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Niccolo Machiavelli influences rulers and leaders throughout history such as Otto Von Bismarck, King Henry VIII, and Adolf Hitler. In Machiavelli's book The Prince he gives political advice on how to ruler and govern their land and to gain power. He says it's better to be cruel than merciful and that it's better to be stingy than generous. Bismarck, Henry VIII, and Hitler follow his advice on how to be a good ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a diplomat and writer who was born on May 3, 1469 and…

the first step toward edging an empire. He expressly stirred up border clashes with Austria over Schleswig and Holstein. He was a skilled at manufacturing "incidents" to gain his ends. The French reacted to Bismarck's dishonesty by declaring war on Prussia F) Realpolitik: Otto von Bismarck was a master of what came to be known as realpolitik. This German term means the politics of reality. The term is used to describe rough power politics with no room for realism. With realpolitik as his…

are forced upon France by England, the victor, and what does England give in return? The British concessions to France in the West Indies were made partly in order to secure the French evacuation of Prussia exslaves in western Germany that France felt obliged to occupy Austria's settlement with Prussia (in the Treaty of Hubertusburg of February 15, 1763). A vociferous section of the British public, however, would have preferred to retain the lucrative West Indian islands or to retrocede Canada…

Many countries in the past had a monarchy, this meant that those who had royal titles, such as nobles or religious leaders had the most money. And of course, there had to be a lower class which made up the majority. In France the lower class was called ‘the third estate’ but most nobles and higher ups referred to them as peasants. Over time, the peasants of France started to realize that while they were being heavily taxed and overworked, the noblemen and women were living luxurious lives due to…

Dutch and the English wanted to become allies in order to stop Louis XIV and the Netherlands from territorial expansion. Since then they were in many wars. One war was the War of Austrian Succession, which starts having Frederick the Great having Prussia stop Austria from taking French territory in Canada. France wanted peace and in for return, they got territorial expansion in North America. Another was the seven years’ war which was between the French and British for colonial empire as well as…

not all the Enlightened. There were three rulers who were known most for their “Enlightened” methods of ruling. They were called the Enlightened Despots. The first being King Friedrich II of Prussia. He actually didn't get off to such a great start. He came to power five years early by convincing Prussia that his father, Freidrich I, was crazy and didn't deserve…

Thousands of ‘enemies’ were tried and guillotined during the Reign of Terror which lasted until Robespierre’s death by the guillotine. Napoleon Bonaparte was a lieutenant of the French military who, through his victories against Austria and Prussia, earned the title of First Consul of France. This gave him total executive power and Napoleon crowned himself emperor and dictator of…

In Russian history there were three great Tsars: Vladimir the Great, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. Only one of these greats is a female, making Catherine’s rise to greatness even greater. Catherine was born Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst in the Baltic port of Stettin, Pomerania on May 2, 1729 (Rounding, 7). She was the daughter of a minor Prussian (Germanic) prince, Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (Lichman, Corey). As a child, Sophie received little affection…

Russian armies had made separate paths and pushed deeply into the German territory of East Prussia. They planned to drive a wedge between Germany and Austria-Hungary and attack Berlin. However, these plans failed. In the Battle of Tannenberg, one of Russia’s armies had been encircled and destroyed by German and Austrian troops. In the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, the other army was chased out of East Prussia. In these two battles, Russia suffered about 250,000 casualties. Unlike Germany,…

Revisionist’s (Jabotinsky) and Territorialist (Zangwell) were highly offended at the cavalier treatment of this activity. Galicia After the Third Partition (1795) of the Lithuanian-Polish Empire, Austria annexed most of Lesser Poland, with Prussia receiving a smaller part. By the time of the Great Immigration, Galicia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Jews became educated and citizens but sill retained semi-autonomy. Many Jews considered themselves Russian Jaws due to the…