PPT-German Unification The Creation of a State

MAIN IDEA In the late 1800s Otto von Bismarck transformed Germany from a loose confederation of separate states into a powerful empire THINK ABOUT How was Germany unified What tactics did Bismarck use. 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.. Step One – Economic Interdependence. A gradual process of economic interdependence from the early stages of the Industrial Revolution through to the mid 19th century saw the . G. ermanic states move towards economic unification. For example, the growth of the railway network in Germany led to easier access to different resources across the confederation. . 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. Realpolitik. , . 1848-1871. APEURO: Lecture 6A. Mrs. . Kray. Some slide information taken from historysage.com. Failure of the Revolutions of 1848. Failure in German States. Nationalists and liberals of the Frankfurt Parliament failed to get the support of Prussian King Frederick William IV for a unified Germany. Why was German Unification unlikely in 1815?. Lesson Aim:. To have . investigated key factors . to explain why unification was unlikely in 1815. . TASK:. Read . Access p1-4 . to get a flavour of the course. We will go through it as a class as well. . Sections 1-2. Europe 1860. Germany Late 1800s. German Peoples. German-speaking people. Spread through small states. Prussia. Austrian Hapsburg Empire. German Confederation . of states. Impact of Napoleon. : 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 . Nationalism, Unification, and Reform. Bellringer. Objective. Students will understand what led to the unification of Italy and Germany after the revolution of 1848.. Review. The revolutions of 1848 failed in both Germany and Italy. These revolutions were caused by Nationalism.. 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.. German Unification. Brief History. By the 1800s the Germany we know today consisted of 39 . independent . states. The largest was Prussia. These states shared the same culture and industry brought them closer together. 1815-1872. National Spirit among German Speaking People before Napoleon. Before the 19th Century, The German speaking people had no idea of ‘national feeling’. German speaking people occupied Central Europe, but the German states were usually very small (and the Germans there mixed with other races. Issue 3 . G. ermany. . OVERVIEW Issues1-3. GERMANY- SEPARATE. NAPOLEON- 400 STATES- 39 (CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE). NAPOLEON GONE- BUND. AUSTRIA- ANTRI NATIONALIST. PRUSSIA- POWERFUL FREDRICK WILHELM(FR) .