Account for the growth of liberal government in Europe during the period 1815-1914 At the beginning of the nineteenth-century, a war was on-going between liberals and those in aristocratic/monarchical rule. Liberalist movements at their heart contained 3 main elements; the belief in a constitutional and parliamentary government, a desire for the protection of private property in a free market, and the want for the separation of religious authority from political authority (Gould, 1998). Yet at that time, Europe was the complete opposite of the way liberals felt that it should be, with monarchs, aristocrats and clergy men predominantly in power, the poorer and middle class had barely little access to their rights, freedoms and few or no privileges. The French Revolution of 1789 began to change all of that, followed closely by the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848. All three Revolutions played significant part in what came to be a significantly liberalist Europe, including Industrialisation.
During this period The USA had become the world's largest economic power, making up 27% of the world's economy compared to the 19% in 1913. The First and Second World Wars that occurred during the British Imperial Era may explain the decline of Britain as an economic power by 1950. During these wars, Britain had to invest heavily in munitions and equipment, borrowing heavily from the US to help fund its expenditure. With Britain indebted to America, and struggling to maintain an empire after the economic impact of the Second World War, it is unsurprising to see a decline in Britain's economic strength, with an increase in American economic influence. During the Cold War era, the USA's economic position may have been strengthened due to its increasing political influence as one of the world's leading powers alongside The USSR, which had a GDP that made up 10% of the world's economy in 1950.
In the period 1783 to 93 William Pitt was involved in many different reforms, in areas of finance, administrative and commercial. These were crucial in some way and contributed to Pitt trying to bring about a national revival in Britain. The American War of Independence had had a serious affect on Britain, by ruining government finances, due to the costs of war and the disruption to trade caused by the war. The main problem facing Pitt was the national debt; it had rose, by 91%, to £250 million, with the government expenditure exceeding income by £10.5 million per annum. In addition the interest on the debt alone was £9 million per year.
In “The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America,” written by Colin G. Colloway indicates that the Treaty of Paris of 1763 was the cause of American Revolutionary War. In this document, American territory changed hands in any treaty ever before. Settlers and Frontiers as long with Indians and Europeans all endured to adapt to new situations, boundaries, government and restrictions. It focuses on the sociological involvement of the war, and how it affected the different populations, both directly and indirectly. Also the document presents the triumphs and tragedies of the epic struggle on a continent placing them in a larger context in France and Great Britain global conflict.
Romanov essay Romanov family had ruled Russia since 1613 and under a autocratic government, during the time between 1904-1918 Nicholas the 2nd had ruled taking all the responsibilities of the major collapse of the tsarist regime. There were many contributing factors that lead to the eventual collapse of the Romanov regime. The major events that affected Romanov rule included the many social, economic and political problems. Particular events which also acted as a catalyst for the collapse of the dynasty included the 1905 revolution/Bloody Sunday, the Russo – Japanese war, the October Manifesto, Industrialisation strikes and unrest and ultimately resulting in the outbreak of World War 1. As a result of these combination of factors, WWI was the ‘straw that broke the camels back’ and resulted in the downfall of the tsarist regime in 1917.
Revolutionary War (1775–83): Causes The roots of the Revolutionary War ran deep in the structure of the British empire, an entity transformed, like the British state itself, by the Anglo‐French wars of the eighteenth century. After the fourth of these conflicts, the Seven Years' (or French and Indian) War, the British government tried to reform the now greatly expanded empire. The American colonists resisted, creating a series of crises that culminated in the armed rebellion of 1775. The Imperial Background. With the Glorious Revolution (1688), England's foreign policy took the anti‐French path it followed until 1815—a path that led to four wars before 1775.
In that context globalization has been described either the next logical step from modernism or as a separate event called postmodernity. The shared view is that both industrialisation snd globalization are characterised as a massive change and the eventually breack down the bounderies of ancient civilazation. Nations dominate the planet, since every corner now belongs to one or more than 200 nations and teritories. It a well known fact that nationalism and our system of nation states has a spoted history. First, there are still many parts of the globe where border disputes remain, and give rise to tensions- like Chinas claim to the spralty ilands in the South China Seas.
Western Europe prior to the First Crusade was struggling through outbreaks of plague and famine. In 1092, there are recordings of a famine alongside plague; in 1093 yet another famine has been suggested and a plague recorded by two separate sources. Yet in 1094, the year before the calling of the First Crusade, there are twenty recordings of plague outbreaks [Clarke,73]. This troublesome period would certainly have left Western Christendom in a particularly unstable economic climate. In relation to the First Crusade, the crusade was a means of expansion, an option of resettlement in a new land: a land supposedly full of exotic riches.
Triumph and Tragedy Throughout its existence, the United States has always managed to overcome the hardships of tragedy through recovery and reform. Over the past 250 years, America has struggled through woes of both combative and economic natures. The American Revolution and the Civil War both impacted the country’s politics and governing greatly, while the Panic of 1873 and the Great Depression caused a reform in banking and economic processes. Since the birth of our nation, there have been numerous conflicts with foreign powers. The first began even before our independence, and was also the cause of it.
For several reasons south Asia has a special place in the history of microfinance. Historically the societies and economies were debt ridden and credit constrained. The major reason for this was due to because south east countries were some of the first major credit schemes for the poor outside in Europe in the early twentieth century. In the late twentieth century, south East Asia was also in the forefront of the revolution in the microfinance, with MFI’s in Indonesia and Thailand reaching larger proportions of the population than their counterparts in any other country except than Bangladesh. The less fact known to the world is that the continuing importance of pawnbroking in south East Asia.