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This occurred in France from 1789-1799. Some of the causes of this revolution were social, economic, financial, and cultural. France was heavily in debt. They were in debt because France had fought against Prussia and Britain in the Seven Years War. They had also served as allies with the colonies against Britain in the American Revolutionary War. The country became poor due to the fact that they had borrowed a lot of money which they invested in the wars.…

The Time of Misery The Reign of Terror was a crucial time during the French Revolution that negatively affected the lives of many. This horrifying period during the French Revolution all began in the year 1792 when former King Louis XVI was executed for treason. The following year, Maximilien Robespierre took control of France through the Committee of Public Safety. From that point on, the country of France went into a time of mourning and brought great suffering among millions. Was the Reign…

reinsurance treaty with Russia, and taking of Ottoman lands. In the peace dealing with France after the Franco-Prussian war, a German diplomat could help create a long-term plan for war by taking more land from the eastern side of France. Land grabbed by Prussia at the time was in effort to put as much German people under one power in order to create a strong unified German nation. A major reason Fromkin gives for WW 1 is that most of the countries would live under peace under certain conditions…

Italy, in early 19th century, was divided in to several different parts. Each of them had distinct identities such as culture, political system, dialect, etc. This meant that the sense of localism, which is kind of nationalism towards one's particular region/area, was strong among citizens in those city states. However, Austria-Hungary had all the control on Italian peninsula, which limited the revolts for unification by Italian. As a result, Risorgimento started to develop. Risorgimento means…

method, which in turn; creates a method of maintaining a controlled society, and developing “role oriented” citizens. The labeling of students in an “assembly line” format provides the country with set statistics based on education profiling, as what Prussia experienced in the 1820’s. The division of children via test rankings, class rankings, and…

high ideals and hopes for a set of morally driven, nurturing, and intelligent, trained teachers were great in theory, but have not stood the test of time. In his time, Mann borrowed the system of the “normal school” from the education system of Prussia as a method of training teachers, mainly female teachers, for a life in education. Today, most teachers, excepting those in private school education, have to pursue a degree in higher education, a standard taken from Mann, but the trends of…

spent most of his life in exile. However Marx was able to overcome these obstacles which resulted in becoming one of the most influential thinkers of the twenty century. Marx was born on May 5, 1818 to Heinrich Marx and Henrietta Pressburg in Trier, Prussia (present-day Germany). At age 17, Marx enrolled in Bonn University Germany, where he studied law. During his first year Marx became engaged to Jenny Von Westphalen, which lead to marriage shortly after. In 1836, Marx followed his passion in…

George Frederick Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685. His parents were George and Dorothy Handel of Halle Saxony Germany. His father was 73 when he was born and he was an eminent barber-surgeon who served in the court of Saxony Weissenfels and Margraviate of Brandenburg. Handel was inspired by music. Unfortunately, his father was very surprised and urged him to study law instead. His father restricted his use of any musical instruments. Luckily his mother, on the other hand, was very…

Passage A looks at Alexander's policy in a positive light by focusing on Alexander's attempts to save the country from the disastrous state it was in.However Passage A overlooks the consequences and the actual impact of his reforms. Passage B also overlooks the long term impact that Alexander's reforms had, instead focuses on the short term effects and immediate impact of Alexander's reforms. Passage A describes the impact of Alexander’s domestic policies in theory rather than in practice,…

He was even well enough to travel and perform, visiting Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia in 1747. He played for the king, making up a new composition on the spot. Back in Leipzig, Bach refined the piece and gave Frederick a set of fugues called "Musical Offering." In 1749, Bach started a new composition called "The Art of Fugue," but…