Essays Tagged: "Franco-Prussian War"

Peace settlements as a cause of WWII

tly punish the Germans, partly in revenge for Germany's aggression in World War I, but also for the Franco-Prussian war in 1871. In Germany, citizens were worried about how radical changes after the w ...

(3 pages) 49 0 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

What caused the First World War?

groups.In 1817, Germany gained control over the region of Alsace-Lorraine as a prize for wining the Franco-Prussian War. Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, knew that one day, France would regai ... ed looking for allies in order to regain the region of Alsace-Lorraine. After being defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, the French had learned that they were powerless. They needed the help of other ...

(6 pages) 174 2 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Italy's debt to France: The meeting at Plombieres.

In 1870, with the onset of the Franco-Prussian War, France was forced to withdraw its troops from Rome where they had secured the P ...

(6 pages) 31 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The ill future of Germany and Bismarck's mistake in taking Alsace Loraine.

everything is different. Another such moment is history was the commencement and culmination of the Franco-Prussian war. The ascertainment of Alsace-Lorraine following this complex and nearly imperial ... but this future planning lacked a correlation and did not coincide with the short future after the Franco-Prussian wars.The Franco-Prussian War began as a hedonistic plot which would lead to the ill ...

(5 pages) 42 0 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Cause of World War II.

the unification of Germany by "blood and iron," and France, deprived of Alsace and Lorraine by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, had been left with its own nationalistic cult seeking revenge agains ...

(1 pages) 81 4 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Causes of World-War-One competing alliances - rival empires - arms race - catalyst

preserve peace and the second when Bismarck's system collapsed in 1890.The defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1970-71 was the completion of Germany's unification and the beginning of the ... ise of a new European power causing many new alliances to be formed. After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war France as a nation was angered as they had to pay an enormous war reparation deb ...

(5 pages) 45 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Causes of World War One

outbreak of war.Some of the causes can be explained, more in political terms. "From the end of the Franco-Prussian War, a system of undisclosed alliances developed in Europe." This ultimately tore th ... lutions led to the unification of Italy in 1861 and that of Germany in 1871. "Another result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 was that France was left seething over the loss of Alsace-Lorraine to ...

(5 pages) 92 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Analysis of Joan of Arc works of Art

rtist Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1879. "After theprovince of Lorraine was lost to Germany followingthe Franco-Prussian War in 1821, The Frenchmen sawin Joan of Arc a new and powerful symbol. In1875, Bast ...

(2 pages) 64 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

World War I: The West in Despair

World War I.There were many causes of World War I. Germany's Bismarck had isolated France after the Franco-Prussian War by Germany forming the "Triple Entente" with Italy and Austria-Hungary. To prote ...

(5 pages) 39 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

DNT - Rudolph Diesel - Inventor of the diesel engine

t. He enjoyed art and spent a lot of his time in the museum of arts and crafts. The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War forced him and his family to leave Paris and go to London. Rudolph was enrolled ...

(4 pages) 62 0 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

German unification-important factors (point form)

rg issue to gain public opinion of the three Southern German states against France. This led to the Franco-Prussian war of 1870)Final phase of unification took place when there was a strong disagreeme ... ssia about the union of the three south German states with the North Confederation. This led to the Franco-Prussian war,It was Bismarck s intention to inflame the 3 south German states with anti-Frenc ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

To What Extent Was Socialism the Inspiration for the Paris Commune?

The battle of Sedan in 1870 was to prove to be the decisive battle of the Franco-Prussian war and effectively witnessed the capitulation of France to Germany. The resulting a ...

(6 pages) 39 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Unification of italy

started with the ending of Napoleon's reign and the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and ended with the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71. Throughout that period the unification of Italy dominated European p ...

(15 pages) 81 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

What caused World War I?

between the nations. The rivalry began in 1871 when Prussia (Germany) defeated France in the Franco-Prussian war. Since then France and Germany were constant enemies. The division of Europe in ...

(2 pages) 21 1 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Le Sacre Coeur

hevalier de la Barre in Paris, France. It is in the 18th arrondissment on the right bank. After the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, French officials declared that a church should be built. 78 architects ...

(1 pages) 32 2 4.1 May/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

The Inevidable World War 1

nd territory. France wanted to gain back the area of Alsace and Lorraine because of a defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1871. France and Germany also had a long going animosity because of this war. ...

(1 pages) 18 0 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

World War I Causes

Causes of World War OneThe long-term origins to World War One start back in 1870 with the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian war France lost to Germany which lead to the two countri ...

(5 pages) 46 1 4.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Events and Causes leading up to World War I.

a protector of Belgium if any country should threaten it. Over three decades later, in 1870/71 the Franco-Prussian war was fought and Germany came out victorious. It gained the areas of Alsace and Lo ...

(5 pages) 30 0 3.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Was Germany primarily responsible for the outbreak of the Great War?

1919.The unification of Germany in 1871 was announced at Louis XIV palace at Versailles before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 came to an end. The unification of Germany was controversial the two gre ... ia became Kaiser Wilhelm I of the German Empire.The new German state set the terms of peace for the Franco-Prussian War, France had to pay Germany one billion dollars and cede two provinces that were ...

(12 pages) 69 0 4.5 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Causes of World War One.

The long-term origins to World War One start back in 1870 with the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian war France lost to Germany which lead to the two countri ...

(5 pages) 32 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I