“France made its revolutions and gave them their ideas‚ to the point where a tricolor of some kind became the emblem of virtually every emerging nation‚ and European (or indeed world) politics between 1789 and 1917 were largely the struggle for and against the principles of 1789‚ or the even more incendiary ones of 1793.” The principles of the French revolution lived on in every European continent; the French Revolution poured out its ideas and sent shock waves throughout Europe. Therefore this
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ESSAY QUESTIONS RENAISSANCE 1. ’77: To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural tradition? 2. ’81: Compare the ways in which two works of art reproduced below express the artistic‚ philosophical and cultural values of their times. (Pictures of Michelangelo ’s David and Giacometti ’s Man Pointing 1947). 3. ’82: Compare and contrast the cultural
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U.S. History March 5‚ 2013 Paper one first draft Progressive Era From 1815 to 1860 Industrialization was a problem in the world in the United States. During Industrialization immigrants came from eastern and western Europe. The reason why it was a problem because the immigrants came unskilled and with no jobs. They were also poor‚ catholic‚ Jewish‚ and likely to settle in cities rather than on farms. The families were so poor that they were living in tiny apartments with a lot of people. Because
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By the 1500s‚ Europeans would later follow the Native Americans led by the French and Spanish and establish settlements in what would be known as the foundation of the United States. The English were able to pursue the French and Spanish by establishing their first permanent settlement known as Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. The first European settlers were primarily driven to make the journey to the Americas in order to freely practice their
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Sarah Rimmer‚ Gloria Carneiro‚ Mikaela Hall Cuevas 22 February 2012 European History AP The Success of the Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna‚ held in Austria from September 1814 to November 1815‚ was a conference held by prominent European powers of the day. The Quadruple Alliance‚ consisting of Britain‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ and Prussia‚ enacted the congress in order to reinstate peace throughout Europe after the tiring Napoleonic Wars scourged the continent. The Napoleonic Wars
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China since the 1730s. • In 1839‚ the confiscation by the Chinese authorities at Canton of 20‚000 chests of opium led Britain to attack China in the First Opium War‚ and resulted in the seizure by Britain of Hong Kong Island‚ at that time a minor settlement. • The East India Company has had a long lasting impact on the Indian Subcontinent; it stimulated the growth of the British Empire. DUTCH EMPIRE IN ASIA • The Dutch followed Portugal and Spain in establishing an overseas colonial empire.
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MADE THE LARGEST ADDITION TO THEIR COLONIAL DOMAINS DURING THE "NEW IMPERIALISM" WERE: #1 - ENGLAND #2 - FRANCE #3 - GERMANY #4 - BELGIUM #5 - PORTUGAL #6 - NETHERLANDS etc.etc http://www.wpunj.edu/~history/study/ws2/… By 1815 the world had
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Western frontier was redefined by the Louisiana Purchase (1803). The economy of the West depended on the Mississippi River and the outlet to the sea at New Orleans. It is no accident that the British in the War of 1812 attempted to seize New Orleans (1815). After the War of 1812 the American movement West focused primarily on the territory east of the Mississippi. Here the Erie Canal played an important role. There were wars with the Native Americans‚ which helped make Andrew Jackson the prominent political
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Contents: Introduction The Hundred Days and the Waterloo campaign‚ March-July 1815 Ireland and the outbreak of hostilities Irish soldiers and the Waterloo campaign Irish military experiences during the Waterloo campaign Ireland and the aftermath of hostilities Conclusion Appendices: (i) Irish Waterloo campaign veterans – 3rd Battalion‚ 1st Foot (ii) Irish Waterloo campaign veterans –
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How successful was the Congress of Vienna in achieving the aims of the peacemakers? The Congress of Vienna was successful in achieving the aims of the peacemakers‚ to an extent. They accomplished maintaining the peace and balance of power in Europe for a while and the Congress was able to resolve many of their territorial disputes without difficulty. The Great Powers worked on maintaining the peace in Europe‚ doing whatever they needed to keep it. For a century they were successful‚ however‚ the
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