Katarzyna Szymańska 2la02
 Aggressive neighbours tried to eradicate Poland from the map of Europe.  | 
 
 This dynasty was dethroned. 
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 Jozef Pilsudski led to the defeat of Soviet army. 
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 Years of reign of Saxon dynasty drove the country to the brink of anarchy. 
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 Liberum Veto allowed any Member of Parliament to prevent an establishment of the law because any resolution had to be passed unanimously. 
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 German - Soviet non-aggression pact divided Poland into two spheres of influence. 
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 Polish independence was eventually proclaimed on November 3, 1918. 
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 The increase in prices of basic consumer goods triggered civil unrest and labour strikes. 
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 The last heroic attempt to preserve Polish independence was the Kosciuszko uprising. It was finally suppressed in 1794. 
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 Piast dynasty clashed with each other, with the clergy and nobility. 
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 The first recorded historical event was the conversion of Poland to Christianity. 
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 The problem of the childlessness of kings was resolved by transforming Poland from the hereditary monarchy to the elective one. 
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 The government declared martial law and virtually all Solidarity leaders and many intellectuals associated with it were arrested or detained. 
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 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth severely suffered successive invasions of the Tatars. They depopulated entire swathes of the country by capturing their inhabitants and taking them into captivity. 
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 Martial law has been lifted. 
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 Poles have created the underground resistance movement in the country and the government in exile was representing Poland abroad. 
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 Power struggles among the nobles and elective kings undermined civic values and gradually weakened the authority of a government. 
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 The Great Depression affected Poland a lot. 
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 The ruler strengthened the position of the country significantly in both foreign and internal policy. 
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 The West responded to a martial law by imposing economic sanctions against regime in Poland and against the USSR. 
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 He was crowned king.  |