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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He did not succeed and The Salic law of succession was passed. After Frederick VII‚ Christian IX came to power and he also tried to take over these countries‚ this time succeeding. Now Bismarck saw an opportunity‚ he appealed to Austria to help Prussia to Drive the Danes out of Schleswig and Holstein‚ the reason for this he said was that Denmark was going against the Salic law of Succession. Austria agreed and the Danes were easily defeated. After this the convention of
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HISTORY | | | Unification of Germany Introduction Economic success‚ political failure‚ and diplomatic tension marked the idea of a unified Germany 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
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Italian unification l Background l After Napoleon‚ the Italian states were controlled by France. l Effect: l 1. They experienced the unity under the rule of an efficient government. l 2. They felt that they disliked being ruled by foreign countries‚ therefore nationalist feeling was aroused. l After the Congress of Vienna in 1815-16‚ they were divided into 8 states and the northern part of Italy was controlled by Austria-Hungary. l Again‚ they disliked the alien rule and
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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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“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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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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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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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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