Essays Tagged: "french domination"

Napoleon's Role at the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo was the final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars, that effectively ended French domination of the European continent and brought about drastic changes in the political bound ... , and his sudden arrival caught the allied command unprepared. After crossing the Sambre River, the French routed a Prussian advance guard at Charleroi. Napoleon then ordered his left wing, under Mars ...

(5 pages) 85 0 4.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

By 1849 the supporters of the Risorgimento had achieved nothing towards creating a free, united and independent Italy. How far would you agree?

ngress of Vienna 1815. The Congress was called to decide upon a new system to replace the system of French domination over large parts of Europe set up under the Napoleonic Empire and also aimed to tr ... na settlement, and the restoration of monarchy in the Italian states that resulted, was widespread. French dominated republican states were replaced by Austrian dominated restored monarchies, with the ...

(7 pages) 41 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Biography of Ho Chi Minh

0-1969), Vietnamese Communist leader and the principal force behind the Vietnamese struggle against French colonial rule. Ho was born on May 19, 1890, in the village of Kimlien, Annam (central Vietnam ... age of Kimlien, Annam (central Vietnam), the son of an official who had resigned in protest against French domination of his country. Ho attended school in Hue and then briefly taught at a private sch ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

A Biography of Ho Chi Minh

fficial at the Vietnamese Imperial Court and was dismissed because of his critical attitude towards French domination in Vietnam. At an early age Ho found himself following in his fathers footsteps; r ... At an early age Ho found himself following in his fathers footsteps; running messages for the anti-French underground and being expelled from school for not conforming to French rule.During Ho's trav ...

(3 pages) 35 0 2.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Conservatism At The Congress Of Vienna

atism at the Congress of Vienna by Bobby Laman The first fall of Napoleon marked the end of French domination of Europe. The general will of European nations was to prevent such continental po ... almer 447). The Congress of Vienna established a series of buffer states that surrounded the French borders to prevent any further aggression. All these states were to be recognized as legitima ...

(6 pages) 29 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History