5 Paragraph Assignment
5 Paragraph Assignments
1. The American Revolution resulted in a Democratic government based on popular sovereignty while the French Revolution resulted in a popular authoritarianism under Napoleon Bonaparte. The U.S. Constitution is focused on representation, electoral procedures, limited executive powers, and the equality of the federal and state governments. In 1799 the French Directory, established during revolutionary unrest to represent the people, was toppled by a young general, Napoleon, when he established an authoritarian rule. The U.S. established checks and balances in the government that shares the power between the judicial, executive, and legislative branches in order to prevent one person from taking all of the power, such as Napoleon did in France. These revolutions, both alike and different, set an …show more content…
In 1850 there were many political coalitions in central Europe such as Italy, Germany and Russia, who used strong national pride for national unification purposes. Count Camillo Cavour managed to remove Austrian influence from all parts of Italy through a series of wars, thus spurring intense nationalism. Giuseppe Garibaldi, another Italian nationalist, raised a volunteer army in 1860 and drove Spain from the Kingdom of Two Siciles, thereby uniting all of Italy under Victor Emmanuel. Similarly, Otto von Bismarck, appointed by William I in 1861, was able to unite Germany through the Franco-Prussian war. In 1871, the victorious Bismarck crowned King William I as emperor of the new German Empire, and a strong and proud Germany emerged. In Russia, Alexander III, through a policy known as Russification, demanded all Russians, including people in the far-flung reaches of the Empire were made to learn the Russian language and convert to Russian Orthodoxy. Those that didn’t were persecuted (primarily the Jews) and led to many nonconformist to flee Russia. Through this forceful process, Russia was successfully united in language and
1. The American Revolution resulted in a Democratic government based on popular sovereignty while the French Revolution resulted in a popular authoritarianism under Napoleon Bonaparte. The U.S. Constitution is focused on representation, electoral procedures, limited executive powers, and the equality of the federal and state governments. In 1799 the French Directory, established during revolutionary unrest to represent the people, was toppled by a young general, Napoleon, when he established an authoritarian rule. The U.S. established checks and balances in the government that shares the power between the judicial, executive, and legislative branches in order to prevent one person from taking all of the power, such as Napoleon did in France. These revolutions, both alike and different, set an …show more content…
In 1850 there were many political coalitions in central Europe such as Italy, Germany and Russia, who used strong national pride for national unification purposes. Count Camillo Cavour managed to remove Austrian influence from all parts of Italy through a series of wars, thus spurring intense nationalism. Giuseppe Garibaldi, another Italian nationalist, raised a volunteer army in 1860 and drove Spain from the Kingdom of Two Siciles, thereby uniting all of Italy under Victor Emmanuel. Similarly, Otto von Bismarck, appointed by William I in 1861, was able to unite Germany through the Franco-Prussian war. In 1871, the victorious Bismarck crowned King William I as emperor of the new German Empire, and a strong and proud Germany emerged. In Russia, Alexander III, through a policy known as Russification, demanded all Russians, including people in the far-flung reaches of the Empire were made to learn the Russian language and convert to Russian Orthodoxy. Those that didn’t were persecuted (primarily the Jews) and led to many nonconformist to flee Russia. Through this forceful process, Russia was successfully united in language and