John Pork's Epic History

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How did a history of outside rule lead to the Serbs’ fight for independence?

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They had different religious beliefs and they wanted freedom

Answer explanation

The reason why they were fighting is because they differed in religion and everything about their muslim rulers was different. They wanted out and decided to fight for independence for their people and so they could get away.

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Why did most of the revolutions of 1848 fail to achieve their goals? They didn't have the ____ support

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Mass

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What impact did the Napoleonic Wars have on Germany?

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It made drastic territorial changes in the German speaking lands, dissolved the Holy Roman Empire by forcing the emperor out of Austria, and organized some German states into the Rhine Confederation.

Answer explanation

Napoleon made drastic changes and important territorial changes in the german speaking lands, he had annexed lines along the rivers for france, he had dissolved the holy roman empire by forcing the emperor out of austria and he also organized and put some german states into the Rhine Confederation.

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What was it called when the countries put all resources towards WAR🪖?

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Total War

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Which groups benefited from the corn laws? Monarchs, Marlon and Lacy, Free traders, Mercantilists

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Free traders

Answer explanation

The free traders would have benefited the most due to the fact that it would make bread and grain cheaper for the workers and it would open up trade more

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How did absentee landlords feed the growth of Irish nationalism?

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They made the people pay higher taxes to the church of england.

Answer explanation

Because the absentee landlords were still having the irish pay high taxes even though they lived in what is now ireland. Due to the absentee landlords making them pay high taxes to the church of england even though the irish were catholics it caused the irish to rebel against their landlords.

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Why was the Dreyfus Affair an important event in French history?

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It revealed antisemitism in French society

Answer explanation

It was important because the jewish army officer Alfred dreyfus who was charged with treason. His trial is what caused the outbreak of the Dreyfus affair. Aflred dreyfus was accused of spying for germany and he got a military trial and dreyfus was convicted of treason and the military had claimed they had written evidence from dreyfus but dreyfus nor his lawyer were allowed to see the evidence. The injustice was rooted in Anti-Seminism, and the military elite detested Dreyfus, the first ever jewish person to reach such a high position in the army.

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What political changes did the end of the Franco-Prussian War bring to France?

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It formed the third republic and made peace with Germany

Answer explanation

There was a new republic called the third republic and a new national assembly took power and made peace with germany. In early 1871 there was an uprising that broke out and the rebels had to set up the paris commune. France was plunged into a new crisis and the crisis was once again set in paris. As the government troops moved foreward the rebels set fire to several government buildings, they messed with the monuments of paris, and they slaughtered a great number of hostages and 30,000 communards. The suppression of the British commune left bitter memories that depended on social divisions within france.

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Why did industrialism and reform come more slowly to Russia than the Western World?

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The nobles dominated and they didn't wanna lose their power

Answer explanation

Industrialism came more slowly to Russia because of the rigid social structure, Landowning nobles that were dominating the society and they rejected any change that would threaten their privileges. The middle class was weak, Most russians were serfs or laborers that were bound to their land and the land owners that were controlling them and what they did.The landowning nobles had no reason to improve agriculture and took little interest in the industry.

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What does Bloody Sunday suggest about the relationship between the tsar and the Russian people?

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The relationship was a very trusting relationship before war broke out.

Answer explanation

The people had their trust killed with the tsars. And it was all because the war that broke out between Russia and Japan had come in and started to kill people. One woman came out stumbling saying”The tsar has deserted us! They shot away the orthodox faith!” The slaughter made a big turning point for the russians” Bloody Sunday” killed the people's faith in their kings.