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Michelle Lee Neu 2018 SWITZERLAND HISTORY michelle lee neu 2018 SWITZERLAND HISTORY 58 BC the Romans conquered Switzerland’s early inhabitants, the Helvetti germany france switzerland austria 7c-9c the country was converted to Christianity spain italy basel zürich lake lucerne zürich west virginia 62,756 sq km 1033 lake of Switzerland was united as part bern lucerne of the Holy Roman Empire lake neuchâtel P S lake L geneva A geneva switzerland 41,285 sq km 1291 POPULATION u the three forest cantons of Uri, rb a n n Schwyz and Unterwalden formed o i p t switzerland 8.24 million o a p a defensive league and signed a l u u 73.9% p l a perpetual covenant, declaring their 26.1% o t p i germany 80.6 million o l n a freedom and promising mutual r u support. This marked the start austria 8.75 million r of the Swiss confederation italy 62.1 million france 67.1 million 5 b 16.7% 1 e 48.9 million r t w spain e d e n e n u 1499 1 67.3% 5 5 & Maximilian I signed the Peace 6 6 r e 4 v Treatyof Basle, making Switzerland o life expectancy virtually independent from the 16% Holy Roman Empire 81.6 years 85.5 years 1481-1513 Solothurn, Fribourg, Basle, 54.9% 45.1% Schaffhausen and Appenzell joined the confederation 1516 romansh 0.6% jewish 0.4% hindu 0.5% Switzerland signed a perpetual italian other 0.6% 8% alliance with France after being muslim defeated at the battle of Marignano 5% non- switzerland bangladesh religious french 12% 198.6 people per sq km 1,087.5 people per sq km 23% roman population change over the last 100 years catholicism 41.8% 16c 8,544,034 Huldreich Zwingli and John Calvin protestantism preached the Reformation in Zurich 37.3% and Geneva respectively. Religious 7,167,250 german christianity 63% 81% orthodox differences divided Switzerland 6,303,610 christianity 1.8% 5,296,118 other christianity 0.4% 4,265,703 1648 3,880,320 the Holy Roman Empire 3,315,443 recognized the independence of the Swiss confederation 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2018 language religion TRADE 1798 machinery, equipment the French Revolutionary chemicals government (the Directory) 46.9 & electronics usa italy chemicals metals 93.2 established the short-lived 33.1 6.8% 6.9% 13.6 Helvetic Republic france france 8.5% 7.6% 1803 italy Napoleon Bonaparte ratified principal usa principal other 10.1% other imports other other 13.6% exports an Act of Mediation, 75.9 33.3 195 $bn germany 72.2% 54.7% 228 $bn restoring the confederation 29.1% germany 19.2% main import main export destinations destinations precision instruments, watches & jewellery precision instruments, machinery, equipment 1813 motor vehicles 21.9 watches & jewellery & electronics the Act of Mediation was abrogated 17.6 51.4 33.1 1815 a new pact between twenty-three ENERGY cantons was ratified by the Congress of Vienna, which recognized Switzerland’s neutrality total consumption consumption per head usa 2,376 mTOE usa 7,571 kgOE switzerland 26.7 mTOE switzerland 3,304 kgOE 1845-7 AGRICULTURE sugar cane the seven Catholic cantons 1,408,000t formeda separate league (the Sonderbund) to protect Catholic interests cattle pigs 1848 1,594,000 head wheat a new constitution established 1,557,000 head potato a federal state, with Bern as 550,000t 526,000t barley sugar its centre of government sheep maize apple 254,000t 241,000t 441,000 head 195,000t 170,000t 1914–8, 1939–45 Switzerland maintained armed TRANSPORTATION neutrality throughout World War I and World War II switzerland 5,651.5km 63 germany 43,468.3km 539 1971 Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a COMMUNICATIONS (per 1000 people) referendum in February 82.4% 87% 42.5% 1998 international pressure led Swiss banks to compensate the families of Holocaust victims 136.7% whose stolen assets had been deposited there by Nazis CLIMATE 24 23 20 21 20 1999 15 14 a new constitution was adopted 11 temperature 6 7 high (C°) 2 4 170 175 2002 146 110 106 120 Switzerland voted in favor of 100 96 100 100 72 joining the United Nations 64 rainfall (mm) jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec.
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