THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY In 1871 the thirty-eight states of what was once the Holy Roman Empire‚ re-united to become what was known in the early twentieth century as simply‚ The German Empire‚ united under the rule of the German Emperor‚ or Kaiser. There are many factors which led to the unification of the German states; liberalism‚ nationalism‚ Otto Von Bismarck‚ fear of another Napoleon’‚ the Prussian King William I‚ and the three wars Prussia fought. One of the key factors which led to
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The Unification of Germany Chapter 1 Germany 1815-1848 1. The Situation in Germany 1815 2. Reform and Repression 1815-40 3. Economic Development 1815-40 4. Germany 1840-8 1813 – Battle of Leipzig 1814-15 - The Vienna Peace Settlement 1815 – German Confederation established 1817 – Wartburg Festival 1818 – Constitution granted in Baden and Bavaria 1819- Carlsbad Decrees 1832 – Nationalist festival at Hambach‚ The Six Articles 1834 – Zollverein came into operation 1840 – Frederick
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The movement to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity was known as the Risorgimento (literally‚ "resurgence"). Giuseppe Mazzini and his leading pupil‚ Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ failed in their attempt to create an Italy united by democracy. Garibaldi‚ supported by his legion of Red Shirts-- mostly young Italian democrats who used the 1848 revolutions as a opportunity for democratic uprising--failed in the face of the resurgence of conservative power in Europe. However‚ it was the aristocratic
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Unification of Italy: Pros and Cons After the Congress of Vienna Italy consisted of six separate states. Controversy over whether or not Italy should be unified stirred up during the mid to late 1800’s. The unification of the Italian states was an ongoing debate for quite some time. During the years of the debates people found the unification to be positive change‚ a negative change‚ and some had different opinions for their own certain reasons. Those who agreed that Italy should be unified
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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Germany’s apparent political and military ally in Europe was Italy. Since 1925‚ Italian had been controlled by an autocrat leadership under Benito Mussolini. Italian fascism was very much the older brother of Nazism‚ a fact Hitler himself admitted. All of their intellectual resemblance‚ the connection between Hitler and Mussolini was rough and complex. The adjustment of their two countries was accordingly not as firm as many expected. Germany and Italy had become military allies by late 1930s‚ however their
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The Political Unification of Italy Italian unification‚ “il Risorgimento‚” or "The Resurgence" was the political and social movement that aggregated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century. For the sake of brevity and personal interest I’m only going to be discussing the military achievements that led to such a successful “Risorgimento!” Most scholars agree that the years‚ 1815-1871‚ are the years in which “il Risorgimento” occured. From the
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Unification of Germany was made possible largely by Bismarck‚ as there were other factors 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
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Euro Ch. 22 Study Guide Italian Unification * Victor Emmanuel II (VERDI): First King of United Italy‚ King of Italia * Cavour: Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1852 until his death‚ had a realpolitiker’s vision‚ promoted economic development‚ to unify Italy he had to confront Austria so he got help from Napoleon who feared growth of Piedmont and gave them Lombardy but not Venetia to Piedmont and left the rest of Italy disunited‚ helped achieve a strong economy‚ modern army‚ liberal
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keen interest in politics. In 1848 King William IV‚ King of Prussia made an attempt to unify the northern states which included Prussia. Austria was strongly oppose to the unification movement because they would loose all power and they would be a small empire on their own surrounded by larger and more powerful empires such Germany‚ France and Britain. Austria was willing to go to war with Prussia although King William IV decided it was not worth the blood shed. Many people across Prussia criticised
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