In order to fully understand the origins of World War One‚ I am going to start analysing European diplomacy from 1870’s when the war was still avoidable. The first major changes in Europe were made when France lost the Franko-Prussian war and Otto von Bismarck united the Germany. Britain was a well economically established country and Russia was going through industrialisation but their citizens were increasingly unhappy with their regime and Austro-Hungary had problems with their dual monarchy system
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1. Why did the decline of the Ottoman Empire increase tensions among the European powers? The decline of the Ottoman Empire opened new opportunities for the European powers‚ in which the powers took interest into arising opportunities the fall may offer. For instance‚ Russia would be able to expand its influence due to its close proximity with the Ottoman Empire and religious relations with the Greek Orthodox Christians. However‚ this persisting opportunity for Russia led to tensions and fear in
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« Was Bismarck’s foreign policy 1871-1890 a success ? » Otto von Bismarck’s foreign policy held certain aims through these years and Bismarck changed his foreign policy due to the circumstances so that he could keep and achieve these objectives. These choices made by Bismarck had mixed success and failure since he had many goals but failed at achieving some of them‚ but at the end of it all Bismarck had achieved his main goal‚ which was the preservation of the new German state. Bismarck’s
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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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“Analyze Bismarck’s use of war to achieve unification.” Otto Eduard Leopold‚ also known as Otto von Bismarck was a German leader who led the unification effort in Germany. He was the Prince of Bismarck and held various government positions throughout his life‚ such as Prussian Minister President. Germany used to be a group of states loosely united through the German Confederation. Bismarck changed that‚ using force and war‚ and created a unified Germany with Prussia as the major power holder. He
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The history of Germany is one of deep and influential occasions that throughout time have shaped the way that Germany is viewed as a nation. But none stand out more vast and influential than that of the Unification of Germany. The official formal signing of Germany into a politically and administratively nation state did not happen until 1871 in Versailles in the famous house of mirrors. This momentous occasion was not an overnight project‚ Instead a long string of castrated events that proved to
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Italy and Germany were two newly united nations that emerged in 1871. The two regions that were to be unified shared much history together; ever since they were last united as one under the Holy Roman Empire. When the French Revolution and Napoleon came along‚ both Germanic and Italian states were affected in many ways. Napoleon began spreading his liberalist and nationalist influence in Italy with his Italian Campaign in 1796‚ which later spread to the Germanic states. After Napoleon¡¯s defeat‚
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establish a democratic form of government in Germany? 1871 marked the start of the new German Empire with Wilhelm I as Kaiser and Otto von Bismarck as chancellor. The National Liberals wanted a democratic constitution‚ which would limit the power of the Kaiser 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
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Confederate powers are the dead people who have given their lives so that the nation may ilve on. Otto von Bismarck Speech Before the Reichstag: The Welfare State is Born 1. Bismarck sees the state’s job to protect the governed especially those who are weaker than the rest; and about democracy‚ Bismarck seems to be in favor of it. 2. Due to the fact that most political parties opposed Bismarck‚ he sees political organization in Germany as selfish and lazy‚ especially for not reaching out to help
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an obscure Prussian diplomat‚ Otto von Bismarck. He had been an adamant opponent of German nationalism in the late 1840s. During the 1850s‚ however‚ Bismarck had concluded that Prussia would have to harness German nationalism for its own purposes if it were to thrive. He believed too that Prussia’s well-being depended on wresting primacy in Germany from its traditional enemy‚ Austria. [pic][pic][pic][pic] In 1862 King Wilhelm I of Prussia (r. 1858-88) chose Bismarck to serve as his minister president
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