prior to his policies that had able Germany to be unified as one. Firstly‚ the Crimean War has caused the collapsing of the Congress of Vienna‚ which in turn resulted‚ to having ’freed’ individual small German states to be on their own. This factor created a window of opportunity to Prussia and Bismarck as the small states could be easily brought under the Prussian Empire‚ if necessary with the help of the Prussian Army. An example of how Prussia’s strategy worked was when trying to get Schleswig-Holstein
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Nationalism: loyal to your country Political ideologies Conservatism- does not want change Liberalism- wants change Moderates- wants some changes Congress of Vienna Metternich: Foreign minister of Austria. He distrusted the democratic ideals of the French Revolution. Metternich wanted to keep things as they were. He had three goals for the congress of Vienna. 1. He wanted to prevent future French aggression by surrounding it with strong countries. 2 restore a balance of power. 3 restore
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Early clashes between the two empires begun with King William’s and Queen Anne’s War. Hostility quickly enlarged between the two and before long both sides where recruiting whatever Indian allies they could. These actions obviously show that both‚ Great Britain and France knew that major war for North America was unavoidable; as later proved with the seven years war. In the 1740’s France and England both realized that war for power over North America was inevitable. Due to French’s contribution to
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mirrors. This momentous occasion was not an overnight project‚ Instead a long string of castrated events that proved to be glorious in the end. From the early stages such as the Napoleonic wars that collapsed the Holy Roman Empire and then shaped the confederation of the Rhine‚ to the exulting Franco-Prussian war that left France defeated and dominated after the momentous victory of Germany against the French in 1870. All these events helped shape the unification of Germany into one sovereign state
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provoked neighbouring states which led to wars of unification against: Denmark and Austria. Other factors such as the role of the Prussian military‚ the Zollverein and Austrian weakness all had an input in the unification of Germany‚ as did cultural nationalism. Bismarck’s long term aim was to unite Germany under Prussian leadership. In Prussia‚ King William wanted to improve his army but due to the cost of this request‚ the King’s plans were blocked by the Prussian Progressive Party. The King considered
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important to the unification to the unification of Italy. After the help of Cavour to France in the Crimean war. Napoleon iii promised to help Cavour in fighting against Austria through the compact of plombieres in 1855 where in the treaty napoleon iii agreed to help Italy against Austria and if they were success in defeating Austria‚ Italy promised to give Savoy and nice to France. When the war against Austria occurred in 1859‚ napoleon iii sent his troops to Italy and France would gain nice and Savoy
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By 1871‚ Europe was remapped with the rise of two newly united nations - the Kingdom of Italy and the German Empire. The unification movements of both countries took place at roughly the same time in the mid-19th century and were motivated by the same historical trends - liberalism and nationalism. Before the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte‚ both Italy and Germany shared some similar features. Italy was divided into a number of separate states which were ruled by despotic kings. Yet the
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Cited: Coppa‚ Frank J. _The Origins of the Italian Wars of Independence_. London: Longman‚ 1992. Print. Farmer‚ Alan‚ and Andrina Stiles. _The Unification of Germany‚ 1815-1919_. London: Hodder Education‚ 2007. Print. Kehoe‚ Thomas J.‚ Lawrence D. Hogan‚ and Jose M. Duvall. _Exploring Western Civilization:
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acknowledge that the Crimean War and the Hungarian uprisings had left Austria friendless and virtually destitute coffers‚ making their defeat all the more inevitable. Charismatic and talented individuals also paved the way to Prussian ascendancy in 1866: Bismarck’s ability to exploit political situations to suit his needs; William I and Roons’ intentions on reforming the Army bill‚ all of which were part of the events that can be said as reasons of the resulting Prussian dominance. The Capitulation
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Why did Nationalism Fail! In 1815‚ at the end of the Napoleonic wars the Deutscher Bund was created which include all 39 German states‚ but this was not a united Germany. By 1850‚ there had been several attempts to united Germany but all failed and Germany remained divided. WHY DID THEY FAIL- LINE OF ARGUMENT – FACTORS Austria opposition Prince Metternich (Austrian Minister) was strongly opposed to German nationalism and was a major obstacle to the unification of Germany‚ as Austria was one
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