... ) 1756-1763 This war disturbed the balance of power which was restored in 1763. British, Russia. Sweden defeated the Corsican adventure. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763. Frederick the Great (1740-1786) made Prussia one of the leading European nations. Year 1776 saw the American Declaration of Independence and in 1789 the Estates General meets in Paris beginning the French Revolution. It was followed by the little Corporal Napoleon who asserted ... his mastery in France and set for the conquest of Europe. CONGRESS OF VIENNA: (1814-1815 ... ...

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... almost bankrupted the country fighting the English in the American War of Independence. Most of the rich landowners who were the nobility, taxed the people very harshly. Many people believed that society should be run for the benefit of all the people and not just a privileged few. The French revolution was a series of political acts that began in 1789 by reformers in the French Government to take away the absolute power of the King and the rich landowners to ... form a Government elected by all the people. The new Government brought many changes. They adopted the "Declaration of the Ri...

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... of political upheaval. The emphasis on the individual led to the elevation of the individual's role in political life. The idea of the social contract lay behind two of the momentous events of the period "the American and French Revolutions. During this time, the world experienced the influential rules of Louis XV in France and Catherine the Great in Russia. The French Revolution introduced the "Reign of Terror- before Napoleon's rise to power. Some other significant events of the period were the signing of the Declaration of Independence ... in 1776 and King Louis XVI losing his head i...

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... all those countries threatened from within by armed minorities and from without by Communist pressure. This declaration later became known as the Truman Doctrine (Hemmling, H D). Recognizing that Europe's economic reconstruction was possible only with the help of the United States, the U.S. offered Europe a generous program of aid. The pre-conditions were that the European countries should contribute by their own efforts and by cooperating as closely as possible (Hemmling ... from a second international economic crisis, which might have been worse than the one in 1929-1931. The Marshall...

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... in the death of thousands of French aristocrats and peasants. The result of Robespierre's paranoia was a destroyed France and the heads of thousands. After the French revolution, boarding countries saw the instability and the political weakness of France and decided to attack. Austria and Prussia attacked the boarders and England blockaded the ports. This added to France's already fragile state. In September of 1793, Robespierre, leader of the French resistance, suspended the new declaration of independence and installs the Rule of the Guillotine ... . Those that would be arrested and be...

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