| Although the Czech Republic seems to be an agrarian place, it is also an advanced industrial country. Factories were built during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. In those days the Czech Republic was still part of the Austrian Habsburgs Empire. |
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Life under the Habsburgs was not easy. In 1618 a war broke out between the Czech people and the Habsburgs over religious freedoms. The Czech people lost their rights, property and national identity due to forced Catholicisation and Germanisation. Demands for greater autonomy and self determination grew during the Industrialized Revolution. It's called the Czech National Revival and that is when Czech literature and the Czech language flourished. |
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During WW I Czechs became unified in their opposition to Austrian rule. Czechs and Slovaks agreed to from a single federal state of two equal countries. In 1918 the Czechoslovak Republic consisting of Bohemia, Monrovia, Silisia, Slovakia and Ruthenia came into existence. Nowadays the country has a population of more than 10 million people. |
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