Assess the reasons for Lloyd’s Georges fall from power in 1922? Lloyd George was prime minster of the coalition government (conservatives, liberals) but fell from power in 1922 due to many reasons. His declining reputation, the poor dealing of foreign affairs and the economic problems that he failed to deal with could all be argued for his fall from power but I feel the strongest argument for his fall would be the lack of support he received from the conservatives and their abandonment of the coalition government. After Stanley Baldwin’s speech at the Carlton club to abandon Lloyd George as a leader it caused him to lead a divided liberal party in to the election which then caused him to fall from power. Without the conservatives losing support for him I feel he would have stayed in power which is why I feel this was the strongest argument for his fall from power.
The trade of England’s biggest export, wool, was in decline, leading to massive unemployment and straining foreign relations. Elizabeth’s father, Henry VIII, was notorious for debasing coins (melting them down and mixing them with cheaper, base metals, devaluing the coin). When people started to notice, they became even less willing to trade with England, making the situation far worse. These financial problems led to severe inflation within the country, and as people had less money in real terms, discontentment soared. Religion was a significant issue for Elizabeth, as England had been religiously divided between Catholicism and Protestantism.
These reforms made a significant change to the government as a weakened sense of autocracy replaced the traditional span of control the Tsar ruled over, due to freedom of serfs which ultimately creates opposition. Further consequences of war faced by the government can be illustrated in the assassination of Alexander 2nd and the severe social unrest following the Russo-Japanese war. These protests are suggested to be the beginning point of the 1905 revolution. This caused extreme damage to the government as it questioned the strength of leadership and citizens became more and more critical, eventually leading to further reforms and the initiation of changing the way Russian government was formatted. However, it can be argued that
As he was the king, he had thought that he had the power to make the Scots use English prayer books. The scots were so furious that they decided to fight Charles I instead. This also made him unpopular to the scots as well as the people of England. When the scots had defeated him Charles had to pay lots of tax money which he couldn’t afford. So, Charles had to recall parliament, as only tax voted by parliament got rid of the scots.
A famous historian, George Dangerfield, thought that the liberal party had been declining in popularity due to how they were not efficient nor equipped enough to handle the agitation of the trade unions, suffragettes and the problems within Ireland. The House of Lords had played a major role in the demise of the Liberal party. The Liberal party had numerous amounts of bills and acts that they had wanted to pass, however due to the house of lords, which predominately consisted of conservative and liberal unionist MP’s, they were able to block them which prevented them being passed. For Example, the lords had blocked Gladstone’s second home rule bill in 1893. The Lords had also blocked a major reform of the Liberals known as the 1909 Budget by 350 votes to 75 for.
The decline in Russia’s war performance caused morale in the army as well as in the country to also decrease. However, this in itself was not enough to cause the Tsarist regime to fall. The situation of war was made worse by the fact that in September 1915 after the Russians lost Poland; the Tsar took personal control of the army and dismissed this Uncle Nikolai. As a result, poor military performance could be blamed directly on the Tsar himself. This in turn caused his support to wither and his opponents to build up in number.
How important were disputes over royal finances in worsening relations between Charles 1 and parliaments in the years 1625 to 1629? During Charles’s reign there were several disputes over finance such as the forced loan of 1626. It may be considered that finance was the most important reasons for the bad relationship between monarch and Parliament as it underpinned the other tensions such as foreign policy and Buckingham. For example Charles needed subsidies from Parliament with which to fight the war with Spain and France. Buckingham was also largely resented in Parliament due to his wealth and awful foreign policy.
Despite this, several other factors also caused the growing feeling of hatred towards the Church within the German states. Loathing of the Catholic Clergy convinced many living within the Empire that the Church was unscrupulous. The expectation of the Clergymen was that they would act in a loving and holy manner, responding appropriately to their spiritual duties. However, most of the time, this failed to be the case. Many Clergymen acted in a disobedient way and were crass to their most loyal of followers.
Many people believe another fault of the League of Nations that contributed to war was; how they appeased Hitler by letting him have Czechoslovakia. They did this because they thought it would reduce chances of war, yet Hitler soon broke the agreement they had made and war started. Although many people would argue that the above cause was the fault of the League of Nations, I disagree because, if Hitler had not been so aggressively demanding, they would not have needed to appease him. However, the League of Nations is not completely without fault, Italy was disappointed by the League of Nations as she was denied territory promised by Britain and France. This lead Mussolini and Italy to join forces with Germany, making them bear resentment and wanting war.
In fact the groups within the right such as the Freikorps and consul organisation showed an increasing amount of violence because of their lack of support on democracy, which of course created a tremendous threat to the Weimar Republic. To an extent one could argue that the economy was a major threat to the stability of the Weimar Republic in the period 1919-1923 due to the severe reparation payments. The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany had to pay reparations for the damage which was caused in WW1. The poor leadership and economic problems consequently led to a German defeat. In 1921, the total amount of reparations was set at 269 billion gold marks.