Swiss Revolutions & the Confederation
Switzerland has emerged over the years we have studied through our Swiss Maturité course. During the Enlightenment, French Revolutions and rise of European Nationalism, Switzerland as we recognise it emerged from a loose collection of separate cantons dominated by religious and cultural differences to form the Helvetic Confederation which is still the basis of what we see as modern Switzerland. Political ideology and revolution, economic growth and European realpolitik all helped contribute to this emergence. On your left is a visual representation of the growth of modern Switzerland. On the right is a scanned text which explains that emergence from 1789 to 1848...
Underneath we have an in-depth article about the events that transformed the ancien regime into its modern and contemporary state
Swiss Civics & Federal Semi-Democracy
Swiss Neutrality & the 20th Century
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17988450
A chronology of key events:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShWBUWyD3AA&sns=em
Great video on Swiss history, politics, economy, demographics
Swiss Votation on Immigration
Votation's result embarrasses France
Consequences with the EU
Immigration explanation and division in Switzerland
Quotas debates
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26034566
Swiss immigration referendum (9/2/14)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25076879
Swiss vote no to capping bosses pay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25415501
Swiss to vote on incomes for all - working or not
http://www.swissworld.org/en/politics/
Swissworld website
http://www.parlament.ch/e/pages/default.aspx
Swiss Parliament - Federal assembly homepage
Swiss Govt - Federal authorities of Swiss Federation homepage