Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen the cousin of King William of Prussia. Napolean III feared that German conquest of Spain would negatively influence the French in that providence. Bismarck‚ whose goal was to start a war announced the Ems dispatch. Bismarck made King Williams report open to the pubilic albeit he edited it to make it subdue the French into war and it worked. Because France initiated the war Bismarck was able to get the support of the Southern German states seeing as how Prussia would seem to be in a defensive position
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German nationalism did change between 1789 and 1840‚ regarding their aims‚ characteristics and demographics‚ but only to some extent. The changes and continuation of nationalism were essentially affected by the international context and the domestic factors which both stimulated and stagnated German nationalism throughout the period. Although the nationalists may have not achieved their ultimate aim for political unity by 1840‚ the events during this period had indeed strengthened the ’cultural
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which will turn a war everyone in Europe was optimistic would end in a few months into a tortuous slog‚ and all the munition and blood that was shed in those four years made the “Great War” of 1793-1815 look like child’s play. In the century before WW1 we see England who arguably reached its zenith in 1815‚ was allowed to “luxuriate in the consequent half-century of virtually unchallenged maritime and imperial preeminence.” (226) This same country would a century later be engaged in a war that many
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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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World Civilization II Take Home Test AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: * The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) or American War of Independence or simply American Revolution‚ began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America‚ and ended in a global war between several European great powers. * The war was the end result of escalating political tensions between the Parliament of Great Britain and colonists opposed to various taxes and other
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in the period after the Napoleonic Wars. It was not clear around which power‚ Austria or Prussia‚ Germany could achieve national unification (Merriman 2010). Prussian merchants‚ with the support of the Prussian crown‚ established the customs and trade union known as the Zollverein in 1834 (AP Central - German Unification 2013). The Zollverein freed trade between most of the German states‚ with the exception of Austria. The upper class were wary of any change that might threaten the status quo and
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On August 5‚ 1772‚ Russia‚ Prussia and Austria signed a treaty that Partitioned Poland. This was the beginning of a three part partition ending in 1795 where Poland ceased to exist. The people of Poland had been trying to create a reform. Catherine the Great‚ Empress of Russia‚ did not want the ideas of a republic to invade Russia. She wanted to remain Empress and did not want to change her political regime. However‚ this was difficult for Catherine the Great because she was very passionate about
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known as the German Confederation in 1815. Prussia and Austria (the two most powerful states) competed for leadership of the confederation. Prussia in 1834 set up a free trade area or Zollverein and achieved the upper hand. Prussia‚ under the leadership of Bismarck worked to exclude Austria from German affairs. Following the unification of wars of 1864 – Bismarck finally achieved his aim and in January 1871 – King Wilhelm I of Prussia was announced Kaiser of Prussia. The Constitution The constitution
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pragmatist or an opportunist meaning that he took advantage of the situations around such as the conditions of the countries. Historian Mosse notes that due to the conditions of intentional opposing countries (such as; Russia‚ Britain‚ France and Austria) Bismarck was in fact lucky with his successes. In 1862‚ Bismarck reorganised the Prussian army and improved training in preparations for war which could lead to the assertion that Bismarck planned the events to come. An event to agree with this
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Waterloo Chamber Description During the field trip‚ the Waterloo Chamber interested me most. The Waterloo Chamber is a very large room in Windsor Castle built in tribute to the success of the forces of Great Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia and Russia at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated. (The British Monarchy‚ 2011).The Chamber was designed by
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