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One Europe Several Europes

One Europe Several Europes. Continental Unity and Diversity. Opening Address to Peace Congress , August 21, 1849 Victor Hugo.

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One Europe Several Europes

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  1. One Europe SeveralEuropes Continental Unity and Diversity

  2. OpeningAddress to PeaceCongress, August 21, 1849 Victor Hugo A day will come when your arms will fall even from your hands! A day will come when war will seem as absurd and impossible between Paris and London, between Petersburg and Berlin, between Vienna and Turin, as it would be impossible and would seem absurd today between Rouen and Amiens, between Boston and Philadelphia. A day will come when you France, you Russia, you Italy, you England, you Germany, you all, nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, will be merged closely within a superior unit and you will form the European brotherhood, just as Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Lorraine, Alsace, all our provinces are merged together in France. A day will come when the only fields of battle will be markets opening up to trade and minds opening up to ideas. A day will come when the bullets and the bombs will be replaced by votes, by the universal suffrage of the peoples, by the venerable arbitration of a great sovereign senate which will be to Europe what this parliament is to England, what this diet is to Germany, what this legislative assembly is to France. A day will come when we will display cannon in museums just as we display instruments of torture today, and are amazed that such things could ever have been possible. (...)

  3. Key Term: Supranational Organization

  4. Key Term: Geopolitics

  5. Schengen Agreement 2008

  6. Euro Zone Countries 2007

  7. What are some of the common traits and differencesbetweenEuropean States?

  8. Warsaw, Poland Athens, Greece Romania

  9. DutchMapmaker, Ortelius 16th century 4 Continents of the World

  10. University of Salamanca, Founded in 1218, OldestUniversity in Europe, (transition betweenGothic architecture and Renaissance)

  11. Europe according to the EU

  12. Council of Europe: Founding nations in yellow

  13. EU Members in 2013

  14. EU Members and Neighbours

  15. I. EuropeanCivilization • Based on common culture • History: succession of historicalperiods

  16. Source of many innovations around the world e.g. law

  17. Humanism, the Printing press Thomas More Erasmus

  18. The Enlightenment Salons ScientificDiscoveries

  19. Politicalrevolutions The French Revolution Declaration of the Rights of Man

  20. Manyartistic and cultural movements Impressionism Cubism Classicism

  21. IndustrialEra • Europe consolidatesitseconomicheadstart and innovativeways of thinking SteamEngines

  22. Europe, center of Industrial Power • Video: Europe’sIndustry, Europe’sheartbeat

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