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The most successful effort by European leaders to maintain peace came in 1945, following the end of WWII. This effort was so successful to due to the spread of globalism, the Marshall plan, and the creation of the United Nations. Other treaties were also somewhat successful, such as the Treaty of Westphalia and the Congress of Vienna, which brought over a century of peace to Europe. While these attempts at peace were successful, others quickly fell apart, such as the Treaty of Versailles, which lead

worried about Henry de Guise and his control so he had him assassinated along with his brother. Later, when Henry of Navarre became King Henry IV sought forgiveness from the Pope and converted to Catholicism. In April 1598 Henry IV signed the Edict of Nantes to end the Wars of Religion. This Edict “granted Huguenots freedom of worship and civil rights for nearly a century, until Henri IV's descendent Louis XIV revoked it in 1685. It is not the end of the Huguenot story in France, but it closes this chapter

Globalization, “the process of interaction and integration among people and companies of different countries of the world” is thoroughly discussed in Kwame Anthony Appiah article “The Case for Contamination”. At the beginning of the article, he narrates how he was at a ceremony in Ghana where a king was present and people were surrounding the throne, and yet before the ceremony began, people were talking on their phones and wearing suits just like the modern people of today. He explained that this

Social Classes in Early Colonies - By the late seventeenth century there were a few upper class mostly younger sons of the lesser gentry some businessmen in the middle class who move for religious and commercial reasons and mostly English laborers; in the Chesapeake these laborers were often indentured while in New England they often arranged their own passage. In both men>women (a little more lax in the early south and women>children; in the south: large plantation owners>small plantation owners>

1. Why did monarchs in the late 16th/early 17th centuries need new sources of income? Why did monarchs wish to get their income without the permission of the nobility? 2. Explain the role that each of the following played in the failure of England achieving absolutism, as well as the success of the French: England France · Religion - Religion · Parliament/Tradition

From the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century monarchs in Europe were trying to consolidate power by using absolutism. They wanted to regain the power they lost during the Middle Ages by taking it from nobility. Rulers used the divine right to rule to justify their actions to restore power. The divine right to rule is the belief that God gave them the right to rule which justifies their claims to power. Kings used multiple means to reclaim their authority, and used it to glorify themselves

Life is a complicated mess of circumstances that nobody will ever fully understand, the closest tangible object we may have in order to even begin to understand our environment would be through our own literature, expression, and art. Through these things, dried ink can clear the path to enlightenment, and this is increasingly evident in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Through very complicated, conflicted characters, he demonstrates an artful story about guilt, fear, expectations, and love.

Many historians refer to the time between ‘Exploration” and “The Industrial Revolution” as era of “Early Modern History”. In between ‘Exploration” and “The Industrial Revolution” were markers known as “Reformation” and “Enlightenment”. This was a time where nations became established and grew increasingly curious of the world around them. Several technological and intellectual advances occurred during this era. Early modern history began with the “Exploration” period and ended with the “Industrial

In 17th-18th century Europe, the age of absolutism, absolute monarchs ruled most of Europe. Absolute monarchs are rulers that have complete control over the government and its people. They claimed to rule by “divine right,” where their authority comes from God and they were above the law. The views of being a proper role as an absolute monarch differed very much between rulers and their subjects. Certain rulers had ideas that both the people and ruler should be united, some abused their power with

The English and French both developed colonies in the Americas with the purpose of expanding and growing their territory. The beginning of the England’s colonization in America started with James I and Charles I’s religious forces pushing for a civil war. The English were happy to ship Puritans and Catholics across the sea. So those who were unhappy at home, had the opportunity to go live in a new place that accepted their religious beliefs (Jones, 36). While the beginning of France’s colonization