The Invasion of Poland (1939): • Germany had lost land to Poland under the Treaty of Versailles. • Many German-speaking people lived in areas that were now part of Poland. • Germany viewed Poles as subhuman and wanted their land for lebensraum. • The Nazi-Soviet Pact ensured Russia would not stop Germany’s invasion of Poland. • Hitler thought Britain and France would not keep their promise to defend Poland. • On 1 September 1939 Hitler ordered the German army to invaded Poland. • Britain
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The Seven Years ’ War The first true World War. Cause and effects! Jeff Brown The History of Western Civilization II Professor Zarrillo What would the state of the free world be today if the alliance of the war of the Austrian Succession had not reversed in the Seven Years ’ War? Would we speak French‚ still be "New England"‚ or perhaps New Spain? The fact is that while we may not know for certain that today
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Liberalism * Vs. Denmark 1864 * Vs. Austria 1866‚ tricked Austria into declaring war on Prussia which Austria lost * Schleswig & Holstein * Austria’s Dual Monarchy: Hungarians could rule over themselves too * Vs. France 1870 * Kulturekampf: culture war against religion by Birmarck. German gov. expelled the Jesuits from Germany in 1872‚ increased state power over the clergy in Prussia in 1873‚ introduced obligatory civil marriage in 1875 * Working Class Suffrage: upper class
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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY VOL. I [img_p6] Allan Ramsay pinx George III. A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY MARCUS R. P. DORMAN‚ M.A. VOL. I FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE TO THE DEATH OF PITT (1793–1805) WITH SIX PHOTOGRAVURES LONDON KEGAN PAUL‚ TRENCH‚ TRÜBNER & CO. LTD PATERNOSTER HOUSE‚ CHARING CROSS ROAD 1902 The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved
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affairs of France were of no concern to British government. Leopold II – Brother to Marie Antoinette. Austrian Hapsburg emperor. Told Marie Antoinette to adjust herself to conditions in France. Declaration of Pillnitz – Leopold met with king of Prussia in Saxony – Leopold would take military steps to restore order in France if all the other powers would join him. Aim to mainly rid himself of French emigres. Girondins – party of international revolution. dominant faction of Jacobins. For a time
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How big a threat to international order was Napoleon? Was Napoleon a threat to international system? Did he change international rules of behavior and transformed the European order? These questions are open to much debate‚ discussion and argument. In my essay‚ I will determine what international order was at the beginning of the French Revolution and analyse Napoleon as a military and political threat to international system. International system of the 18th century was different from the one that
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abandon North America In 1803‚ Napolean sold territory in Louisiana to the United States for 15 million; The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the USA. During the Napoleonic Wars‚ Napoleon sowed his military genius by debating Austria and Prussia and conquering Spain‚ Italy‚ and central. During his rule over Europe‚ Napoleon made a number of devastating decisions. The one nation Napoleon could not defeat was England. He ordered a blockade‚ called the Continental System‚ to cut off all
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executive branch in which he was the first consul. Napoleon also introduced many foreign policies. One was the continental system‚ this forbade the impotation of British goods into Europe. In th first coalition‚ England joined with Austria and Prussia. The French was deafeated because of their embarrassing loss
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The year is 1815 and the recently ended Napoleonic wars had left Europe in shambles. In response to the destruction left in the wake of Napoleon’s imperialistic rampage through the continent the rulers of the four most powerful nations (Austria‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Great Britain) decided to form an alliance. Seeing the problems caused by Napoleonic France they wanted to make certain no nation would acquire more power than another (D’Anieri 34). This new agreement also assured each nation an ally
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In 1789 after the Protestant Reformation the Third Estate declared National Assembly. The members also took the Tennis Court Oath which meant they wanted their king to step up and give the people the rights they deserve. The Storming of the Bastille is really what started the French Revolution. In the Storming of Bastille‚ Bastille was overtaken by the Paris mob. After the Assembly has to deal with the greatest fear and the Jacobin Club (which has one of the most intense leaders in the French Revolution)
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