It stopped border disputes turning into wars. In Silesia in 1921 it held a plebiscite and suggested a partition‚ which stopped a war between Germany and Poland. It arbitrated between Sweden and Finland over the Aaland Islands in 1921 – its investigation showed that the islands belonged to Finland. When
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Gregor Mendel played a huge role in the underlying principles of genetic inheritance. Gregor was born‚ July 22 1822 in Heinzendorf‚ Austrian Silesia (now known as Hyncice‚ Czech Republic)‚ with the name Johann Mendel. He changed his name to Gregor in 1843. He grew up in an Augustinian brotherhood and he learned agricultural training with basic education. He then went on to the Olmutz Philosophical Institute and later entered the Augustinian Monastery in 1843. After 3 years of theological
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Europe Chapter 13 covers Europe’s social and political order from 1600-1715. In the early century‚ inflation was such that prices were four times what they had been between 1525 and 1550. Three great powers contested for dominance – the Ottoman Empire‚ the Spanish Empire‚ and France‚ under Louis XIV and Richelieu. Each had a mass of about 17 million people. In spite of the presence of these great monarchies‚ there were still areas all over Europe from southern Italy to Scandinavia and from Scotland
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| | |Northern Schleswig to Denmark | | |The Polish Corridor and Upper Silesia to Poland | | |Danzig would be administered by the League of Nations | | |
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Why was the Treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that was drawn up by the Allies and Germany after the First World War. It was made to prevent Germany from starting a war again and to pay back the Allies for the money they had spent. The Germans had hoped that the Allies would treat them fairly in the negotiations for the treaty‚ but the Allies‚ in particular France‚ believed that Germany should be brought to its knees. France was not as satisfied
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