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 to be part of Prussia. Bismarck uses the opportunity at hand to get hold of new German territories by convincing William I to do so and by initially getting Austria to go against Denmark. The disagreement between Austria and Prussia led to the Austro-Prussian
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“As prime minister of Prussia‚ Bismarck was convinced that he could create a new German state that would not be too large for Prussia to dominate‚ nor too democratic for the tradition of the Hohenzollern monarchy. He wanted to create a modern‚ bureaucratic state that would be strong and secular” (Merriman p. 663). I wanted to begin with this quote to demonstrate the sort of mission statement of Otto von Bismarck. I felt it important to understand what his ideas and ideals were in order to unify the
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In the beginning there were imperial electors that ran the estates of East Germany and Prussia. When Frederick William came into power as the “Great Elector”‚ he was able to heavily tax the germanic lands without the consent from the nobles. Taxation allowed for strong dominance over land-owning classes and more importantly‚ the peasantry.
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before the movement grew to large." (Watkins‚ Jefferey) The Congress of Vienna made Germany into 38 sovereign states. In these 38 soverign states was Prussia. Prussia consisted of present day Germany‚ Poland‚ Russia‚ Lithuania‚ Denmark‚ Belgium‚ Czech Republic‚ and Switzerland. For many years the House of Hohenzollern excersized ultimate power over Prussia. Due to Napoleon’s invasions‚ nationalistic feelings began to grow and a want for unification started. "During the 1850’s‚ Prussians wanted to unite
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succeed because while the revolutionaries could not meet an agreement‚ this meant that he was gaining more support. Bismarck wanted German unification‚ without Austria being part of it and with Prussian domination. Bismarck achieved this using the Prussia‚ which was the economically and by army the strongest area part of the German Confederation. German unification was the immediate result of three short wars; against Denmark in 1864‚ against Austria in 1864 and France in 1870 – 1871. The Prussian
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Otto von Bismarck‚ a nineteenth-century prime minister of Prussia‚ was born April 1st‚ 1815 to July 30th‚ 1898 in Prussia‚ where Germany is now located. Bismarck was a prime minister of Prussia for over 30 years. While being prime minister of Prussia he established the German empire and lead it as chancellor. As German chancellor‚ he won three wars and prevented wars in Europe for twenty years. Otto von Bismarck lead the German Empire very well and made it a great empire. Bismarck made Germany
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the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire‚ and through his diplomatic skills‚ he managed to maintain the peace in Europe for a generation. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Otto von Bismarck was born on 1 April 1815 at Schönhausen in Brandenburg‚ Prussia. His father‚ Ferdinand von Bismarck-Schönhausen‚ was of the Old Prussian nobility. His mother‚ Wilhelmine Mencken‚ from the upper bourgeoisie. He studied law at the University of Gottingen in Hanover‚ and obtained his degree in 1837 and then
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clearly a sovereign state with clearly defined borders‚ the “concept of Germany geographically” (pg. 54) was not clearly developed until 1871. This difference is compounded on by the economic differences between the two regions: by the mid-1860s‚ Prussia was a relative economic giant‚ “easily outrunning Austria.” (pg. 54) This economic model was desired by Bismarck‚ who hoped to impose “model” economic policy on the region. This is in
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The main two states in the German confederation were Austria and Prussia‚ but Austria and Metternich still held the upper hand. Prince Mettenich was put at the head of the German confederation. Under his direction the education system was strictly controlled‚ newspapers and pamphlets were censored by the government‚ they
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French were soon taken out by this powerful army. After his mission to conquer France was completed France paid a million franc fine that paid for Germany’s war expenses. Being a chancellor of Prussia meant that he controlled everything. His army encouraged southern German states to unite with Prussia because Prussia had a large army that allowed security. The army also allowed them to have money and land and resources for things they
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