May
2
Industrialization and its Impact on the Rise of Nationalism
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With the rise of industrialization in Europe, countries such as Germany and Italy felt an increase in the need for nationalism. With improvements in transportation on land and most importantly water, railroads, and other new and improved technologies, citizens of both Germany and Italy acquired a new thought process: the need for nationalism. One might […]
May
1
Blood and Iron speech–Otto von Bismarck
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There are member of the National Association–of this association that has achieved a reputation owing to the justness of its demands–highly esteemed members who have stated that all standing armies are superfluous. Yes, if only a public assembly had this view! Would not a government have to reject this?! –There was talk about the “sobriety” […]
May
1
Young Italy
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Young Italy was a group of nationalist believers who aimed to create (or at least help to spur on) a unified Italy. Giuseppe Mazzini, founder of Young Italy, began this organization in 1831 with the hopes of causing a chain reaction through those in the group itself and outsiders, also. The chain reaction he was […]
May
1
Ideas of Giuseppe Mazzini and G. W. F. Hegel
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Primary Source Paper Works Cite1 Jessica Elder
May
1
The Rise and Fall of the Habsburg Empire (Austria) – video
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLSUZ1qlVM[/youtube] This youtube video shows the changes that the Habsburg Empire went through from 1282-2007. This is relevant to chapter 20: The Consolidation of Nation States, because it clearly shows the decline of the Habsurg Empire and explains what happens to this territory of the Austrian/Prussia War in 1866. It also shows how Italy […]
May
1
Economic and Political Trends Towards Unification of Germany
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It was not possible for Metternich and his allies to suppress completely the desire for liberal reforms, including the establishment of constitutional parliamentary government, economic freedom, and civil liberties. Some of these reforms had already been under discussion during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, and awareness of their desirability had spread during the Napoleonic era. In addition, […]
May
1
German Confederation
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May
1
Victor Emmanuel II
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Victor Emanuel II VICTOR EMMANUEL II (1820-1878) First king (1861-1878) of united Italy and last king of Piedmont-Sardinia (1849-1861). Victor Emmanuel succeeded his father Charles Albert to the throne of Piedmont-Sardinia on March 24, 1849, following the abdication of Charles Albert after two humiliating defeats (1848 and 1849) by Austria. The first task to face […]
May
1
Discovering Giuseppe Garibaldi Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi? Text books and historians document him as “a forceful and spiritual leader of the movement for Italian Unification” and credit him with inspiring citizens to revolt in the name of Liberalism (Frankforter). They also refer to Garibaldi as “a republican who through his conquest of Sicily and Naples…contributed […]
Apr
29
Kulturkampf: Bismarck’s Struggle Against the Catholic Church
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Kulturkampf, (German: “culture struggle”), the bitter struggle (c. 1871–87) on the part of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck to subject the Roman Catholic church to state controls. The term came into use in 1873, when the scientist and Prussian liberal statesman Rudolf Virchow declared that the battle with the Roman Catholics was assuming “the […]