countries worked together to crush the French Revolution to lower the possibility of uprisings in their own countries. Austria and Prussia were highly alarmed with the dethroning of the French monarchy‚ prompting them to urge the French to restore Louis XVI to power. As a result‚ the Legislative Assembly declared war on the allies. During Napoleon’s rule‚ Britain‚ Russia‚ Austria‚ and Sweden feared his ambitions to conquer all of Europe and allied against France. 4.3 Explain how Napoleon built and
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brothers. Since 1792‚ France’s revolutionary government had been engaged in military conflicts with various European nations. In 1796‚ Napoleon commanded a French army that defeated the larger armies of Austria‚ one of his country’s primary rivals‚ in a series of battles in Italy. In 1797‚ France and Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio‚ resulting in territorial gains for the French. In 1795‚ Napoleon helped suppress a royalist insurrection against the revolutionary government in Paris and was promoted
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Introduction Hamerow begins his introduction with a defense of the theory that history is determined by the great people of society or The Great Man Theory of history. He goes on to say that "They are the makers of the world in which we live. Otto Von Bismarck belongs in this Company." The controversies surrounding his life still go on between historians today. He is portrayed as a destroyer of liberty and also as a compromiser of liberalism. Some see Bismarck as trying to preserve the old
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Cavour in fighting against Austria through the compact of plombieres in 1855 where in the treaty napoleon iii agreed to help Italy against Austria and if they were success in defeating Austria‚ Italy promised to give Savoy and nice to France. When the war against Austria occurred in 1859‚ napoleon iii sent his troops to Italy and France would gain nice and Savoy. Therefore the influenced of France helped Italy gaining Lombardy from Austria. The influenced of Prussia was also important to the creation
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and natural law to reform the French government because of its inability to serve the needs of the nation. However‚ evident by the dramatic change in the revolution‚ the political philosophies used were not consistent throughout the period of 1776 to 1815. The beginning stages of the French Revolution were characterized by the Enlightenment ideas of Locke‚ Rousseau‚ Montesquieu‚ and Paine; however‚ as the French Revolution continued the political theories changed to reflect Hobbes’ theories of the Social
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also contributed to Italy’s eventual unification‚ some‚ perhaps more so than the revolutions‚ these factors included the strength and skill of leaders within Italy‚ fighting for unification and the actions of other countries‚ especially France and Prussia who both‚ separately helped Italy and enabled her to move towards eventual unification. The revolutions‚ throughout the
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The Poles who were West Slavic people established Poland in the late 5th century. History was first written in the 10th century about Poland when the Polish nation changed into Christianity in 966. Prince Mieszko I was the first ruler and his son‚ Boleslaw I‚ was the first king of Poland. This established the Piast dynasty that lasted from 966 to 1370. During the Piast dynasty there where Piast kings with a lot of rivalries from nobility and Bohemian and Germanic invasions that made Poland a
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Introduction The traditional political definition of peace was originated among the ancient Romans who defined that peace‚ “pax” as “absentia belli”‚ the absence of war. Peace is a state of harmony‚ the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of violent international conflict. In this case‚ peace is the opposite of war. Though human-beings are prone to seek peace‚ prosperity and civilization for their lives‚ means used to seek them were at times conducted through
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successes of their military. The reason for military action by both Napoleon and Bismarck was coherently to unify their countries. Bismarck however was trying to bring Prussia and the German states together as a whole. France was already one nation. Napoleon found that by military success through victories against Austria‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Spain he strengthened France as a nation‚ which was not the case during the French Revolutions. Napoleon Bonaparte "was one of the greatest military commanders
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The uprising of the French Revolution had many justified causes such as the rebellion of the third estate‚ which occupied ninety-eight percent of the population from the bourgeoisie to the rural peasants toward their tyrant monarchy. The third estate wanted to gain their liberty from taxes although they were technically free and of course equality and representation among the two other estates. Joined together the first two estates overruled the third estate and paid little or no taxes at all. However
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