Italian & German Unification The unification of Italy and the unification Germany happened about the same time. Italy was made up of small city-states and Germany was divided as well. The emerging leader in Italy who pushed for unification was a gentleman named Count Camillo Benso de Cavour. In Germany it was a gentleman named Otto Von Bismarck. Cavour and Bismarck had some similar and different methods for unification. Ultimately‚ Cavour and Bismarck were successful in unifying their own areas
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Bismarck and the Unification of Germany Source 1: In view of the attitude to France‚ our national sense of honour compelled us‚ in my opinion to go to war; and if we did not act according to the demands of this feeling‚ we should lose... the entire impetus towards our national development won in 1866‚ while the German national feeling south of the Main‚ aroused by our military successes in 1866;… would have to grow cold again… Under this conviction I made use of the royal authorization communicated
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There was no uniformity in the way in which states were ran in the late 19th and early 20th century each state created its own way to live. However before the start of the first world war there were similarities in the ways that the states were governed. This can be seen between three of the largest powers in Europe‚ Britain‚ Germany and France. This essay will discuss the similarities and differences that Britain had with both Germany and France in order to determine if Britain was in fact more
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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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Niceville Senior High School 800 E. John Sims Parkway Niceville‚ Florida 32578 Phone: (850) 833-4114 Fax: (850) 833-4267 May 29‚ 2013 Dear Parent and Student‚ Welcome to Niceville High School. We look forward to having you start your high school career in 2013/2014. You have chosen to take an advanced class in European History. This is an exciting time in which you will be challenged to read in depth‚ use critical thinking skills‚ and
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________________________________________ Bismarck’s Foreign Policy 1871-1890 Events 1873 Formation of the Dreikaiserbund 1878 The Congress of Berlin 1879 The Dual Alliance 1881 The renewal of the Dreikaiserbund 1887 The Reinsurance Treaty. Key point: Diplomatic genius guided by the principles of keeping France isolated and remaining on good terms with both Austria and Russia. Introduction: Bismarck had defeated each of his enemies – Denmark‚ Austria‚ and France – in isolation. He realised
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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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“Red Shirts” drove out the Austrians and French armies from Italy and proclaimed the Kingdom of Italy under King Victor Emmanuel with Rome as Capital. 10. The Prussians led by Otto von Bismarck‚ the “Iron Chancellor” defeated France in the Franco- Prussian war and established the German Empire on Jan. 18‚ 1871‚
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of the Paris Commune of 1871. His many works include the story collection Monday Tales (1873)‚ the play L’Arlsienne (1872)‚ the novels The Nabob (1877) and Sappho (1884)‚ and several volumes of memoirs. The story was written in the days of the Franco-Prussian war in which France was defeated by Prussia. The French districts of Alsace-Lorraine have passed into Prussian hands. The main characters are M. Hamel is the teacher of French and a boy‚ Franz. Little Franz is the narrator of the story. One
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Otto Van Bismarck began his reign when he was appointed as the prime minister of Prussia in 1862 by King William I. At this point in time‚ Prussia was in a mediocre state of power‚ considerably inferior in comparison to its other surrounding nations. As Bismarck steps into his role as ruler‚ he had distinctive and clear goals for the rise of power of Prussia over the unification of Germany. His reign consisted of strategies that were effective in the manipulation of domestic and international politics
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