History

• The Left wing are social democrat party's
• The right wing are conservative parties
• the Left wing wanted Fairer pay, sick pay and a pension
• The right wing wanted more land, empire, and to protect their rights
• If you were closer to the right wing you would be richer
• Wilhelm wanted to : build an empire
• 1st Naval law : Build 3 battle ships in 7 years
• 2nd naval law 1900 : Double the size of the German navy
• Germanys total Number of battle ships : 38
• Aim 1 : Total control in Germany
• Aim 2 : Build empire
• Britain had the largest navy in the world, it was it's policy to ensure the royal navy was at least the size of the next 2 largest navies combined.
• Aim 1 : people are upset because there are higher taxes.
• Aim 2 : Stronger navy -> Naval race
• Making progress in Aim 2 whilst aim 1 is going down
• In 10 years Germanys navy had tripled in the amount of battle ships
• Positive impact : Creates jobs
• Negative impact : Increase in taxes
• Negative impact : Germany was spending more than they were earning so they borrowed from other countries