The House of Hohenzollern

(noun)

A dynasty of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania. The family arose in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century and took their name from the Hohenzollern Castle. The family split into two branches, the Catholic Swabian branch and the Protestant Franconian branch, which later became the Brandenburg-Prussian branch.

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  • The Hohenzollerns

    • The House of Hohenzollern is a dynasty of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.
    • The Swabian branch ruled the principalities of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (both fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire) until 1849, and also ruled Romania from 1866 to 1947.
    • The cadet Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186-1261).
    • The House of Hohenzollern came to the throne of Brandenburg in 1415.
    • For this reason, the Hohenzollerns continued to use the additional title of Elector of Brandenburg for the remainder of the empire's run.

  • The Peace of Westphalia and Sovereignty

    • The Eighty Years' War or Dutch War of Independence (1568–1648) was a revolt of the Seventeen Provinces against the political and religious hegemony of Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands.
    • According to the Peace of Westphalia, all parties would recognize the Peace of Augsburg of 1555, in which each prince would have the right to determine the religion of his own state (the principle of cuius regio, eius religio).
    • Among the most important ones was the recognition of the independence of Switzerland from the Empire and the explansion of the territories of France, Sweden, and Brandenburg-Prussia (later Prussia).
    • The independence of the city of Bremen was clarified.
    • The map shows the possessions of the two branches of the house of Habsburg [purple]; the possessions of the house of Hohenzollern (union of Prussia with Brandenburg) [blue]; the Swedish empire on both shores of the Baltic and in northern Germany; the Danish monarchy, Denmark, Norway, and Scania; the British isles, with the battlefields of the civil wars; France, with the battlefields of the civil wars [red]; Germany with the battlefields of the Thirty Years’ War; the republic of Poland at its greatest extent; the western boundary of Russia.

  • Prussia Under Frederick the Great

    • During his reign, the effects of the Seven Years' War and the gaining of Silesia greatly changed the economy.
    • To revalue the thaler, the Mint Edict of May 1763 was proposed.
    • This stabilized the rates of depreciated coins that would not be accepted and provided for the payments of taxes in currency of pre-Seven Years' War value.
    • An important aspect of Frederick's efforts is the absence of social order reform.
    • Being the bulwark of the ruling House of Hohenzollern, the Junkers controlled the Prussian army, leading in political influence and social status, and owning immense estates, especially in the north-eastern half of Germany.

  • The War of Austrian Succession

    • The Head of the House of Habsburg ruled the Archduchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Italian territories awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Utrecht (Duchy of Milan, Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily), and the Austrian Netherlands.
    • Also in 1740, Frederick the Great of the Hohenzollern dynasty took the title of King of Prussia upon his father's death.
    • Legally, Brandenburg was still part of the Holy Roman Empire but the Hohenzollerns were fully sovereign rulers of the Prussian Kingdom.
    • Under the treaty, the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg were to inherit the Duchy of Brieg, an autonomous region of Silesia.
    • Since their marriage in 1708, Charles and his wife Elizabeth Christine had not had children, and since 1711 Charles had been the sole surviving male member of the House of Habsburg.

  • Conference Committee

    • The conference committee is usually composed of the senior members of the standing committees of each house that originally considered the legislation.
    • The two houses can reach that identical product through the process of amendments between Houses, where the House passes the Senate bill with a House amendment, or vice versa.
    • Each house determines the number of conferees from its house.
    • In such a case, the rules of each house provide that a Member may object through a point of order, although each house has procedures under which it can vote to waive the point of order.
    • The conference committee produces a conference report melding the work of the House and Senate into a final version of the bill.

  • Housing Policy

    • In 1937, the Wagner-Stegall Housing Act established the United States Housing Authority Housing Act (USHA) of 1937.
    • One of the most unique U.S. public housing initiatives was the development of subsidized middle-class housing during the late New Deal (1940–42) under the auspices of the Mutual Ownership Defense Housing Division of the Federal Works Agency under the direction of Colonel Lawrence Westbrook.
    • They are intended to increase the availability of affordable housing and improve the quality of low-income housing, while avoiding problems associated with concentrated subsidized housing.
    • Where to construct these housing units and how to gain the support of the community are issues of concern when it comes to public housing.
    • Hylan Houses in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York City.

  • A World War

    • The Seven Years War was a global military war involved most of the great global powers of the time, which affected European colonies.
    • The war was driven by the antagonism between Great Britain and the Bourbons in France and Spain, caused by overlapping interests in their colonial and trade empires and the antagonism between the Hohenzollerns in Prussia, the Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Emperors, and the archdukes in Austria resulting from territorial and hegemonic conflicts in the Holy Roman Empire.
    • Having received reports of the clashes in North America and having secured the support of Great Britain with an Anglo-Prussian alliance, Frederick II crossed the border of Saxony, one of the small German states in league with Austria.
    • The attack on the neutral Electorate of Saxony caused outrage across Europe and led to the strengthening of the anti-Prussian coalition.
    • The Anglo-French hostilities were ended in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris, which involved a complex series of land exchanges, the most important being France's cession to Spain of Louisiana, and to Great Britain the rest of New France except for the islands of St.

  • The House of Representatives

    • The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress.
    • In the history of the United States, the House of Representatives has impeached sixteen officials, of whom seven were convicted.
    • The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the United States Congress (bicameral legislature).
    • The composition and powers of the House are established in Article 1 of the United States Constitution.
    • The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who presides over the chamber, is elected by the members of the House, and is therefore traditionally the leader of the House Democratic Caucus or the House Republican Conference, whichever of the two Congressional Membership Organizations has more (voting) members.

  • The Settlement House Movement

    • Settlement houses often offered food, shelter, and basic and higher education that was provided by virtue of charity on the part of wealthy donors, the residents of the city, and (for education) scholars who volunteered their time.
    • United Neighborhood Houses of New York was the federation of 35 settlement houses in New York City.
    • Located in the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, Hull House opened its doors to recently arrived European immigrants.
    • In 1912, the Hull House complex was completed with the addition of a summer camp, the Bowen Country Club.
    • Hull House conducted careful studies of the community of Near West Side, Chicago, which became known as "The Hull House Neighborhood."

  • Party Leadership in the House

    • The House Majority Leader's duties and prominence vary depending upon the style and power of the Speaker of the House.
    • As presiding office of the House of Representatives, the Speaker holds a variety of powers over the House but usually delegates them to another member of the majority party.
    • The Speaker may designate any member of the House to act as Speaker pro tempore and preside over the House.
    • The Minority Leader of the House serves as floor leader of the opposition party and is the counterpart to the Majority Leader.
    • Explain in detail the power of the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader and the Party Whip