Events 1815 – End of the Napoleonic Wars and creation of the Deutscher Bund (German Confederation) 1817 – Wartburg Festival 1818 – Formation of the Zollverein 1819 – Carlsbad Decrees 1848 – Revolutions in Europe (including Austria and Prussia) 1848/9 – Frankfurt Parliament 1849 – Erfurt Union (League of the Three Kings) 1850 – Treaty of Olmutz Essay Plans There are three basic types of essay question on this topic:- A. Why did nationalism grow/What were the reasons
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successes of their military. The reason for military action by both Napoleon and Bismarck was coherently to unify their countries. Bismarck however was trying to bring Prussia and the German states together as a whole. France was already one nation. Napoleon found that by military success through victories against Austria‚ Prussia‚ Russia‚ and Spain he strengthened France as a nation‚ which was not the case during the French Revolutions. Napoleon Bonaparte "was one of the greatest military commanders
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and give more power to the people of Germany by allowing them to vote. Despite his traditional conservative views‚ Bismarck joined the National Liberals in order to fulfil his wish for a strong‚ united Germany. The Kaiser‚ who was also the King of Prussia‚ was extremely powerful in terms of politics. He had the final say in any dispute over the constitution‚ gave assent to all laws and commanded the Germany army directly. These factors alone demonstrate that‚ in 1871‚ the constitution gave the Kaiser
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Prompt 3: In what ways and to what extend did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least two countries. Absolutism was the beginning of the end for Europe’s nobility when it came to political power and influence. This period is often described as a bridge between Europe’s feudal society in which nobles held ultimate power and status to the capitalist society which eliminated the nobility’s influence over government and
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Nationalism is the feeling of loyalty shared by a group of people united by race‚ language‚ and culture. It was born and spreading since 1789 during the French Revolution‚ and spread by the Napoleon army. To express their loyalty to their nation‚ people will attempt to fight for independence against foreign rule or unite themselves into one large nation-state. Nationalism therefore was both a uniting force and dividing force; uniting a number of small states into one large nation-state or splitting
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Why was the Treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty that was drawn up by the Allies and Germany after the First World War. It was made to prevent Germany from starting a war again and to pay back the Allies for the money they had spent. The Germans had hoped that the Allies would treat them fairly in the negotiations for the treaty‚ but the Allies‚ in particular France‚ believed that Germany should be brought to its knees. France was not as satisfied
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peasant in 19th century France. Tiennon lives through most of these historical events but most of them had no real effect on his day to day life. The one event that truly affected all peasants was the second empire of Napoleon III and his war against Prussia in 1870. France’s declaration of war meant that all military aged men would be conscripted and forced to serve. Before the war families were able to buy their son’s service out of the military for 500 francs. Tiennon had paid this amount‚ but
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Louis-Napoleon or more formally known as Lous-Napoleon Bonaparte was the first president of the French Second Republic as well as the emporer of the Second French Empire when he was known as Napoleon III. Napoleon throughout his reign in France went from being a well respected commander and president to being someone constantly disrespected and undermined. He was treated based on the actions he took while under power. He went from making all the right moves to move into power to making mistake after
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1) Irish Potato Famine. 1845-1849. Called the Great Famine. In the early 19th century‚ Ireland’s tenant farmers struggled to provide for themselves and to supply the British market with cereal crops. By the early 1840s half the Irish population‚ mostly the rural poor‚ became to depend almost exclusively on the potato for their diet. The rest of the population also consumed it in large quantities. A heavy reliance on just one or two high-yielding types of potato greatly reduced the
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Kaiser Wilhelm II Wilhelm was born on 27 January 1859 in Berlin‚ the eldest child of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria‚ daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. A difficult birth left Wilhelm with a withered arm‚ which he always tried to conceal. Some historians believe that his insecurity over this handicap fueled his later erratic behavior. His parents‚ particularly his British mother‚ tried to provide Wilhelm with a liberal education and a love of England. Wilhelm‚ from
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