Germany in 1900 A Nation on the Ascendancy

Fredericksburg was founded on May 8, 1846 by German immigrants under the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. ... He named the ... The so-called “Great War” was a continent-spanning conflict between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire) and ... 1949 - Germany is divided. The US, French and British zones in the west become the Federal Republic of Germany; the Soviet zone in the east ... Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU. The 15 members now cover almost the whole of Western Europe. Member countries: Germany, France, ... ... German Customs Union (Zollverein), the so-called Kommerzialnachweisungen (commercial certificates). These records are, however, very crude. They capture ... The Reichstag had 382 members until 1874; thereafter, it had 397. They were elected for a three-year period, which was extended to five years in 1888. This treaty temporarily settled colonial disputes between Germany and Great Britain. It recognized Tanganyika as a German colony; in return, the Germans ... What land in Germany try to take? What does Weltpolitik mean? What had Germany achieved by the beginning of the 1900's? Why was Britain worried? Why was ... 'Edict of the Imperial Chancellor concerning the Taking of Native Servants, 3 May 1900', in Die Deutsche Kolonial-Gesetzgebung Band 5 (Berlin: ... Between 1900 and 1914, Germany became identified by Britain as the chief foreign threat to its Empire. This was, to a large extent, the outcome of the ...