This could have portrayed Napoleon to be an enemy of the rebellion due to the fact that the French revolution took place because they didn’t want one person dictating how they should live their lives. The French people wanted a democratic public but Napoleon seemed to be a power driven army general who had now seized control over the government of France. Although many historians will argue that the right to vote was given to all males who paid direct taxes and that Napoleon upheld this law when he came into power, I feel that Napoleon betrayed this element of the revolution because this whole system was a lot more complex than it seemed to be on the surface. This system of voting goes against one of the main principles of the revolution which was equality. Although the system on the outer layer shows that everyone is the same, in reality we know that Napoleon just used this to keep the public happy and he made sure that they were living in a democratic republic.
Overall in the Liberals party it was the Octobrists who would have the most effect on the survival of the Tsarist rule as they were supporters on the monarchy. Another of the parties to play a part in the survival of the Tsarist rule and to suffer a division were the Social Democrats. Their split played a big part as it was quite a big difference in opinion in the party. Their split was into two groups, the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. Their split was in 1903 when the leaders in the parties disagreed, Lenin leader of the Bolsheviks believed in
During the period between 1900 and 1914 Germany was socially, economically and politically stagnant. It is considered though that the cause of inactive political status was all the moderate reforms introduced by the weak political establishment. Despite the fact that other factors such as the military, the economy and the pressure groups contributed to the maintenance of the political status quo, it was to a large extent the responsibility of the establishment, as it is directly connected to the political status, and thus responsible for the introduction of better reforms that would help Germany grow politically which it did not, so it was not successful. Firstly, a reason why the political status quo was maintained as such was the constitution of Germany. Victory against France in 1871 led to the unification of the states of North Confederation with the rest of the kingdoms and a new constitution based on the North Confederation’s one was created.
This was a disaster and Buckingham had to retreat his troops without even aiding the Huguenots, which made him become the most despised man in England as he was seen responsible for the military failures. One MP, Sir Edwyn Sandys, said that ‘since England was England it received not so an honourable blow’. This therefore decreased the reputation of the Crown because Charles was the one who appointed Buckingham as ‘Lord Admiral’ in the first place and caused tensions between them and Parliament. It also caused discontent as it meant that Britain was at war with Spain and France too. More importantly, though, this caused great strain on the country and Charles couldn’t find the necessary funding to finance the wars, which lead to him implementing the Forced Loan on December 1627.
So, this would make the League an organisation that doesn’t bring peace. Another cause of the League not being fully effective is that the League was dominated by France and Britain. Britain and France often made decisions based on their own interests as they were weak in terms of military power and economically due to the impact of World War One. France wanted the League to enforce the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and Britain wanted the League just to
But, with the collapse of the Austrian empire it was possible that in the future Austria may look for support from Germany- join forces to become a union. Traditionally, even though they are both German speaking countries these two countries had separate empires, and Austria tended to be the strongest of the pair. So, because Wilson was determined to allow self-determination for all Europeans, to him if Austria wanted to create a union with Germany they should be allowed. However, Clemenceau’s view was very much different. He wanted to keep Germany as weak and small as possible.
Austria, however, did not want to unify at all. This caused Italian states to revolt, which was not successful and also lead to war. War with Austria united southern Europe, later leading to Italy’s unification, becoming one of the most powerful countries in Europe. Second, reforms created safety conditions, public health, free education, slave trade, etc. These economic changes promoted unity through Europe.
Stabbed in the back. In reality the Weimar government had no choice but to sign the armistice as if they did not Germany would have been invaded by the allies the next day. This was a problem for the government as the people of Germany were starting to hate their government more and more. The problems continued into 1919 with the Spartacist uprising in. This was an uprising by a group of communists led by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht.
The Great Reform Act of 1832 achieved the majority of the key reformers’ concerns yet largely ignored the aims and in many instances wilfully suppressed the aims of the less important factions within it. The most important faction of the Reformers was the revitalised Whig Party as its’ necessity to regain power in government and the derived need to alienate Peel and the Tories from such a Reform bill was one of the main reason why the Great Reform Act was actually so ‘radical’. By extension of this factor and also the fact that the Great Reform Act was directly passed by the Whig party it is only logical to describe them as the most important faction within that of the Reformers. It was largely due to the factor that the Great Reform Act was directly passed by the Whigs that it achieved so many of their aims. The Great Reform Act also achieved the majority of the middle classes’ aims by giving them the vote and by protecting their property although the benefits to the middle class were certainly less pronounced than those enjoyed by the Whigs.
How did European beliefs in mercantilism and empire help shape the North American colonies? To what extent did political turmoil in England result in de facto independence of the North American colonies? How did slavery in the British colonies differ from slavery in the Spanish and Dutch colonies? Ch. 2 Required IDs for Period 2 Ch.