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XVI was neglectful in decision making, and so he hired the man that would come to lead the Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre. Leading up to this event, new countries such as Great Britain, Holland, and Spain had recently joined Austria and Prussia in war against France. Some people of France saw the war efforts against them as a sign that the revolution was not good, and joined other counter-revolutionists. This resembled the need for leadership to help protect France the multitude of…

philosopher’s historical situation and the problems they observed. In this way a person can better compare the proposed solutions for similarities and differences. Karl Marx is considered to be the founder of the concept of socialism. Born in Prussia in 1818, his Jewish background exposed him to discrimination during his childhood that led him to question the role of religion in society (1). This…

Is it possible to judge an individual without deliberating social background? The answer is no. From the beginning of its existence, the human race relied on society. Society and its culture are at the heart of civilization, encompassing an individual, forcing him or her to conform to its norms. Thus, all figures in literature are bound to reflect traits of their societal environment. The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer is a classical example. Written during the turbulent periods…

19th Century LEQs Silent Essay How accurately do the lines of poetry below reflect gender roles for European men and women in the late 19th century? Man for the field and woman for the hearth Man for the sword and for the needle she Man with the head and women from the heart Man to command woman to obey For centuries, women had been unjustly considered inferior to men and they had to cope with many inequities. While women gradually gained more rights, the Industrial Revolutions…

monarchical form of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people. An absolute monarch wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people. Absolutism was used in France with Louis XIV, Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Although all of these countries were quite different they mostly believed that absolute monarchy was necessary and justified. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe, absolute monarchy was considered by some as…

There were many different causes that led to the French Revolution. There was an excessive monarchy, overspending of money being, a ton of debt, and rising taxes. The debt was caused from The Seven Years war where the French came out defeated, also from the generous spending during the American Revolution. France had an average amount of debt compared to other countries but “the problem lay with the inability of the royal government to tap the nation’s wealth through taxes to service and repay…

Napoleon attempted to take over an entire continent According to our textbook, “He forced Austria and Prussia to sign peace treaties that benefited the French, and the Russian then formed an alliance with France. He ruled over two countries, the Netherlands and Spain. He forced the Kingdom of Italy and the Papal states into alliances.” Controlling two huge…

D. Analysis In 1907, Schlieffen had hoped the left-wing could be used in a counterattack, to bring about a true double envelopment of the French forces. To do this, however, would require pulling divisions from the right-wing to reinforce the weaker left-wing, which would make any sort of envelopment impossible. Therefore, he resisted the urge to change the ratio, and after retirement, Schlieffen reminded his successors to avoid this temptation. However, von Moltke was uncomfortable with the…

ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gases, Fritz Haber was, and still is, a well-known German chemist whose invention is used today for the production of fertilizers, cleaning products, and explosives. He was born on December 9, 1868, in Breslau, Prussia. Three weeks after being born, his mother passed away due to the toll her pregnancy took on her, thus leaving him to be raised in a Jewish household by his father, Siegfried, and several of his aunts. Influenced from his father at young age,…

Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, believed in the principle, "Un Roi, Un Loi, Une Foi," or "One King, One Law, One Faith." Consequently, Louis XIV saw the Huguenots as a threat to the religious unity he wanted and had promised the his people as their newly crowned monarch. For the king, Protestantism represented, what he perceived as, a mark of powerlessness in his otherwise absolute rule. He became devoted to eradicating this one aspect of weakness in his otherwise absolute reign. Louis…