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Meaning and Examples of Laissez faire

Laissez faire refers to the economic policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference. This policy favours a free market unregulated by the...

August 24, 2016

World History: Mercantilism

The Mercantilism theory states that there is a finite amount of wealth in the world and that it is in a nation’s best interest to accumulate this finite...

August 24, 2016

World History: Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution began in England and soon spread to Continental Europe and North America. It roughly corresponds to a period between 1750 to 1860. The first major industry...

August 24, 2016

World History: Unification of Germany

Germany was a ragbag of 314 states & 1474 estates i.e. total 1789 independent sovereign powers in the medieval times. These were held together by the absolute rule...

August 24, 2016

World History: Unification of Italy

Deciding the fate of the Italian regions, the Congress of Vienna (1815), the restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments, either directly ruled or strongly influenced by the...

August 24, 2016

World History: Rise of Nationalism

From 1815 till 1848, several revolutions erupted in Europe. The Congress of Vienna had tried to restore the monarchies and territories that existed before the French Revolution. But...

August 24, 2016

Central America & Mexican War of Independence

For centuries, the people of Europe were accustomed to monarchical rule while those of new world felt that there was little they could do, and they had nothing...

August 24, 2016

American Revolution

After the discovery of the American continent, there was a continuous migration of people from Europe to the New World. While the South America was colonized by Spain;...

August 24, 2016

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was the military and political leader of France who changed the course of European Politics by his conquests. He was born in 1769 and remained emperor...

August 24, 2016

French Revolution

The French Revolution marked a turning point in the history of humankind as it put an end to the medieval monarchical absolutism, feudal laws and social inequality. It...

August 24, 2016

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