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Austro Prussian German Unification
1,625 wordsEvents in history often become associated with single individuals, such as Hitler and World War II, or Cavour, Mazzini and Garibaldi with Italian unification. The same seems to be true for German unification, with which Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck is generally associated. It is often argued that it was due to Bismarck's foresighted and planed actions that Germany became unified. Although Bismarck's action undoubtedly played a most fundamental role in German unification, it would give...
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Franco Prussian War War With France
1,817 wordsThe Franco-Prussian War, was a war in 1870 - 1871, which the French lost to the German states while they were under the leadership of Prussia. The underlying causes of the conflict were the Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck's desire to unify Germany under Prussian control and, to eliminate French influence over Germany. On the other hand, Napoleon III, emperor of France from 1852 to 1870, wanted to regain the prestige he had lost, both at home and abroad, as a result of ...
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Social Democratic Party Austria And Prussia
1,821 wordsGermany was the last of the great European powers to achieve political unity. In 1815, 39 independent German states stretched north and south from the Baltic Sea to the Alps, and east and west from the Rhine River to Russia. Political rivals Austria and Prussia were the most powerful of these German states. By 1871, however, the German states-excluding Austria and Switzerland-had united into a single nation. The Congress of Vienna had created the German Confederation in 1815 as a buffer against ...
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European Power And The Seven Weeks War
850 wordsThe Seven Weeks War, also known as the Austro-Prussian war, was a brief struggle between two rising European powers. On June 14, 1866 Austria and Prussia engaged each other in battle. Prussia received support from only a few small north German states in the country of Italy. Austria's allies Saxony, Hanover, the Hesse's, Bavaria, Baden, and Wurttenberg. This war was deliberately provoked by Otto von Bismark who was the prime minister of Prussia under King William I. King William ordered Bismark ...
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Otto Von Bismarck Unification Of Germany
1,205 wordsRoughly from 1850 to 1870 the Unification of Germany took place. After the unification, Germany rose as a dominant power in Europe until World War 2. The process of the unification was mainly spread over three wars. But to a great extent, the unification was due Herr Otto Von Bismarck's diplomacy. However, to a small extent, it was due to other factors such as the formation of the Zollverein, revolutions, nationalism and assemblies and congresses held in the past. From the 1790 s to 1814 French ...
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Germany Unification And Diplomacy
1,244 words... of an advanced school and university system. For a long time Prussia had the highest literacy rate and exemplary schools. This was partly a consequence of the reforms in the wake of the Prussian defeat against Napoleon. Industrialization was accompanied by rapid population growth and urbanization, the expansion of the middle classes and of the proletariat, which began to constitute independent organizations. After having lagged behind Western Europe for three hundred years, Germany caught up...
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Thirty Years War Order That A Strong Prussia
345 wordsThere are three reasons Prussia, between 1648 - 1762, came to be a European power. First, Prussia was surrounded by a number of weak states. The weakness of these state enabled Prussia to gain territory and become more powerful. Second, during this time, the region was in a state of chaos. Because of this, people were anxious for the stability and order that a strong state could provide. Finally, because of three brilliant rulers, especially Fredrick William, the Great Elector, Prussia was organ...
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Austria Hungary Germanic States Prussia
413 wordsBismarck, that was the founder of Germany, is known for his cleverness as a politician. He had conservative values, however in politics he sometimes made sacrifices (opportunist). He didn't believe in democracy but preferred oligarchy, he wasn't a dictator though. His life goal was to unify Germany and make of it, a great power. The unification took place in 1871, but in order to achieve it, many years had to pass. Prussia, a country with a strong army and a large number of population was ready ...
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Powerful Nation Foreign Policy
2,000 wordsMajor turmoil involving France, Prussia, and the Hapsburg Empire arose during the 1740 s. Each empire had an integral part in the rise or decline of the other involved nations. Prussia on one hand was seeking to expand into the Hapsburg territories. France seeing an expansion opportunity as well made an alliance with Prussia. The Hapsburg Empire could only hope to maintain the current boundaries of their kingdom and territories. They also thought it was necessary to create alliances to counterpa...
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Franco Prussian War South German States
1,267 wordsFranco-Prussian War, war in 1870 - 1871 lost by France to the German states under the leadership of Prussia. The underlying causes of the conflict were the determination of the Prussian statesman Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck to unify Germany under Prussian control and, as a step toward this goal, to eliminate French influence over Germany. On the other hand, Napoleon III, emperor of France from 1852 to 1870, sought to regain both in France and abroad the prestige lost as a result of n...
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Commander In Chief Napoleon Bonaparte
1,912 wordsNapoleon Napolean Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as The Little Coriscan, was born on August 15, 1769 on the small island of Corsica in the northern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Young Napolean was born at a very hectic time in Coriscan s history. At that point of time Corsica was trying to gain independence through rebellion from French troops that had captured Coriscan from Genoa, an Italian state. Although the bid for independence failed, the Coriscan's would even...
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Universal Male Suffrage South German States
2,841 wordsNationalism: A General Survey In order to understand the present we must know its past such is the task of history. The crisis in the republics of former Yugoslavia, for example, is a bloody proof for the validity of this statement: a region infested with century old tensions that periodically re-erupts in civil wars. Only with a detailed knowledge of the country s tumultuous past can we fully understand the causes and intensity of the crisis. Symmetrically, when we look at a political map of Eu...
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Franco Prussian War King William
1,695 wordsOtto von Bismarck was born at Schonhausen on I April 1815. Bismarck came from a Pomeranian Junker family. Bismarck grew up in the powerful German state of Prussia. When Bismarck was young, he was a big man due to eating and drinking too much; he was always ready for a duel. Bismarck wore a full beard for long periods of his life. Bismarck went to the best Berlin grammar school; then he went to study laws at the University of Gottingen in Hanover and University of Berlin. After qualifying the exa...
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Holy Roman Empire South German States
2,661 wordsRISE AND GROWTH OF NATIONAL STATES FORMATION AND GROWTH OF PRUSSIA EARLY HISTORY OF PRUSSIA. The German Day of Brandenburg in north central Europe on the Baltic Sea was a part of the Holy Roman Empire. This was ruled by the Hohenzollern family, a line of rulers, called Electors. Since the 15 th Century they had gradually extended their borders. FREDERICK WILLIAM 1640 - 1688 -THE GREAT ELECTOR. Frederick made Prussia first among the German states. He centralized the government, and raised enough ...
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Otto Von Bismarck Unification Of Germany
873 wordsWhen Otto von Bismarck was recalled from Paris to become Minister-President of Prussia in 1862, German nationalism was already more than 40 years old. First apparent in the opposition to Napoleon´ s occupation of the German states, national feeling grew into a movement after 1815. This feeling was encouraged by a growth of interest in German literature and music and by increased economic cooperation between the north German states. By 1848 it was strong enough to make the creation of a uni...
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