What war was called the "great war"? world war ii sino-japanese war world war i the cold war?

The "Great War" was commonly known as World War I, as it was the first war to truly incorporate almost all the nations in the world. It was also classified with the name Great, because it was fought on multiple fronts, and the technology as well as military organization allowed the war to be more damaging to all participants.

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1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

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congress passed laws allowing for free passage between states.