The Unification of Germany Chapter 1 Germany 1815-1848 1. The Situation in Germany 1815 2. Reform and Repression 1815-40 3. Economic Development 1815-40 4. Germany 1840-8 1813 – Battle of Leipzig 1814-15 - The Vienna Peace Settlement 1815 – German Confederation established 1817 – Wartburg Festival 1818 – Constitution granted in Baden and Bavaria 1819- Carlsbad Decrees 1832 – Nationalist festival at Hambach‚ The Six Articles 1834 – Zollverein came into operation 1840 – Frederick
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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The unification of both Germany and Italy brought great change in these countries. This process resulted in these countries to focus on for their independence‚ economic growth‚ and a strong nationalism. Also‚ there is another role of the unification and it is an occurrence of war‚ separation and controlling politics. War is a natural force which leads to unite some nations as wells as divide others. In the unification process‚ it is essential to have a confident and courageous leader. Bismarck was
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Nationalism‚ and Prussification as driving forces of unification After the creation of the German Confederation‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ the Prussian representative in the union of German states‚ was determined to unite them into one single empire‚ with Prussia as its core. Prussia officially took over the rest of German sates by 1871‚ but in the meantime Bismarck implemented several internal and foreign policies to make that happen along with unification. After his speech on September 30th of 1862‚ which
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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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Germany under Bismarck The Historical Debate The view of Bismarck over the years has changed and it is the historical debate surrounding our perception of him and his intentions that often shapes our interpretation of the German unification. No 19th century figure has attracted the attention and controversy that surround the achievement of Otto von Bismarck‚ with the exception perhaps of Napoleon Bonaparte. The success of Bismarck’s work in unifying Germany has shifted from a determinist to a
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Unification of Germany was made possible largely by Bismarck‚ as there were other factors prior to his policies that had able Germany to be unified as one. Firstly‚ the Crimean War has caused the collapsing of the Congress of Vienna‚ which in turn resulted‚ to having ’freed’ individual small German states to be on their own. This factor created a 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
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Chapter 3: Differences 4-6 i. Leaders 4 ii. Context of Unification 4-5 iii. Great Powers 5 iv. Unitary vs. Federal States 5 v. The Goal of Each Nation 5-6 Chapter 4: Conclusion 6 Chapter 1: Introduction Both Italy and Germany became unified in the mid to late 1800s after years of unrest that started with the 1815 Congress of Vienna‚ where both of these countries were split up into many states. One can compare and contrast these unification processes because they had many similarities and differences
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To what extent was Bismarck’s domestic and foreign policy a success? In the period after German unification (1871-1890)‚ Otto Von Bismarck had to face lots of problems both on the domestic and foreign fronts that proved his political and practical skills. Many historians said when commenting Bismarck’s policies after his death that the ‘Iron Chancellor’- as he was also nicked-named - had many successes in both domestic and foreign policies but also had to face some failures‚ especially regarding
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On 23 September 1862‚ Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was appointed Minister-President and Foreign Minister of Prussia . Within nine years a new German nation state was created by the unification of the numerous independent German-speaking states in central Europe. The creation of Germany as a cohesive political and integrated country occurred on 18 January 1871 at the palace of Versailles in France. Following the military defeat of France by Prussia in the Franco/Prussian war‚ (July 1870 to January
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