In 1866‚ the North German Confederation was formed and Austria was to be permanently excluded from the affairs of the Kleindeutschland. It is possible to say that Prussia’s victory over its long term rival was due to its economic strength and relative stability of their society in comparison with Austria. However‚ in doing so‚ we would need to acknowledge that the Crimean War and the Hungarian uprisings had left Austria friendless and virtually destitute coffers‚ making their defeat all the more
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Italian states were affected in many ways. Napoleon began spreading his liberalist and nationalist influence in Italy with his Italian Campaign in 1796‚ which later spread to the Germanic states. After Napoleon¡¯s defeat‚ things began to change; Austria regained their power over the Italian states‚ except for Piedmont-Sardinia‚ and the Germanic states were ¡°united¡± under the German Confederation. As a result of these terms from the Congress of Vienna‚ liberal and nationalistic feelings began to
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planned unification of Germany in 5 clear | | |steps from 1862. He said that he had planned: 1.To Obtain Russian Neutrality; 2.To trick | | |Austria into declaring War; 3.To ensure French Neutrality; 4.To Treat Austria Leniently | | |after Defeat; 5.To Trick France into Declaring War. | |INTRODUCTION: |Other Historians have recently
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place in other “isms”- hierarchy Crimean war (1854-1856): First major power conflict in 40 years acted as the birth of modern warfare Britain‚ France‚ Turkey‚ and Austria VS. Russia- Russia lost to an alliance of France‚ Britain‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and (to a lesser extent) the Piedmont-Sardinia (The Kingdom of Sardinia). Austria‚ while neutral‚ played a role in stopping the Russians Weakening of Ottoman Empire Russian wanted to conquer and expand The allied forces had a far superior industrial
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things like war could be stopped. However‚ Germany made and alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy. France‚ Britain‚ and Russia then made their own entente or agreement between their governments. On top of this‚ tensions rose high in the Balkans and the region was considered a powder keg that only needed a spark to set it off. This spark came in the form of a Serbian group called the Black Hand assassinating the Archduke of Austria. So what were the underlying causes of World War I? The war started for
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Clemenceau weren’t justified in making Germany take the blame for WWI because Austria and Hungary were the countries who had started war with Russia‚ France and Serbia. Germany entered the war and fought for Austria and Hungary because they were bound by treaty‚ in fact Germany called a cease fire but Austria and Hungary kept battling. Austria and Hungary were the countries who made Serbia and Russia angry‚ not Germany. Austria and Hungary wanted Serbian land because they had just gained vast amounts
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sources will be used to show historians views on the subject and that of people who were present at the time. Austria and Prussia where were the two dominant states within the German confederation. The 1848 revolutions had caused an emergence of a middle class who was interested in the political affairs of Germany. It also brought to the forefront Prussia’s growing hostility towards Austria. This was heightened even further by Prussia’s humiliation at the Erfurt Union. In which the Prussian king had
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Balkans Crisis 1908 Austria-Hungary was worried about Serbia’s aim- to unite other Balkan states under one rule- Greater Serbia. Races that live in Austria-Hungary may revolt in order to join greater Serbia. Events: Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia The annexation of Bosnia annoyed Serbia who appealed to Russia to help Russia called for an international conference Austria-Hungary backed by Germany refused Russia‚ too weak to fight was forced to back down Consequences: Austria-Hungary and Germany
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1) Introduction : a) One of the most important lessons learned from the 1848 revolutions was that Austria could not be ejected from Italy without the help of foreign allies b) Influence-pressure or persuasion to sway things in a certain way. c) Throughout the course of the Italian unification movement‚ few foreign nations exercised influence: Sardinia‚ France‚ Austria‚ and possibly Prussia and the German states. d) When analyzing foreign influence on unification‚ split
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ascendancy after 1848’ Before 1848‚ Austria had almost complete control over the German states and could dictate what happened within the country‚ this was due to their superior military power. Austria didn’t involve themselves in German affairs unless they tried to unify or tried to change the government‚ basically as long as they didn’t upset the status quo they would be left alone. In 1848 most of Europe was plunged into revolution including Austria‚ with Austria busy in Hungary there was room for
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