Pls im desperate (༎ຶ⌑༎ຶ)- Are there any examples in our modern history that might reflect a similar tension during the Enlightenment movement between the monarchy and aristocracy?

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!