... ." Castlereagh faced an immensely complex task during a period of revolutionary fervour throughout Europe sparked by the example of Napoleonic France - which was still potentially the greatest of all the European powers even though Napoleon had been overthrown. The aim documented by Pitt the Younger was interpreted by Castlereagh as, setting up with the other major European powers a permanent international ... system with regular functioning congresses. Britain lead the industrial revolution, and it was of great importance to keep good relations with the ... Castlereagh welcomed this c...

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... conflict. Fontane gives an all too realistic portrayal of late 19th century morality and the lives of minor German aristocrats. The novel relates Effi's "agonizing and unavailing struggle against the massive forces of Prussian moral rectitude" . Effi Briest is a reflection of the late 19th century German middle-class. The social setting of Effi Briest expresses a time and a place that is unique and specific to German history. Innstetten and ... Effi represent typical products of their environment. The Prussian way of life, its government, and its military were still dominant in ... ...

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... state; King Victor Emmanuel ran it. I found that Nationalism played a minor role in the very beginning of Unification but was built up over a number of years. Towards the end of the Unification there were many people setting up nationalist parties trying to bring awareness to the rest of the Italian nation. Through doing this, the country was considered stronger. In 1848 there was a revolution ... in Rome, this revolution help nationalism to increase because many Italians realised how good the unification would be. Unification was a result of opportunism. Mazzini, Garibaldi, and Cavour a...

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... must have been true as all the attempted revolutions and coups were eventually suppressed and Hitler only eventually toppled the regime through legal methods. As well as this, the opposition to Weimar was not as well organised as the government. This was particularly true of opposition from the left wing. Only in Bavaria did the communists gain control, setting up a republic in March ... the crisis in 1923. Unemployment is always something that governments of all countries are analysed on and this presents another positive image of the government. This would particularly please the worke...

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