In that year he tried to overthrow the government of the current French ruler, Louis Phillipe. ... He then installed a new governmental body that was already loyal to him. ... By June of 1859, he had forced the Austrians to retreat. ... After successfully overthrowing the Mexican government, Louis offered the crown of Mexico to Maximilian, the half brother of the Austrian Emperor, in an attempt to improve relations with Austria. ... France would go on to lose the war and their government crumbled. ...

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The assassination gave Austria-Hungary the ideal excuse to declare war against Serbia. ... Austria-Hungary gave Serbia 48 hours to reply and clearly stated that all terms must be met and complied with. ... As the Serbians denied this request, it is believed by some historians that the young operatives sent to kill Ferdinand were not only nationalistic students but also as scapegoats used by the Serbian government to carry out their dirty work. ... Austria-Hungary was willing to go to war with Serbia as long as they could be assured of Germanys support in the matter. ... It was this reassur...

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The French government borrowed much money to pay for the wars of Louis XIV. ... It stated that democratic principles would be the basis for French government. ... After the war between France and Austria and Prussia, prices increased dramatically, and food shortages occurred. ... By 1793, the French armies occupied the Austrian Netherlands and were about to invade Prussia. But, in 1793, Great Britain, the Dutch Netherlands, and Spain went along with Prussia and Austria in a war against France. ...

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The triple Entente which included Britain, France and Russia after signing the Anglo-Russian Entente on 31 August 1907, to fight against the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary which were bound by the 1879 Dual Alliance to support each other 'with the whole strength of the empires' if Russia attacked, and Italy joined in 1882 to form the Triple Alliance. ... Austria-Hungary was hoping to expand in the Balkans and with the agitation of the minority groups' war seemed to become more attractive. ... referring to the number of dreadnoughts they wanted the government to build...

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Meeting to address the deepening financial crisis plaguing the French government, the Estates-General could not even concur on how voting would ensue once deliberations got under way. ... In response to these troubling events, monarchs in Austria and Prussia moved militarily against revolutionary France. ... Led by Maximilien Robespierre, the Mountain faction consisting of radical Jacobins called for substantial military mobilization, government control of the economy to assist the poor, and a systematic coercion of enemies though the Reign of Terror. ... This bold, young leader quickly es...

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The French government used Bastille to torture and kill people, which gave fear to the French commoners. ... Meanwhile, the King was planning to flee Paris and go to Austria where his wife's' family lived. ... This made Louis angry, and he tried to get Austria and Prussia to invade France. ... Phase Three of the Revolution tried to bring back a decentralized government with France governed by five directors. ... Before the Revolution, the Estates General was a government ruled by the rich and gave no power to the poor. ...

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Once in session, the Estates-General assumed the powers of the government. ... France was an absolute monarchy, which meant that the king held all the power and the people living in the country had no say in the government structure or the activities of the government. ... It also set an example of a government for France to follow with their reforms. ... France had incurred a great deal of debt during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years War, and by aiding American colonists during the American Revolution. ... They were able to resist these reforms due to the unfair structure o...

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We have already had one example of absolutism: the only time in which the English lived under a government which the absolutists craved was after the beheading of Charles I and under the dictatorship of Cromwell. ... The people are sovereign and that government officials must serve as their delegates, but at same time, in order to take part in society, the people must subjugate their individual wills to the general will. ... Although the growth of armies pushed Austria, Russia, and Prussia toward becoming military autocracies, Prussia most clearly exemplifies the extent to which this proc...

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The French Revolution provided the world with its first meaningful experience of political ideology, and hence brought many governmental changes, social changes and the theme of nationalism. ... The abolishment of the feudal governmental system was the acknowledgement of the need to conciliate the peasantry. ... Many of the middle class were jealous of the privileges of the aristocrats, also about the fact that they had no say in the government. ... French revolutionaries proclaimed the universality of those ideals, "all human beings, not just the French people have basic rights that must ...

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After unification in 1871, German nationalism developed a chauvinistic character with the emergence of groups such as the Pan-German league, which campaigned for closer ties with German speaking Austria and for a German empire, Germany's "place in the sun." ... Secondly, it stands for the ideal of self-government which is reflected in practice in a belief of constitutionalism and representation. ...

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