Prussia

won the Seven Years War for Prussia (Murphy, 13). Austria’s will to repossess Silesia was a major cause leading up to the Seven Years War. Austria, Russia, France, in Saxony were all allied against Prussia. Great Britain was on Frederick’s side. Frederick understood that these countries did not work well with each other when it came to teamwork and attacked them one at a time and at the weakest point in their foundation (Encyclopedia of World Biography, 7). Prussia did not do all the work,…

infrastructure that the people of Prussia can use to…

Colonia Dignidad Did the establishment of Colonia Dignidad have positive or negative impacts on Chilean society? It will be argued that the objectives for the establishment of Colonia Dignidad led to long-term impacts that were not morally justifiable. Amidgst a beautiful scenic view of farmlands and forests in the foothills of the Andean Mountains, was the home to almost 230 German immigrants. They were part of the congregation, who in 1961, followed an Evangelical preacher called Paul…

Introduction – Karl Marx Karl Marx (1818-1883) was born in Trier, a German city that is located in the famous Moselle wine region and close to the border of Luxemburg. He is one of the most renowned and important economist figures and thinkers of the 19th century. I favour Marx over other theorists such as Max Weber and Emile Durkheim because I think that Marx believed in a more noble cause where he had “sympathy for the ideas of the Enlightenment” (Punch et al 2013, p.52). Marx was introduced…

A willful manipulator of the throne or revolutionary thinker? The legacy of Johann Friedrich Struensee is left in history as a controversy. During the 1770's, Christian VII's reign in Denmark was underscored with the illness of the king, which gave way for a German doctor, Johann Friedrich Struensee, to rise to power and become a ruler. As the king’s doctor and confidant, Struensee essentially gained the persuasive power of a king and later accumulated all of the governmental power so he could…

Unification is usually done for the benefit of every entity involved. Whether it’s companies merging, a mob assembling, two people marrying, or a country unifying, it’s always done for a purpose. That purpose is progress and growth of all parties associated. Sometimes the process of unifying has its downfalls and negative aspects. The reunification of Germany experienced major problems as the Berlin Wall fell. The problems that new Germany faced were largely economic related, but cultural,…

When Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm set out to compose their anthology of Germanic folklore in the early 19th century, it is hard to imagine they expected their level of success, with their collection becoming one of the highest rated printed texts in literature, rivaling that of the Bible. While their work is read throughout the world, it began as a discussion on solely Germanic folklore. With this discussion, the Grimm brothers brought about a social unification, helping to establish the foundation…

Otto von Bismarck’s Policy from 1871 to 1890 From 1871 to 1890 was the reign of Bismarck as the chancellor of Germany. With the new chancellor came a new style of Diplomacy. Bismarck Diplomacy could be described as a chess game he was playing between all of the other great powers of Europe. Although the goal of the game was not to win all of the pieces. This era can be broken down into three essential components relevant to Bismarck’s reign, His initial goals and purposes of his actions, the…

Last week, we spent a good amount of time on Bismarck. Our discussion brought out many ideas and details about Bismarck that I overlooked in the reading. I was amazed that Bismarck controlled with elegance and charm. He was able to able to diplomatically convince a country to cooperate and even give up part of its sovereignty. In class, I brought up the chess board metaphor, stating that Bismarck had control over the entire game, whereas Hitler and other leaders were just aggressive pieces on…

The rise of Prussia within the German Empire began with Frederick William, the “Great Elector” (1640-1688), through shrewd diplomatic maneuvering and efficient domestic governance. Frederick William unified many of the scattered territories into the most powerful Protestant state and turned these territories into a unified state, to become a leading political player in northern Europe. This was a critical step in the rise of Prussia because if the smaller territories could not have been unified…