... with pellets that were shot out of a cannon (Cronin 235) After Napoleon saved the Revolutionary Government, he was made the commander of the French army that was located in Italy. In Italy Napoleon was very successful. Napoleon and his army were responsible for defeating four Austrian Generals in succession ... . At this time Napoleon forced Austria and its allies to make peace with the French. Shortly after these defeats Napoleon was asked by the government to end the revolt in Paris. Once again Napoleon and his army saved ... them into one unified set of laws (N. Bonaparte). In the ye...

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... give any such thing. Bismarck published what has come to be known the Ems Dispatch, an edited account of the proceedings, engineered to enrage the French. It worked to perfection, France declared war on Germany on July 19, 1870. This war, the Franco-Prussian was much larger than either of the ... afterwards the Germans began their march of Paris, MacMahon and Napoleon III were captured at Sedan, a fiasco of an attempt to rescue Bazaine. When the French heard of the disaster at Sedan, they deposed Napoleon III as their emperor and set up a provincial government run by the army for the defe...

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... war lasted for seven years from 1756 to 1763, it is called as the Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, the European counterpart to the French and Indian War (1754-1763), began officially between France and England on May 15, 1756, when the latter made a formal declaration of war. Actually ... , fighting had been going on in America for two years and that was called the French and Indian War. The fighting that was occurring halfway across the world in India was called the Third Carnatic War. The Seven Years" War involved ... Ohio Valley, the third major party in the Seven Years" War, t...

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... by supporters of democratic reform. This directly led to the formation of the second republic after King Louis Philippe fled to England. The French revolution began. This was the starting point of the 1848 Revolutions, because at that time, France was the most important country in ... encouraged other countries. Soon after, revolutions broke out all over Spain, Italy, Germany, the Austrian Empire and many other places. The French Revolution has spread out the idea of liberalism. The 1848 Revolutions were based on the idea of liberalism and Nationalism. Either independence of their ... n...

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... bond a united Germany. In 1896 there was a quarrel between Prussia and France over who should be the next king of Spain. The French foreign minister organized for a meeting between the Prussian King and the French ambassador at Ems. The French wanted a promise that in the future there should never be another member of the Prussian royal family on the Throne of Spain and ... meeting was aggressive. The public was outraged and declared war. Much to the surprise of the French and other observers, the Prussian forces easily overcame the French army. Von Moltke was an exceptional commander a...

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... practical) to require the drafters to accept or even to promote nationalism when one takes into consideration: a) their social origin and class interests b) Austrian position c) Nationalism was related to the French Rev and it had to be suppressed. 3 Hindrances of implementing nationalism in 1815 (Seaman): a) Germany 1) localism was stronger than nationalism 2) a unification by force would be impossible and certainly ... war-weariness of the people. 3) Britain and austria were hostile toward a united Germany. b) Italy 1) the strength of localism 2) a united Italy would disturb the balan...

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... territory of the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II was declared king of Italy. Unification was not completed until Italy gained Venetia in the Seven Weeks" War of 1866 and when French troops were recalled from Rome. The Congress of Vienna gave Prussia much important territory. Germany's first major step toward unity concerned the economy. Tariffs increased the price of the goods ... it united itself and gained land. Bismarck tricked Napoleon into declaring war on Prussia. Bismarck then used this as an excuse and converted rival German states into allies against the French. German states ...

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... to take a matter this important into their hands. With the telegram he received, he decisively changed the text around to make it look the French Ambassador and King William I exchanged indecorous remarks towards one another. This angered the French, and taking the bait like Bismarck hoped, they declared war. With previous alliances with the Southern German states, they quickly voted to join ... the North in the fight against the French. With the French defeated and the German Empire declared, Bismarck was at the height of his power in Europe. Taking a better look at the final task he a...

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... territory of the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II was declared king of Italy. Unification was not completed until Italy gained Venetia in the Seven Weeks" War of 1866 and when French troops were recalled from Rome. The Congress of Vienna gave Prussia much important territory. Germany's first major step toward unity concerned the economy. Tariffs increased the price of the goods ... it united itself and gained land. Bismarck tricked Napoleon into declaring war on Prussia. Bismarck then used this as an excuse and converted rival German states into allies against the French. German states ...

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... Prussia had persuaded all the north German states to adopt the Prussian army reforms. The next major war battles to be fought would be with France. The French Emperor, Napoleon III, began to reform the French army along the lines of the German army. He also demanded land and tried to keep the south German states separate from Prussia. Bismarck refused to ... give way to the French demands, which forced the south German states into a military alliance with North Germany. With diplomacy and deceit, Bismarck provoked Napoleon III to declare war against the North German Confederation. Bisma...

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... . But France was unsatisfied and asked William to forbid any future rival of the project, if William did, France would go to war against Prussia. William didn't respond to the French ambassador and sent a message to Bismarck to advise him. Bismarck "saw war with France as an opportunity to rally nationalists, under Prussian authority." (5) Bismarck believed that if Prussia was to ... European power. And will also encourage the southern German states to join the confederation. Bismarck provoked war by editing a telegram sent by the king which created the impression that the French ambassa...

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... he really wasn't. He was from Britain and they let him lie, so they could feel proud of him and their country. ~Treaty of Versailles~ In 1917, along with the French and British, the United States joined. On November 11 1918, all of the countries signed a paper saying that they would all talk/consider peace. In June 2 (or 22 for that ... all in Versailles, France). After this treaty was signed, Germany was forced to sign a War Guilt Clause saying they caused the war. If they didn't sign the War Guilt, the French and British said they would start war again on Germany. Germany had to pay f...

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... keep it. They wanted to make sure that France doesn't start again a war of aggression so they thought that France shouldn't be weakened too much. The French diplomat, called Talleyrand, who represented the restored French king Louis XVIII, succeeded an equal share in the decisions to secure France. Castleraugh represented Britain, Russia was represented by Czar Alexander I., Prussia was represented by King ... ...

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... left in control of the north German states. The next step was to get the south German states under Prussian control too. To do this, Bismarck planned to make the French and German government quarrel. In 1870, when France demanded the King William, head of the royal family Holhenzollerns, should give up any claims to the throne of Spain. He refused ... wants to interfere that is her business, if she wants to make war on us because the Spaniards elect a German as a King, it would be quite unjustifiably quarrelsomeness. Should the French attack us however, we shall of course resist" (Whitf...

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... Plan 19 which assumed the initial attack of the Germans would be on France, which is exactly what happened. And Russia was to advance through East Prussia to assist the French forces, yet was forced out of Eastern Prussia with a devastating defeat and loss of man power (Firstworldwar.com.). During the war Russia used a much defined variation of weaponry. They used ... ...

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... . So that the Piedmont Empire could acquire Lombardy and Venetia as its' own from the Austrians. In 1859, Austrians declare war on Piedmont. Since Cavour built new railroad lines, the French troops poured across the Alps. After the bloody battles of Magenta and Solferino, Austria gave Piedmont Lombardy and kept Venetia within Austrian power. Most of northern and central Italy joined ... ...

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... was to go to war with France, one of the greatest powers. Again, he sent an offensive telegram about France that was supposed to be from William l. This made the French extremely upset and they (Napoleon III) declared war just as Prussia had hoped. This war was the end of all wars because this gave Bismarck the opportunity to get the ... ...

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... and ironically had them destroyed by the two world wars created by their megalomania. The first beginnings of this new ideology can be traced back to Prussia at 1870. The French Army had been defeated by the cunning Bismark and the full unification of Germany had occurred. Bismark's mentality that "any deed was justified, if it led to greater power for ... ...

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... , occurred the first so-called "test of strength". Kaiser Wilhelm II went to Tangier the 31st of March and claimed that the Moroccan Sultan was an independent monarch, since the French government had many interests in Morocco. This caused great tension between the European countries and, to avoid a war they set up a conference in Algeciras, on 1906. This proved worldwide that ... ...

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... view, the revolution in France did not bring about any fruitful result. However, one should not forget, the change of form in government was due to the election of the French because they wanted to gain glory. Moreover, Louis Napoleon played an active role in European affairs. Therefore he contributed to the latter unification of Italy and Germany. All in All ... ...

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... against Wilson's goal of self-determination, because the people weren't happy with being placed in a new government. Rather then having the profits of the Saar coalfields go to France, the French occupied it and ruled it for 15 years. Another factor which goes against self-determination, was the union of Germany and Austria, also known as Anschluss, was forbidden. In conclusion ... ...

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