War of the Bavarian Succession

Will Vaught, Trevor Lindberg English 2 (H) Ms. Gale April 28, 2017 The War of Bavarian Succession The War of Bavarian Succession, or sometimes called the “Potato War”, was a cultural and country wide conflict between Bavaria, Prussia, and Austria, as well as its allies. During this conflict, were two conflicting ideals surrounding the people’s rights to territory, food, and country wide patriotism. In addition, these two cultures conflicted politically, economically, and through supplies.

Kaden: Today we are gonna talk about the 30 years war. This war, was fought by many different countries, and next to world war two is the biggest conflict Europe has had. And it’s not World War I! Intro: Ben: The 30 years war was fought in response to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand the Second attempting to restrict the rights of the protestants in europe. Kaden: the countries involved were Spain,Netherlands, Denmark, the Catholic and protestant parts of germany,Sweden,the french and the british

The Life of Adolf Hitler “Tomorrow's history about me will be incorrect, they will call me a dictator, and responsible for the death of millions of jews. A day will come, the world will realize what I did was correct. I destroyed 90% of the jews, and leaving 10% of the world to understand why I killed them” (Adolf Hitler). Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria, Hungary. If Hitler's father wouldn't have changed his last name in 1877, Hitler's name would be Adolf Schicklgruber (Reiner)

What would it take to get you to steal a plane, fly alone over to another country that was at war with your own, parachute out of the plane, and then try to make peace with that country that was your enemy? Well, that is exactly what Rudolf Hess did. So, what happened in his life that caused him act the way he did, and what happened afterward? Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (also spelled Heß) was born on April 26, 1894 in Alexandria, Egypt. His parents, Fritz and Clara Hess, were simple merchants and

he found himself on the throne of Prussia and proceeded to ruthlessly wage wars and exploit diplomatic opportunities with the aim of building Prussia into a great power. He provoked the war of Austrian Succession by invading the province of Silesia, which he subsequently won, doubling the Prussian population and cementing Prussia’s place as the greatest of the German states. After the end of the war of Austrian Succession, Friedrich the Great began to embrace more enlightened ideas, he was markedly

Crayola even renamed its Prussian blue crayon midnight blue back in 1958 after deeming Prussia irrelevant to modern times. Located in central Europe and legally dissolved in 1947 as a part of the political reconstruction of Germany after the Second World War, Prussia quickly faded from memory. However, Prussia is not irrelevant. From Prussia came Frederick the Great, who redesigned eighteenth-century Europe; the Baron de Steuben, who helped America become a country; and Magnus Hirschfeld, who launched the

Catherine the Great reigned as Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. In her four years of rule she made very important changes to both Russia and Europe as a whole. She was born in the small domain of Anhalt-Zerbst where she grew up in modest but cultured surroundings. She was strongly influenced by French culture. At the age of fifteen she came to Russia to marry Peter of Holstein-Gottorp. When she was thirty-three years old she took over the Russian throne. Politically, foreign policies were

Did Frederick the Great ‘break all the rules’? Several historians have tried to explain the complex figure of Frederick the Great, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786, either stating that he was a monarch of the Ancien Règime or a symbol of the Modern Age. To this extent, it should be recognized that, despite the ties with the past centuries, Frederick was a great innovator, especially in the military field. Nevertheless, it is arguable that the attempt to both innovate Prussia and strengthen its

(Illuminati History) Originally Weishaupt had planned the order to be named the "Perfectibilists". The group has also been called the Bavarian Illuminati and its ideology has been called "Illuminism". Many influential intellectuals and progressive politicians counted themselves as members, including Ferdinand of Brunswick and the diplomat Xavier von Zwack, the second-in-command of the order

The Nazi Party was founded by Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the darkest periods of history, filled with madness and murder. It is generally thought of as the genocide of roughly 6 million Jewish people during World War II. One of the most horrific aspects during the holocaust were the Major Nazi Players because of their crimes against humanity and inhumane, cruel behavior. The reason Adolf Hitler started the party goes all the way back to his childhood. He was a