Kingdom of Prussia

Partition of Poland, Frederick the Great annexes part of Poland. Poland is divided up between Prussia, Austria and Russia in 1772. Austria and Russia realize that if they work with Prussia, they can gain land and that is what they do. By winning northwestern Poland, Prussia obtained most of Poland’s trade which they used to their benefit. Prussia taxed the trade, making revenue and hurting Poland. In 1748, Prussia wins the war of Austrian Succession. Major powers in Europe questioned Maria…

1. The four allies met at the Congress of Vienna which there goals were to try to sustain away from the French. They agreed to build up barriers against French aggression. They also wanted Prussia to receive more territory on France’s eastern border to become stronger against France. Some of the other goals they wanted was how they want ideas on how to achieve the balance of power. By accomplishing that, victors used the balance of power to settle dangerous disputes at the Congress of Vienna by…

I believe that conservatism dominated much of Europe in 1815. Conservatisms success was jumpstarted when the Congress of Vienna occurred in the year of 1814 when enemies of France came together, which included Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia stating that they would make an alliance and defeat Napoleon while maintaining peace following the defeat. The leader Prince Klemens von Metternich was guided by the principle of legitimacy which was the necessity of restoring the legitimate…

Germany was in all the wars except one how strange. WW1 is a well known war, there was a lot of events in this war. Many people think differently then me but how I see it, Germany was always involved. The blame on Germany and Austria from the great war was trying to be shifted onto France Russia and Serbia. A week after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, Germany had agreed to back Austrian military action against Serbia, even if this resulted in war with Russia. Germany deliberately started a…

Ladies and Gentlemen of Prussia, I thank you all in attendance for being here and I thank those watching at home listening to this important update concerning the current state of Prussia and our future as united people under one flag. Now, to begin, I would like to shed light on the current race relations within the State of Prussia. Recently, there have been incidents involving racism and racist actions/hate crimes directed towards refugees and people of colored skin. Perhaps the reasons for…

Three middle-aged European men single-handedly helped shape Europe to the land you see today. Before, Germany was a couple of Germanic states with no future of unification. Italy was seemingly worse, divided into three parts under three foreign rulers. During the 19th century the Germanic and Italian states, with the help of Garibaldi, Cavour, and Von Bismark, united using political and physical force through Nationalism. Count Camillo di Cavour used both physical and political force to unify…

I found your thread to be very concise and straightforward, and it clearly identifies the dilemma facing Frederick. For starters, it is very sad and unfortunate that Frederick’s trusted professors were not really trustworthy, and that they did not hesitate to take advantage of him for worldly gains…money. I share your opinion that Frederick should approach the dilemma with alternative dispute resolution as a first step in opening the lines of communication between the parties so that perhaps a…

Bismarck utilized this foreign policy in order to expand Prussia’s rule over Germany while minimizing any casualties or war from Prussia itself by manipulating other countries and people in order to achieve certain goals. For instance, in December 1863, Bismarck after seeing Denmark was planning to incorporate Schleswig, convinced Austria to invade Schleswig without involving Prussia at all in order to maintain the safety of his country while still gaining dominance over German…

Lexey Seligman Mr. Sperisen Spring Research Paper May 13, 2015 Title For the rest of the world, World War 1 ended November 11, 1918. But for Germany, it continued on within the after effects of the War, mostly during the years of 1933 until such time as 1939. The First World War had an atrocious impact in regards to Germany. When the war had ended, Germany, along with other major countries, signed the Treaty of Versailles. After the signing of the treaty, Germany had a major downfall. This…

“ ‘A fearful and gloomy existence awaits us under the best of circumstances!’ ” (Boden). Written by Friedrich Meinecke after World War I, it echoed the sentiment of many Germans at the time. The German’s were right to be anxious as Britain and France went into the Versailles Conference with vengeance. On the other hand, Britain and France had a right to be angry since Germany was the source of their economic downfall and hardship during the war. The final Treaty in June 28th, 1919 had no German…