European rulers wanted to restore the old order. Great Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia met at the Congress of Vienna. They met to arrange a final peace settlement. The most influential leader was the Austrian foreign minister‚ Metternich. He wanted the royal families to be restored to their positions of power. They also wanted to keep any one country from dominating Europe. They gave new territories to Prussia and Austria. To keep the balance of power‚ the countries agreed to meet and
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Treaty of St Germain • When Austria agreed to the breakup of the Habsburg Empire. • Hungary‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia as independent countries • Austrian army limited to 30‚000 • Pay reparations Treat of Neuilly • Signed with Bulgaria • Bulgaria lost land to Greece but gained some from Turkey • $400 million reparations • 20‚000 army size Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon with Hungary in 1920 took land from Hungary and gave it to the new nation-states. Transylvania was given
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European Union Paper MGT 448 Instructor Introduction The European Union is made up of several democratic European countries. These countries are committed to working together to promote peace and prosperity. The countries who are involved with the EU have set up common institutions so they can delegate their ideas to decisions that are made on specific issues. This makes these decisions so that the EU stays on a democratic level. European Union leaders have pledged to make the
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Germany did not annex Austria in a hash sense. Germany and Austria both were eliminated under what is known as an alliance. This was not allowed from the treaties of the Paris peace conference. The only reason it was allowed was because Britain and France didn’t want to fight Germany. They finally let them go on until they could invade Poland‚ while the only thing they could do was protest a bit. The Sudetenland was part of the Czechoslovakia while most of it was mainly ethnic Germans. Hitler wanted
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Albert was extremely unpopular and was seen as a traitor to liberalism‚ portraying him as a bad leader. Furthermore his slow and hesitant advance at Custozza‚ illustrates his inexperience of war‚ and although he had higher numbers of troops than Austria at this point‚ he was unprepared and advanced too slowly. The fact that he quickly abdicates after Piedmont is defeated‚ leaving Piedmont with fees of 65 million francs to pay for French reparations further illustrates poor leadership as he abandons
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wanted to propagate into the "master race‚’ Hitler himself was small of stature had dark hair and dark eyes. I would counter this argument by explaining that‚ contrary to popular belief‚ Hitler was Austrian not a German. But then Rizal visited in Austria in May 1887 and according to Rizal’s traveling companion‚ Max Viola‚ he did spend a night with an unknown Austrian woman. Viola remembers that they were billeted in the Hotel Metropole‚ Vienna and Rizal "…encountered the figure of a temptress in the
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Research Paper: Christian Doppler Physical Science 3/23/14 Christian Andreas Doppler was born November 29‚ 1803 Salzburg‚ Austria. Doppler’s Father was a stonemason. Doppler studied physics at Vienna University of Technology and University of Vienna. In 1847 he accepted a professorship in mathematics‚ physics‚ and mechanics at the Academy of Mines and Forests in the Slovakian town Banska Stiavnica. In 1850 he was appointed head of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of
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Russia‚ Prince Metternich‚ Austria; Wilhelm von Humboldt‚ Prussia and Charles Talleyrand from France. The Congress of Vienna attempted to ensure a balance of power in Europe. Due to the fact that it was impossible to simply reconstruct the European map for various reasons‚ such as the diminution of German states from 300 to only 39‚ the major changes concentrated on preventing further French expansion. The four powers to back up the French limitations were Britain‚ Russia‚ Austria and Prussia‚ who‚ as
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1919 which end the First World War. In the wake of Napoleon’s defeat‚ Europe was left deeply disorganized after nearly quarter of a century of revolution and war. Under the leadership of the quadruple alliance or the four great victors‚ Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia‚ the European countries met in Vienna to determine the fate of the territories that were shattered by the Napoleonic conquests. Their goal was to reconstruct a European order. Two principal dominated the negotiation in Vienna;
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1862 Birth of Gustav Klimt in Baumgarten‚ near Vienna‚ Austria. His father is a gold engraver but unsuccessful in business. Klimt lived in poverty for most of his childhood. 1876 At the age of 14‚ Klimt was awarded a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Noticed for his talents‚ he receives his first commissions while studying. 1877 His brother Ernst‚ who‚ like his father‚ would become an engraver‚ also enrolled in the school. 1883 Klimt finished school/studying‚ and
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