population. The Haitian Revolution was an accomplished movement resulting in the self liberation of slaves against French colonial rule in Saint Domingue. The French Revolution was an insurrection against the monarchy‚ that would lead to France becoming a republic. The French Revolution was inherent in a series of revolts against corrupt French authoritarians‚ which lasted ten years from 1789 to 1799. Previously‚ life in Europe had been mainly determined by one’s status. As most social hierarchies‚ there
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To what extent did the Russo-Japanese War precipitate revolution in 1905? The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This was humiliating for the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great military‚ economic‚ and political problems for Russia. This
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To what extent did the constitution ensure that the Kaisers power was preserved? Kaiser had all power over Germany and with the desire for changes in the way Germany was run resulted in the improvements such as the creation of a constitution which was without a doubt crucial to the consolidation of the Kaisers position. The constitution consisted of 25 federal states‚ within this there were 4 kingdoms‚ 12 Duchies‚ 6 Grand Duchies and 3 free cities. At first the Kaiser had pretty much entire control
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To what extent did industrial development under Witte make Russia a more stable and prosperous country? Even thought there were problems with Witte’s approach to development is not to deny that Russia needed major reform. Its defeat by Western powers in the Crimean War (1853-1856)‚ lack of industrial development‚ poor infrastructure‚ left it much weaker than its competitors in Europe. As finance minister‚ Witte pushed for greater exports‚ ambitious industrialisation and to get large foreign loans
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To what extent did Stalin establish a personal dictatorship in the years 1929-1939? Between 1929 and 1930 Stalin used various ways to establish a personal dictatorship. This allowed Stalin to establish a personal dictatorship in these years. In order to do this Stalin instituted a party purge to silence the opposition of Riutin and his supporters‚ the assassination of Kirov‚ executed delegated party congresses‚ The trial of the twenty-one and general Purges. A purge was the systematic elimination
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To what extent can the treaty of versailles be deemed “harsh and shortsighted” Introduction The treaty of Versailles was constructed by a series of punishments that Germany was required to carry out‚ as a consequence for their input in the war and the destruction they caused on the Allies. Germany was made to accept and declare the fact that she was to blame. This was under the war guilt clause‚ that was used as a justification for the consecutive terms of the treaty that were to be imposed‚
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Part A: How did Gustav Stresemann’s policies during the Weimar Republic bring hyperinflation under control in 1923? This investigation evaluates the impact of the economic policies during Gustav Stresemann’s short period as the German chancellor and his influence as Foreign Minister. In order to address the question of how Stresemann’s economic policies brought hyperinflation under control in 1923‚ this study will analyze the significance of the occupation of the Ruhr‚ the financial demands
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001218-053 To what extent did the German economy of the 1920s and 1930s play a role in Hitler’s rise to power as the Chancellor of Germany? Liyana Fitzgerald 001218-053 Word Count: A: Plan of the investigation This investigation aims to assess the role that the post-World War 1 German economy played in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power as the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. In order to achieve this the investigation explores the way that the German economy
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To what extent was the rise of the Nazi Party due to Hitler’s personality? Explain your answer. [12] I agree that Hitler’s personality contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party‚ but there were other factors that caused the Nazi Party to become such a success. Hitler appealed immensely to the German public as he was a very good orator‚ and his speeches were almost always extremely persuasive. Hitler was extremely charismatic and put much effort into his speeches‚ punctuating them with plenty of hand
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expansion and improvement of knowledge‚ as well. During the Ancient times in Greece and later on in the rest of Europe after the Renaissance‚ there were several advances in the area of natural sciences. For example‚ Eratosthenes‚ an ancient Greek scientist‚ was the first to make an accurate prediction of the diameter of the Earth (Science). If Eratosthenes had no interesting in finding out what the Earth ’s diameter was or either proving or disproving a previous statement made on it‚ then he would ’ve never
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