Kingdom of Prussia

Unfortunately, not only was the government’s infrastructures becoming weak, but it also began losing its discipline. In an attempt to bring prosperity back to Germany, the government asked the United States for several juicy loans. With such money, almost an instant boom was created. Culture was flourishing back, construction, music, art, every aspect of the German culture was expanding at a rapid pace.(source G1) Unfortunately, people began rioting and became uncivilized. Thanks to the general…

The battle of Waterloo was one of the most important battles in history and significantly impacted the european countries. This battle put a revolution to a halt, stopped a very powerful empire from spreading its ideals any further, and restored equality to the European nations. This battle was so revolutionary “Waterloo is used to discuss the changing nature of war, the rise and fall of napoleon’s empire”(Black).The reason for this is that this battle took out the most powerful leader of his…

Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the largest of them all- The Russian Empire. Although these empires were flourishing and gaining many colonies- Europe was on the verge of a war with itself. Before 1870, Germany was a collection of small states- of which Prussia was the most powerful. In 1870, Bismarck, a Prussian statesman won a war against France. This war was for one of France’s important industrial areas known as Alsace-Lorraine. After the win, Germany became very ambitious and successful.…

To what extent did King Henry the VIII make a positive contribution to English society through his policies and actions from 1509-1547? Done by- Joshua Ivanovic Summary of Evidence Primary Source 1: • The first primary source is that of a painting by Hans Holbein, a painter from Germany What I learned from the source: I learned that in these times from 1509 to 1547 paintings were important to the folklore to resemble their King as high royalty and…

coalfields and half its steel and iron industry. The Saar coalfields were given to France for 15 years. Alsace-Lorraine was given back to France, Malmedy was given to Belgium. Memal was given to Lithuania, North Schleswig was given to Denmark. West Prussia and Upper Silesia were given to Poland. Danzig was made a ‘free city’. In addition, germany was not allowed to unite with Austria. Germany was required to pay 132 billion gold marks which is 33 billion dollars in the United States. Reparation…

As Chancellor of Prussia and Germany (from 1862 to 1890), Otto Von Bismarck effectively controlled Germany and its states along with having influence over the rest of Europe. Though having a shoot first ask questions later mentality, he brought prosperity and nationalism to the German confederation. Bismarck reformed and unified Germany along with pushing worldwide innovation by building up a military. Otto von bismarck was very much of a progressivist and that is what made him so impactful. He…

Stasiland by Anna Funder is a text which explores how the communist regime of the former GDR has had a lasting impact on its people. Funder examines the history of Germany, noting the lingering effect that the Stasi had on its victims, as many of them were unable to recover from their past and move into the future, whilst also exploring how the fall of East Germany caused many members of the Stasi to become trapped in their memories of what once was. Funders own understanding of the the GDR…

Essentially; Russia, Prussia, Britain and Austria attempt to settle all their negotiations on their own. Through many memoranda and attempted alliances the negotiations end up driven into a stalemate. In this stagnation one of Kissingers biggest points can be seen. There is an…

together and help end the war. The Austro-Prussian War took place in 1866. Bismarck had to get rid of Austrian influence in Germany, so he partnered up with Cavour in Italy and provoked Austria in a war. Prussia was more industrialized than Austria, which means the war was over in 7 weeks. Prussia won and Austria gave up Holstein and was out of German affairs. Northern Germany was unified, at this time Italy got Venetia. The balance of power in Europe was upset. Germany emerged as a major power…

population’s sense of duty. The patchwork nature of Germany extends back to before the nation of Germany had been formed. Before Germany was united in 1871, the territory that is currently Germany was formerly a network of German principalities, tribes, kingdoms and individual settlements. As a result of these unique entities being combined, distinctions in culture throughout Germany still are prevalent today. A benefit of the former individual peoples within Germany is the now polycentric…