Frederick William III of Prussia

Airbrush Contouring 101 One of the biggest concerns city girls like me have in the summer is that liquid foundations and contouring powders seem to melt the moment I leave the house. And it’s not only about the finish or quality of makeup products I pick -- the City is just way too hot to wear makeup. Saying so, I’m definitely one of the girls who is not okay not wearing a foundation at all. Yes, my skin might not be the worst I’ve seen and I have a confidence walking around bare-faced, but I…

Austria and Prussia both gained political power as the war and the threat of war aided the Strong kings greatly in building absolute monarchies. They monopolized the political power by imposing and collecting taxes without the people's consent. They also maintained strong standing armies to protect their countries and conducted relations as they pleased with the other states. Austria was exhausted after the thirty years war, and their effort to destroy the Protestantism in the German land had…

Absolutism states that monarchs have the divine right to rule people and received their authority from God. The monarchs have all of the power and everyone else must obey the monarchs. To do that, the monarchs must take away the power of the powerful nobles. Louis XIV did this by moving the powerful nobles to his court at Versailles where they were occupied with numerous activities. He then appointed people from the middle class to government positions, where he could dominate them and keep them…

Prussia: A Forgotten Nation From the rise and fall of the Holy Roman Empire - 962 AD to 1806- ("Holy"), to the American Revolution -1765 and 1783-, there have been many different nations to exist, then split up, change their names, or completely disband. Sikkim -1642 to 1975-, Czechoslovakia - 1918 to 1993-, Yugoslavia -1918 to 1992- and Neutral Moresnet -1816 to 1920-(Hoeller), all of these are either nations that used to exist, or nations that have gone through some name changes. Much like…

gallows, back to square one. However, he had to look back to where he went wrong while acting as King of Prussia. Where did he make one false step? Where he abandoned the peasants for the nobility to save himself? Where he declared war on Russia? Where he lied to the peasants about the promised reforms and economic stability? Jund had to go back to the very beginning, when he had King Frederick William at his knees. 5 years earlier (1848) Lund was able to besiege Berlin from the inside out…

From 1701 to 1763 Great Britain fought in a series of wars concerning the European balance of power. These wars include the war of Spanish Succession, the war of Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years’ war. These wars had a significant effect on both Europe and North America. The war of Spanish Succession was fought over who should rule the Spanish empire after the death of King Charles II. King Charles II had no children, and several relatives had equal claim to the throne. On his…

Spanish Succession : Ivan the terrible fought this war to expand russia Thirty Years War : A series of battles fought in central europe over land Maria Theresa : receives thrown from father- Charles VI, goes to war with Prussia many times Frederick the Great : ruler of Prussia, "the Great Elector", Military leader, believed in a strong army, creates a standing army, raises taxes to pay for army, nobles become officers in the army, used religious tolerance and legal reform Seven Years’ War…

fights. The Congress was formed because there had been many wars in the past. The Congress of Vienna was made mostly of conservatives, but had some liberals as well. Some of the influential leaders were Czar Alexander I of Russia, King Frederick William III of Prussia, Lord Castlereagh who was the British foreign minister, and Prince Klemens von Metternich who was the Austrian foreign minister. The Congress of Vienna attained peace in Europe by doing a number of things. One way they attained…

became the first chancellor of the German empire under the “leadership” of William II during the late nineteenth century (History.com, Otto Von Bismarck). He developed Germany into an economic powerhouse to even rival that of Great Britain. Through the usage of the Realpolitik and cunning intellect, he managed to unite the German kingdoms to establish his empire. Only he believed that he could establish leadership and lead Prussia to international success (Barkin, Otto Von Bismarck). Born as…

the environment Marx grew up, the events that occurred during his life, and the people around him who influenced him, we will understand his ideas and how they, according to Marx, predicted the future of society. Marx, was born in 1818 in Trier, Prussia in what today is Germany. Karl Marx focused on explaining the relationship of classes and how can it be changed. He devoted his life to fighting against capitalism…