PPT-National Unification ITALY AND GERMANY

The Unification of Italy 1850 Austria still dominant power on Italian Peninsula Piedmont and House of Savoy seen as best chance for unity King Charles Albert King of Piedmont during failed attempt. Risorgimento. Cavour / Mazzini/ Garibaldi. Otto von Bismarck . “by blood and iron”. Bad Ems Dispatch. Questions and Imperatives. Discuss French involvement in both Italian and German unification.. The Risorgimento. Italian Unification. Background. Congress of Vienna. Restoration of the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments. Groups in several Italian states began to push the idea of a unified Italian state again. Italy and Germany. WHII #25. Unification of Italy (1870). By the mid 1800s, Italy was still broken up into . several different city-states or principalities. Each city-state was ruled by a . monarch or prince. Nation Building. Nationalism. The desire of a group of people united by language, religion, culture to form a nation. Why?. The need/want for unity in Italy stemmed from the French Revolution. Under Napoleon Italy was combined into larger states. Congress of Vienna. A meeting of Royalty held in Vienna, Austria.. September 1814 through June 1815. The agreements return many kings to power who Napoleon had removed.. Most Kings eliminate the democratic reforms of the Revolution.. 1850- 1861. Piedmont-Sardinia and Cavour. Kingdom of Piedmont remained as the only independent state after 1848: entered a time of moderate reform. King Victor Emanuel II- constitutional monarch of a stable, independent state (would become the first King of Italy in 1860). : people who believe that people of a single “nationality” should unite under a single government. Goal of Nationalists? Create a . NATION-STATE. Bonds that create a nation-state? Nationality, Language, Culture, Religion, History, and Territory. Bringing peace to the continent by reconstructing war-torn Europe after the fall of Napoleon. Major Participants in the Conference. Britain – the Duke of Wellington. Prussia – King Frederick William III. 1858 - 1870. Since the time of the middle ages, Italy has been a collection of provinces, early to mid 1800s – Italy was ruled by Austria and the Pope.. Major . Obstacles . to . Unification. Austrian . Background. From 1100s to 1800s central Europe was made up of numerous kingdoms, principalities, and free cities. A small group of dedicated Italians and Germans worked to unify these territories into nations. By: Rocky . Hroch. Period 6. 1/18/12. Prompt. 2008- Analyze the similarities and differences in the methods used by Cavour and Bismarck to bring about the unification of Italy and of Germany, respectively.. Unification - THEN. Germany. Germany. 1815 Germany had 39 states called the German Confederation (controlled by Austria. ). Prussia leads . unification. German population. Nationalistic movement. Stronger . . DO NOW: Refresher . –. What is Nationalism? How does it shape cultural identity?. Background. 1848 = university students passionately demanded national unity and liberal reforms, peasants and workers joined. Objectives. Today we will be able to identify the factors that led to the unification of Italy in the 1860s.. Nationalism. Nationalism is a feeling of belonging that causes people to think of themselves as a nation..