Kingdom of Prussia

At the end of all the fighting in World War one and the formation of the Treaty of Versailes Germany was placed under the full responsibility for the starting the war. This creation of the Treaty of Versailles had marked the start of hostility amongst the Germans. More specifically the War Guilt clause otherwise known as Articles 231 and 232 of the Versailles treaty where Germany blamed for the war and forced to pay for all the reparations. Such harsh reprimands shattered the German economy and…

Immanuel Kant, and his Critique of Pure Reason (1781/1787) sparked a new movement among many European philosophers, known as the age of German Idealism. Names such as Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel are all in the realm of German Idealism, each bringing their own ideas to complete the system of philosophy itself, and specifically destroy, defend, or further develop the concept of human rationalism. There is an agglomeration of world-renowned philosophers in the era of German Idealism, but this…

Until the breakout of World War 1 in 1914, Europe had maintained an uneasy peace since 1871. Following its unification in 1871, Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 under the leadership of chancellor Otto von Bismarck. In 1894, William II dropped the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, prompting a Franco-Russian alliance. British-German relations also turned bitter because of William’s rash foreign policy. In 1907, Britain joined France and Russia, forming the…

How far do you agree that the role played by Cavour primarily accounts for the unification of most of Italian Piedmont in 1861? In 1861, Italy was declared a united nation-state by Sardinian King Victor Emmanuel II. Though there had been quite some help of others. Such as Giuseppe Garibaldi with his extraordinary guerrilla warfare which he used on Austrian armies who had not been taught how to counter these attacks. Also, Giuseppe Mazzini who had a great influence on the youth and was also the…

Empire 1871-1918, which featured an in depth analyses of the social, political, and economic realities created by the establishment of the German Empire under Prussian autocratic rule. According to Wehler, the bourgeois revolution in 1848 failed in Prussia;…

DBQ 3 In August 4, 1914, the German Reichstag approved the mobilization of World War I and soon declared Burgfrieden, or civil peace. This peace was nationwide and meant that all conflicts within the nation should be set aside for the duration of the war. The initiation brought along an abundance of views and opinions, all of which were changing as the war progressed from 1914 to 1918. At first, the nation was primarily in support of government and their decisions of mobilizing the war and…

After the end of World War 1, Germany established a republican government called the Weimar Republic to replace the German Empire. However, because it was created in a time of chaos after Germany had lost the World War, the Weimar Republic experienced many problems from the start, including economic disarray and violent uprisings from various groups. In June of 1919, Germany also had to accept the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which reassigned German boundaries and forced Germany to make…

European territories annexed by Napoleon. On June 18, 1815, Napoleon’s conquest of Europe officially ended at the Battle of Waterloo. The 1815 Treaty of Paris demanded indemnities from France, primarily land and money. The Four Powers, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain sought to redraw the map of Europe. Peace attempts established during the Congress of Vienna, aimed for the balance of power, according to which no country should be powerful enough to destabilize Europe. Essentially,…

Impacts of Nationalism in the Mid-Centuries in the European Politics Introduction Nationalism may refer to a strong feeling of devotion and patriotism or the desire for independence that makes people believe a country’s interests are more important than international considerations (Smith 18). This concept became a major issue in Europe during the mid-centuries. Some countries like Italy and Germany benefited from nationalism while Austria experienced more losses than gains from this ideology.…

(Ghervas) Every paper was unique, to their understanding of this project. Because of that, I ranked the countries based off the strength of their paper’s, and their persuasiveness. After reading all five papers, I ranked them as such: Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, France. Britain won the this round because they found their argument and supported it without any fluff. What I mean by this is, some papers lost the purpose of their argument by writing paragraphs that only had biographical…