spent years seeking guaranties from other countries that they would accept her as queen peacefully. Frederick of Prussia (long enemy of Austria and main contender for the supremacy over the Germanic countries) used this as an opportunity to seize Silesia and show his military superiority over the other German princes. The
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Throughout the 1920s the League had to deal with many problems and disputes and though some of these disputes were successfully handled others were not dealt with so well‚ one of the successes was the dispute between Germany and Poland regarding Upper Silesia when the League sent British and French forces to keep order. When they were there they managed to setup a plebiscite (where the residents voted on which country they wished to join) but in
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Despite being written over two hundred years ago‚ Voltaire’s Candide addresses many issues that are to this day controversial and widely discussed. Concepts like Rationalism exist within religion and sociological controversies like war‚ science and human rights are still in existence today. Although within the topics mentioned by Voltaire there are slight differences in what they consist of now. War has changed‚ religion is more diverse‚ and with the existence of the internet Candide being sheltered
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PChapter 17 notes Toward a new world view 1540-1789 * The scientific revolution * Scientific thought in 1500 * Thomas Aquinas- brought Aristotelian philosophy into harmony with christen doctrine * Ptolemy- planets move in epicycles * Origins of the scientific revolution * Permanent universities * Recovery of ancient works * Printing press * Copernican hypothesis * Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543- polish cleric
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of a lot of land. The land taken away from them was; Alsace-Lorraine which was given to the French‚ Eupen and Malmedy given to the Belgians‚ Northern Schleswig given to Denmark‚ Hultschin given to Czechoslovakia and West Prussia‚ Possen and Upper Silesia given to Polland (Versailles‚ 2018). Additionally‚ the treaty required the Germans to relinquish their sovereign colonies to the League of Nations then put control of Allied states (Versailles‚ 2018). Another major requirement of the treaty was Germany
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The League of Nations Recommended Resources: Course Companion pp. 52-59‚ Waugh pp. 128-132‚ Walsh pp. 184-209‚ Williamson pp. 78 -85 Terms to Know Collective Security- a system of maintaining world peace and security by concerted action on the part of the nations of the world Enforcement- To impose Rapallo Treaty - The Treaty of Rapallo was an agreement signed in the Italian town of Rapallo on April 16‚ 1922 between Germany (the Weimar Republic) and Soviet Russia under which each renounced
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Marwa BenahmedAli Prof. Heather Boyd Final Paper December 17th‚ 2014 The Hedwig Glass Beaker When we think of beakers we think of cool experiments we’ve done in science class in middle school to measure fluids‚ or contents‚ approximately. Sometimes we also think of beakers as cups‚ something that we drink out of or use for everyday use in the kitchen. Hundreds of years ago‚ particularly during the medieval times‚ beakers were not how we see them today. To be more specific‚ beakers
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AP European History- Unit 3 Study Guide Hey guys add whoever you want to this. ok sure‚ thanks Nick! Dates 1517 - start of protestant reformation (95 theses) 1521- Diet of Worms 1545- Council of Trent (start of counter-reformation) 1555- Peace of Augsburg 1555-late 1500s - height of spain 1618- Start of 30 years war 1648- Peace of Westphalia (end of Counter reformation) New Heaven and Earth -Evangelicals / Protestants 1529 -List 8 MAJOR criticisms of the Church · Indulgences
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Formation - the German Confederation created by the Congress of Vienna had 39 states‚ each having its dues and tolls on goods passim through its territory. This made goods expensive and hindered trade. For instance‚ Prussia had 67 different tariff areas within its border after 1815. As such‚ Germany was economically and commercially the most backward country in western Europe in the early years of the 19th century. Purssia took the lead to promote free trade movement in the German Confederation
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The main reasons that the League of Nations was originally set up was to prevent war‚ encourage disarmament and as a way to settle international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. As stated by Wilson‚ ’This treaty is nothing less than an organization of liberty and mercy for the world’ (Foley 1969:129) The intentions of the League appealed to many countries‚ especially as they were still raw from the war and favourable towards pacifism. With the benefit of hind-sight it is easy to criticise
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