Conscription

which led to his execution. Dantes’ only crime was opposing Robespierre, which demonstrates the oppressive society which Robespierre created. The Laws that the Committee created pertained to different things including; the economy, the church and conscription. These laws were strict, oppressive and carried the harsh punishment of death if broken. These laws were detrimental to France and created an…

largest single employer of women during 1917-1918 (Striking Women, Women in work, 2016). However, like anything that occurs for the first time, there was initial resistance to hiring women for work that was seen as ‘men’s work’, the introduction of conscription in 1916 made the need for women workers urgent. Because of this, the government began coordinating the employment of women through campaigns and recruitment drives such as the two posters shown below…

given to Czechoslovakia and West Prussia, Posen, and Upper Si Lesia was given to Poland. Thus taking parts of Germany away made the Germans furious and so the tension is also growing. Also German Army was restricted to 100,000 men and officers with conscription being prohibited. According to the History learning site German’s where not allowed air force, only six naval ships and the Rhineland was a demilitarized zone for fifteen year. A large portion of German’s Navy was scuttled. Restrictions…

On January 30th 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. It was in this position that he transformed Germany into the Third Reich, in which the country was treated as an empire and was governed by the Nazi regime. On July 20th 1933, the Vatican – consisting of the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Pius XI, and his papal court- along with Cardinel Pacelli and the German bishops, signed the Reichskonkordat with Hitler. The Reichskonkordat was a treaty between the Vatican and the Third…

Through the payment of taxes, the government was able to invest in systems of irrigation and cultivation, as well as infrastructure in order to maintain good communication between the different parts of the empire. Moreover, military service based on conscription guaranteed a strong army, which was able to vastly expand the empire’s territory; this led to further economic prosperity, as it increased the access to resources, and allowed for the increase in wealth of the Han elites. However, with…

World War Two began in 1939 as a result of many things. Tension began to build from the end of World War One due to many things, such as the effects of the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler’s new role of Führer (succeeding Paul von Hindenburg) and his exploitation of the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles through his Nazi army. These causes are closely tied with the increase of fascism throughout Europe and Nazi Germany’s foreign policy, along with the…

The Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo is a book told by a horse’s point of view. The horse is born and sold to a small farm in Britain. Once it is old enough, it is trained to plow by Albert Narracott and works hard on the farm. But since the Albert’s father doesn’t need the second horse for his small farm, he sells it against his son’s will to the army for money to help him pay off the mortgage on his land. He sells it to Captain Nicholls for forty pounds. Captain Nicholls promises Albert that he…

The French Revolution led to the end of the monarchical system which had governed France and eventually the country was declared a Republic. After the execution of Louis XVI a debate ensued over how best to govern and stabilize the newly minted Republic. It was clear to the revolutionary leaders that creating a balance of power and enforcing the revolution’s principles of ‘liberty, fraternity and equality’ were pivotal to France’s reconstruction. Eventually, power was given to a twelve-member…

The Civil War had is one of the worst wars ever fought. There were challenges for the North and the South. Lincoln was elected President in November, 1860 and made his inaugural speech in March 1861, were two weeks before on February 16th, President Davis gave his inaugural speech to the Confederate States. Lincoln and Davis both were born in Kentucky, less than one-hundred miles from each other. Lincoln had very little schooling, was known as a storekeeper, country postmaster, rail-splitter…

Immanuel, Kant - (1724-1804) Most influential philosopher in the history of Western philosophy. One of the foremost thinkers of the Enlightenment, he focused on rationalism and works of Francis Bacon. Kant wanted to structure ethics as consisting of a set of rules that one never shall break, he claimed that humanity has a dignity or worth that elevates humanity above all else in nature. In 1775, he wrote the “General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens,” a theory of the origins of the…