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Five Most Important Events During The Industrial Revolution

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During the semester there have been many interesting people, quince topics, and important battles that we have cover; Form the Enlightenment to the Industrial Revolution and to the rise of Hitler but, there are 5 important people/events that we have covered this semester that are important to the course and would be cool to see an alternative history to these people/events. The five most important people/ topics of the semester are Robespierre in the French revolution era, Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo, The Russo-Japanese war, The Dawes Plan, and The Alaskan Purchase.
During the French Revolution their where couple of very important figures but none of them stud out like Maximillian Robespierre. Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, …show more content…

The interwar is a great place to start when it comes to event that will change Europe and cause people to come to power. The interwar had a lot of treaty won’t work and false promises. The Dawes plan is great start and an important event that would set up the stage for world war two and the economic down fall in many countries in Europe. The Dawes Plan was an attempt following world war one from the United States to comprise and collect war debt from Germany. The Dawes Plans was proposed by a man named Charles G Dawes and a group of business experts from the head of the Chicago Bank who came up with a system for currency stabilization and payment reduction. The Dawes Plan prosed a series of loans that the United States would make to Germany; Germany would then take the loans and pay France and Britain, France and Britain would then take the reparation money and pay back the United …show more content…

The Alaskan purchase covered points like imperialism, national debt and, rivalry among European powers. The Alaskan purchase hit the topic of imperialism because during this time many European powerhouse where looking for countries or unclaimed land that they can conquer or trade with for, economic and political reasons; In Russia cases Alaska was more of power/ political move because it showed that Russia was growing their empire and was not out of the imperialism race. The Alaskan purchase also hit national debts; a major issue that many European countries faced throughout the semester. Russia at the time of selling Alaska was going through a mini depression. Tsar Alexander II had made some life changing reforms in Russia. The reforms made by Alexander II set back Russian and forced them to barrow money from the Rothschild’s. The Rothschild’s loans to Russia went through but, when it came to re pay the loan the Russian government was short on funds. This situations was seen throughout the semester by big European powerhouses who went to war or need to fund political campaigns and when it came to pay back their loans the where short on funds. Last but not least the Alaskan purchase hit on European rivalry. One of the main reasons that Alaska was benign sold was because, the rivalry

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