creating equilibrium of powers. Prince Metternich‚ representative of Austria‚ wanted the containment of France; to deprive France of rising up again‚ the Congress of Vienna purposely surrounded France by stronger countries. Metternich also wished to have a legitimacy government; therefore the bourbons of France‚ Spain‚ and Naples were restored and the dynasties in Holland‚ Sardinia‚ Tuscany‚ and Modena were restored. Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and England formed a Concert of Europe that helped urge tradition
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Franz Jaggerstatter Born on 20th May‚ 1907 in the small town of St. Radegund in Upper Austria‚ Franz Jagerstatter‚ was rejected by his country for not complying with military requests and was later persecuted. Jaggerstatter started in his early life as a in the church and became a sexton. He was spent his childhood living with his mother‚ Rosalia Huber‚ and stepfather/adoptive father‚ Heinrich Jagerstatter‚ on a small farmland. As Jagerstatter grew into youth he was well known to his dedicative
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The Revolutions of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848 were caused by numerous events taking place in Europe. A range of conflicts that were going on in different countries throughout Europe led up to the proceeding of these Revolutions. For instance‚ France was awaiting the death of their king Louis Philippe. Germany was going through liberal pressure with their 30 loosely bound states‚ and Italy was also struggling with all the newly acquired kingdoms. However‚ the main cause were the rebellions
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original one‚ 57% of the Hungarian population was excluded. The country lost Upper Hungary (Felvidék)‚ Sub Carpathia (Kárpátalja)‚ Transylvania‚ the Partium‚ Bánát‚ Bácska and Burgenland. ← Hungary was not allowed to reunite her territories with Austria ← Restrictions in connection with rearmament. Hungary was not allowed to have permament army‚ she was restricted in shipping and aviation‚ abolition of conscription. ← Protection of minority ← Bringing of war-criminals to trial
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With the fleeting political success of those in the West‚ the Eastern European Countries had produced some of the strongest absolutist monarchies that influenced future government styles and policies. The beginning of rule in the East was mainly based off of strong noble landlords in power over the peasantry in serfdom. They held return bounties of runaway peasants‚ and increased their workload. That was possible because of the political manipulation from the noble in charge: “The local lord was
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designer who made many of the frames for Gustav’s paintings. The Klimt’s were very poor‚ so they had frequent changes in address in search of progressively cheaper accommodation. In 1873‚ the situation became worse because of the economic crisis in Austria and so his father
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‘To what extent was Metternich responsible for the lack of change in Germany between 1815-1848’ Metternich was the chancellor of Austria and therefore had a substantial amount of power‚ this enabled him to make radical decisions regarding Germany‚ whether it included unifying it or not. On one hand Metternich had a major influence with the lack of change in Germany. This was largely to do with the fact that he continuously over exaggerated the importance of the student movements. An example of
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Switzerland Switzerland‚ federal republic in west central Europe‚ bounded on the north by France and Germany‚ on the east b Austria and Liechtenstein‚ on the south by Italy‚ and on the west by France. The country has an area of 15‚940-sq. mi. Its largest city is Zurich‚ and the capitol is Bern. Switzerland is one of the most mountainous countries of Europe‚ with more than 70 percent of its area covered by the Alps‚ in the central and southern sections‚ and the Jura‚ in the northwest. The
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10th century: Part of th Kingdom of Hungary Part of th Kingdom of Hungary 1526 – 1699 Ottoman wars 1620 – 18th century 1848 Dark Age Revolution and War Dividing Poland between Enactment of the of Independence Prussia‚ Russia and first national Austria literally language 1848-1849 17th century: HUNGARY POLAND CZECH REP. 1914 – 1918 World War I. SLOVAKIA Republic of Hungary Republic of Poland 1939 – 1945 World War II. Czechoslovakia 1945 - 1989 Occupation by the Russians -> Communist
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For my history project I chose the Villain Adolf Hitler. I chose him because he was obviously a significant villain in history leading to the death of millions. He was born in 1889 in Branau‚ Austria. He moved to Vienna when he was young but failed to get into the Arts Academy. He remained in Vienna as a bit of a failed artist until 1913 when he moved to Germany after failing the medical for the Austrian army. In 1914 he volunteered for the German Army for World War 1. He fought on the Western front
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