Key Historical Events and Concepts in European Politics

Conference from Berlin

This meeting agreed to represent standards between the European and African continents. I observed a clash of interests among them.

Bloody Sunday

This demonstration of members was addressed for help to lift improvements and was repressed with weapons.

The Tsar's Promise

The Tsar promised the assembly to believe the Duma representative and legislative body.

Triple Alliance

It was the name given to the coalition initially built by the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. Italy later joined, and the Russian Empire was also invited to be part of it.

Constitution

The constitution is the fundamental rule, written or otherwise, of a sovereign state, established or accepted to govern it. The constitution sets limits and defines the relationships between the branches of government.

The Executive

The executive is one of the three main powers and functions of a state, responsible for enacting and enforcing laws that are usually adopted by the government or the head of state.

The Legislature

The legislature establishes and modifies existing laws according to the opinion of citizens. It is one of the three branches traditionally dividing the power of a state. Its specific function is the approval of laws.

Universal Suffrage

Universal suffrage is the right to vote on civil and constitutional objections to the public. In a broad sense, it covers active suffrage, which determines who is entitled to exercise the vote, and the conditions under which individuals can be elected.

Census Suffrage

Census suffrage is the allocation of voting rights to that portion of the population which is registered in a census.

Union

The Union was a workers' organization that was a movement for social and political reform in the UK, active between 1838 and 1858. It focused on the defense and promotion of social, economic, and professional rights of its members.

Jacobin Movement

The Jacobins were members of a political group called the French Revolution Jacobin Club, which was based in Paris. Republicans, advocates of popular sovereignty, believed in the indivisibility of the nation and advocated for a centralized state.

Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals and business firms carry out the production and exchange of goods and services through complex transactions that involve prices and markets.

Pronouncement of King Ferdinand VII

The pronouncement of Spain's King Ferdinand VII, who returned from French exile in 1814, crossed the border on March 24. This marked a moment of truth regarding the Constitution of 1812. According to the decrees of the Courts, the king would not be recognized as free, nor would he lend obedience until the oath prescribed by Article 173 of the Constitution was taken.