One of the many ways Louis XIV gained loyalty from his subjects was the objects that he built for his people. The palace of Versailles was an important factor that made many nobles more loyal to the king. Built by Louis‚ the palace of Versailles was an enormous palace that housed over ten thousand people including nobles‚ Louis himself‚ and a staff of thousands. Versailles helped Louis by making the nobles power diminish while making his own power increase. He held ceremonies daily that reinforced
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of the Treaty of Versailles‚ the failure of the League of Nations linked to the isolation of the US‚ appeasement introduced by the British Prime Minister in the year 1937 and the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed between Hitler and Stalin on the 28th of August 1938 . Hitlers foreign policy had a huge impact on the outbreak of World War II because of its expansionism policy and the fact that Hitler wanted a German Reich. Hitlers other aims consisted of revenge for the Treaty of Versailles‚ a rearmament and
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how to combat the economic problem. His wife Marie Antoinette‚ didn’t help with the debt‚ but instead spent her time “ordering hundreds of gowns‚ trying out elaborate hairstyles and hosting lavish parties at her private retreat‚ Petit Trianon‚ on Versailles’ expansive grounds‚” (HowStuffWorks.com Contributors‚ 2014 )‚ which earned her the nickname Madame Deficit. Addition to the failing economy‚ France had problems with its estate-general‚ which basically separates the country in three parts: The clergymen
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country. These economic hardships kept becoming more of a major problem for the German government and public‚ leaving German people more and more desperate for help and change and even more vulnerable to manipulation. Factors such as the Treaty of Versailles and the betrayal many German people felt‚ the Weimar Republic and their failure to fix Germany’s economic problems and the Great depression and its effect on their people and the economy. These all opened gateways into power for a dictator who knew
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war on Germany because they promised to help Poland if anything happened. From the end of the First World War‚ the Germans carried hate in their hearts for all Allied country leaders. This was because of a peace treaty called‚ “The Versailles Treaty”. The Versailles Treaty blamed Germany for everything. It allowed them not to have submarines or an air force. Land was taken away from them‚ and they were only allowed to have a small army. On top of it all‚ the Germans had to pay for all damages
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why the British Government engaged in appeasement as the German government expanded physically and politically in the 1930’s. First‚ Britain felt that the Treaty of Versailles was too harsh. Second‚ Britain did not want war. Third‚ Britain had a weakness of armed forces. Lastly‚ Britain had a fear of communism. The Treaty of Versailles was put into place to hold Germany accountable for the loss and damages that occurred to the allied powers and associated government because of war imposed upon them
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move into the city. The women got furious and joined the men to demolish the king’s despotic power- Bastille. Women’s march to Versailles The Women’s March on Versailles‚ also known as The October March‚ The October Days‚ or simply The March on Versailles‚ was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French revolution. Around 7000 women marched from Versailles to France in rain chanting “BREAD BREAD”. This was due to the subsistence crisis‚ that there was a scarcity of bread and the
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action was the building of Versailles. It would be an understatement to say that Louis spent a modern equivalent of billions of dollars on this project. The taxes imposed upon French citizens to complete Versailles exacted a great toll. As his people fell victim to famine‚ crop failure‚ and poverty‚ Louis still continued to put finishing touches on Versailles. It became the hub of Louis’ centralized power‚ and he flaunted it to visitors. He wanted the extravance of Versailles to represent the glamour
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interpretations‚ international diplomacy wasn’t the reason to why there was stability in Europe between 1919 to 1930. After the First World War many countries were unstable and economically drained. However the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles were put in place to make sure that another war would not occur again and that Germany pays for the First World War. According to interpretation D‚ the American historian Donald Kagan agrees with the statement that international diplomacy failed
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