Government Essays

Mussolini’s primary aim in 1919 when he came into power was to fascitise the Italian nation as a whole, young and old; he wanted his nation to be utterly committed and disciplined towards the new fascist state rather than being passive and going along with everyone else. To achieve this …

Introduction In my essay, I shall be interpret ting why so many people believe “Lions led by Donkeys” was just idiotic generals leading his own soldiers in to a cold blooded war, which led to thousands of deaths and even more distraught families. But in fact the generals could have …

In this essay, I shall use primary sources to measure the short term significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806), focussing on documents to and from Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was President of the United States (1801-1809) and President of the American Philosophical Society (1797-1815), the oldest learned society in …

In source 4 we read that “[Henry] finally accepted the fact that royal finances could not support a repetition of the campaign of 1513” so he made peace with France. Here, Henry’s lack of resources seems to be the dominant reason for not pursuing his aim of winning the French …

Wolsey was a very cautious man, he satisfied Henry’s requests as well as using his requirements to earn and achieve his own positions. Wolsey was only fifteen when he entered Oxford University, one of the best universities in the whole of England. This demonstrates his firm personality, he wasn’t born …

During these years Henry VIII was the monarch on the English throne, and his foreign policy reflected both his hunger for personal glory, and his desire to see England become a major power in Europe. During the later part of his reign, it seems his wish to control vast parts …

“Although Nazi government was confused and chaotic, it worked because it was guided by one ideology and because Hitler always retained ultimate control.” Examine the validity of this statement. By 1945 there is no doubt that Hitler ” had produced the biggest confusion in government that has ever existed in …

Stalin wanted to drastically improve the Soviet Union’s industry, his country was decades behind industrially in comparison to other countries, and the NEP was not working, in order for Russia to be self sufficient a change was needed. In a country as vast as the USSR, and with a large …

The First Revolt of the Netherlands came in 1565, when the ruler Phillip II returned to Spain and left his sister Margaret regent in his absence. The rebellion became a popular one when a group of lesser nobles took a petition to the regent demanding concessions on the heresy laws …

During the years of 1917 up to 1924, Lenin and his Bolshevik party consolidated power and authority of the Russian Soviet state and introduced and removed policy changes which affected the state and had a impact on the development of the economy, society and political aspects of Russia. The Bolsheviks …