society. Maria Theresa was a great success on the throne which may have been a surprise. It is important to remember the Habsburg Monarchy was not a single entity‚ but a group of provinces from Belgium in the west to Transylvania in the east and Silesia in the north to Tuscany in the south. At the end of Theresa’s reign these provinces had achieved a great deal of unity but while ruling Theresa had to gain the loyalty of all these provinces.
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Berkenua Auchwitz Brikenua was established by a man named Rudolph Hoss. Rudolph identified the Silesia town of Oswiecim‚ witch was located in Southern Poland. Rudolph thought it was a site for a concentration camp. The foundation of the camp was initially planned to be an extermination camp. When the plans for the camp were approved by Hitler the nazi’s changed the name of upper Silesia to Auchwitz Brikenua. Then Heinrich Himmler ordered construction of the concentration camp on April 27
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League of Nations Background 0 America entered World War One in 1917. The country as a whole and the president - Woodrow Wilson in particular - was horrified by the slaughter that had taken place in what was meant to be a civilised part of the world. The only way to avoid a repetition of such a disaster‚ was to create an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain world peace and which would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred. This would be the task of the
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and Austria for territory and military power King of Prussia: Frederick II “the great” invades silesia and doesn’t concern about pragmatic sanction War Of Austrian Succession France and Prussia have the early advantage with their armies America Changed things England has the #1navy PEACE AT AIX LA CHAPELLE (tie) Britain and France return to status quo Frederick’s annexation of silesia recognized DIPLOMATIC REVOLUTION OF 1756 Austria wants to stop the growth of Prussia Proposed
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tour museums of Polish Jews and Warsaw uprisings. Cracow is also a large city located in Poland which people visit because of the city’s well medieval core and Jewish quarter. This leads to their city of Silesia which is the complete opposite of Cracow. By this I mean‚ compared to Cracow Silesia posses a more Bohemian crown than medieval. Overall Poland has a population of 38‚562‚189. within these people around 98.2% speak polish and the other percentages speak different languages. Bet you’ve
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People in the elite culture could participate down with the popular culture but the popular culture could not move up without exceptional transformation by education and marriage. The language of the educated became standardized in a nation; dictionaries were begun and the literacy rate rose. On the other hand‚ the popular culture was mainly oral and was much more resistant to change. Wealth produced major differences: The poor largely ate bread‚ cabbages and beans; they lived in crude shelters with
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How successful was The League of Nations in the 1920s? “Merely to win the war was not enough. It must be won in such a way as to ensure the future peace of the world” President Woodrow Wilson‚ 1918 Introduction In front of the US Congress on January 8‚ 1918‚ President Woodrow Wilson enumerated his Fourteen Points created to ensure a more peaceful world. In the last point‚ the American president expressed the need to form a “general association of nations…formed on the basis of covenants designed
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and later Polish army artillery barracks. It was first suggested as a site for a concentration camp for Polish prisoners by SS-Oberführer Arpad Wigand‚ an aide to Higher SS and Police Leader for Silesia‚ Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. Bach-Zelewski had been searching for a site to house prisoners in the Silesia region as the local prisons were filled to capacity. Construction on Auschwitz II-Birkenau‚ the extermination camp‚ began in October 1941 to ease congestion at the main camp. It was larger than
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They both possessed great amount of military knowledge‚ and expanded their empire into important territories‚ the warm water port that will open European trade and commerce for peter‚ and Silesia that can connect Prussia territories for Frederick. Both countries also improved its infrastructure by modernizing with Enlightenment ideas. But there are also many differences. While Frederick expand its power mostly on military conquest with its
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would cripple the economy and would keep their citizens starving. The war had already damaged Germany. The people were on rations and them having to pay this much would be more damaging than ever. In addition to that Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine and Silesia making it harder to generate money. The Treaty took away all of the colonies that Germany had. Germany was enraged at losing her empire but also at the fact that only the losers lost their colonies. Wilson had wanted all countries to lose their
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