... one banner. Prussia is blessed with opportunities and strength, troubled by an already fading great power, the Austrian empire and the glory of the French empire, desperate to assert dominance over the German states. While the growth of nationalism in the German states following both the industrial revolution and ... be France " the second obstacle to a unified Germany. He needed Austrian support in the future if he was to face the French army but still had to make sure Austria cannot interfere in German matters. In 1866 Prussia went to war with Austria over the unresolved Schleswig ......

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... and leadership, which earned him an instant reputation. Having tasted glory, he could never do with out it. In 1799, he was leading a French army in Egypt when he decided to return to France and make his bid for power. He joined a conspiracy that overthrew the Directory and created an ... right to name his successor. On December 2, 1804, in a magnificent ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of the French. General, first consul, and then emperor, it was a breathless climb to the heights of power. He was determined never to lose his power. He w...

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... give any such thing. Bismarck published what has come to be known the Ems Dispatch, an edited account of the proceedings, engineered to enrage the French. It worked to perfection, France declared war on Germany on July 19, 1870. This war, the Franco-Prussian was much larger than either of the ... afterwards the Germans began their march of Paris, MacMahon and Napoleon III were captured at Sedan, a fiasco of an attempt to rescue Bazaine. When the French heard of the disaster at Sedan, they deposed Napoleon III as their emperor and set up a provincial government run by the army for the defe...

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... war lasted for seven years from 1756 to 1763, it is called as the Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, the European counterpart to the French and Indian War (1754-1763), began officially between France and England on May 15, 1756, when the latter made a formal declaration of war. Actually ... , fighting had been going on in America for two years and that was called the French and Indian War. The fighting that was occurring halfway across the world in India was called the Third Carnatic War. The Seven Years" War involved ... Ohio Valley, the third major party in the Seven Years" War, t...

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... what the Treaty of Versailles had to include, the treaty included parts of what every country wanted in it. The treaty is named after the French palace where leaders met and discussed ways of leadership and general discussion. This shows that the defeated countries were indeed in this position of Germany, ... the peace treaty was drawn up by David Lloyd George (The British Prime Minister), Woodrow Wilson (The US president) and also Georges Clemenceau (The French Prime Minister). From the decisions made, Germany had lost everything She was asked to pay £6600 million for the damage cause...

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... part of Poland, further helped Bismarck's cause; the Russian army crushed the revolt with severity, this led to harsh criticism on the part of the French with regard their handling of the Polish affair, and made any future cooperation between the two very unlikely, therefore lessening the chance of a major international ... a national outcry in France which led to William I persuading Leopold to withdraw to prevent a war. The "French arrogance" (as Bismarck called it) however, caused assurances to be demanded of King William by a French ambassador, which he was not prepared to give. The r...

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... as "non-political" as possible, with their non-political attitude usually clouding an authoritarian and conservative bias. In short, the German constitutional order after 1871 differed significantly from American and French political culture in which constitutions were directed "by the will of the people." Bismarck saw the German constitution and the Reichstag as granted by the German princes, a "gift" they ... natural protective walls existed. His foreign policy therefore remained cautious and peaceful. He considered Germany a saturated state. The loss of Alsace and Lorraine and the h...

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... by supporters of democratic reform. This directly led to the formation of the second republic after King Louis Philippe fled to England. The French revolution began. This was the starting point of the 1848 Revolutions, because at that time, France was the most important country in ... encouraged other countries. Soon after, revolutions broke out all over Spain, Italy, Germany, the Austrian Empire and many other places. The French Revolution has spread out the idea of liberalism. The 1848 Revolutions were based on the idea of liberalism and Nationalism. Either independence of their ... n...

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... bond a united Germany. In 1896 there was a quarrel between Prussia and France over who should be the next king of Spain. The French foreign minister organized for a meeting between the Prussian King and the French ambassador at Ems. The French wanted a promise that in the future there should never be another member of the Prussian royal family on the Throne of Spain and ... meeting was aggressive. The public was outraged and declared war. Much to the surprise of the French and other observers, the Prussian forces easily overcame the French army. Von Moltke was an exceptional commander a...

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... practical) to require the drafters to accept or even to promote nationalism when one takes into consideration: a) their social origin and class interests b) Austrian position c) Nationalism was related to the French Rev and it had to be suppressed. 3 Hindrances of implementing nationalism in 1815 (Seaman): a) Germany 1) localism was stronger than nationalism 2) a unification by force would be impossible and certainly ... war-weariness of the people. 3) Britain and austria were hostile toward a united Germany. b) Italy 1) the strength of localism 2) a united Italy would disturb the balan...

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... territory of the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II was declared king of Italy. Unification was not completed until Italy gained Venetia in the Seven Weeks" War of 1866 and when French troops were recalled from Rome. The Congress of Vienna gave Prussia much important territory. Germany's first major step toward unity concerned the economy. Tariffs increased the price of the goods ... it united itself and gained land. Bismarck tricked Napoleon into declaring war on Prussia. Bismarck then used this as an excuse and converted rival German states into allies against the French. German states ...

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... to take a matter this important into their hands. With the telegram he received, he decisively changed the text around to make it look the French Ambassador and King William I exchanged indecorous remarks towards one another. This angered the French, and taking the bait like Bismarck hoped, they declared war. With previous alliances with the Southern German states, they quickly voted to join ... the North in the fight against the French. With the French defeated and the German Empire declared, Bismarck was at the height of his power in Europe. Taking a better look at the final task he a...

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... Prussian Hohenzollern family. France vehemently opposed such a successor because it feared encirclement through Prussia, and wanted to place a member of the Bourbon family on the Spanish throne instead. When the French ambassador Comte Benedetti approached King Wilhelm I about the matter and asked for Prince Leopold to decline the throne, Wilhelm was willing to do this. However when Benedetti demanded that no ... to secure neutrality of all major European powers. Austria was still appeased due to the kind Prussian settlements, Russia was not interested in western matters, Italy was inte...

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... territory of the Papal States. Victor Emmanuel II was declared king of Italy. Unification was not completed until Italy gained Venetia in the Seven Weeks" War of 1866 and when French troops were recalled from Rome. The Congress of Vienna gave Prussia much important territory. Germany's first major step toward unity concerned the economy. Tariffs increased the price of the goods ... it united itself and gained land. Bismarck tricked Napoleon into declaring war on Prussia. Bismarck then used this as an excuse and converted rival German states into allies against the French. German states ...

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... , payment would be adjusted to Germany's capacity to pay. As part of the plan, Germany was to receive an immediate loan and the French occupation of the Ruhr ceased. The acceptance of the Dawes plan along with French agreement to leave the industrial heartland of Germany marked the beginning of a period of economic growth and success. The reduction in the burden of ... improve relations with France, the 'old enemy'. The result was the treaty of Loranco, signed between France, Germany, Belgium, Britain and Italy in October 1925. The treaty guaranteed the French-German and the German-...

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... Napoleon thought must surely be a long power struggle between them, and so were to remain neutral. However the Austro-Prussian war ended quickly in a decisive victory for Austria, leaving the French, the last major power Bismarck would have to deal with, feeling vulnerable and threatened by the decisive power shift. Again it was Bismarck's influence that provoked the final step to ... war, with him having an edited version of the Ems telegraph published so that the French Ambassador was humiliated. The French public would tolerate no more, Napoleon had to react or his public would have ...

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... with France would drive the southern states into German owned land. But France declared war on Prussia to teach Germany a lesson. Germany and Austria were united and they destroyed the French army at Sedan and eventually France surrendered, and accepted Bismarck's harsh peace terms. The south German states agreed to join the German Empire and William I was declared the emperor of ... later East Africa. France took parts of West and Central Africa. Later the British took Sudan and it exemplified the process of the empire building in Africa. In Asia the French took Indonesia and the Dutch...

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... like Prussia. The fact that the smaller states would come to the aide of Prussia if she were attacked shows that Bismarck was aware that war with Napoleon and his French army was inevitable and this means that everything Bismarck does after this is done with a mind to win the war. The fact that the situation had developed to the point ... where war had became inevitable was due as much to the clumsy and incautious way that the French government handled the issue as it was to Bismarck's planning and actions. However Bismarck's planning and actions did bring about another milestone in the...

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... set at 6,600 million pounds. Germany made the first payment of the reparations in 1921 and in 1922 Germany failed to pay the second instalment to France and Belgium. The French refused to believe that Germany did not have the money and decided to take what they were owed by force. They invaded the Ruhr valley, Germany's richest industrial area. Within ... days the French had taken over coal mines, railways, factories and steelworks. The German government called on the Germans to passively resist the French. The shut down of the richest industrial region of Germany brought an economic cr...

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... do with unifying all of the people and land in Italy. Cavour's policy was to secure for the Kingdom of Sardinia the diplomatic and military support of Napoleon III, the French emperor. The people of Italy had a series of elections in 1859 and 1860 to vote on all of the northern states in Italy, with the exception of Venetia, to join ... unification of Italy. The people of Haiti responsible for the revolt against the Europeans were slaves. Lead by Toussant L"Overture, the slaves thought of how to unite and defeat the French, who took control of the island. Since they were all of the same...

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... before 1815 as In 1792 France conquered "Germany" and instead of going in and taking over France decided to provide, "fraternity and assistance" to all who wanted liberty. Napoleon, the French Emperor, reorganised "Germany" from around 300 small states into about 30 much larger states to protect France from her enemy Russia and also so that "Germany" was much easier to ... than before when they were ruled be Germans they were still being controlled by France in not being allowed to trade with Britain and having to provide soldiers for the French army. The German people did not like this...

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... pre-war boundaries. The countries that were involved in the battle of Leipzig (Russia, Prussia, Britain and Austria) were main players in the congress. Land that was part of the French Empire was doled out to each major power to ensure no power became too large. The Congress also created the German Confederation. After the Congress of Vienna, four Major players ... to Italy that was intended to be "intercepted" by Austria. The message stated, Prussia wishes Italy to help them in a defensive war against Austria. Bismarck then sent a letter to the French king saying he was willing to trad...

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... he really wasn't. He was from Britain and they let him lie, so they could feel proud of him and their country. ~Treaty of Versailles~ In 1917, along with the French and British, the United States joined. On November 11 1918, all of the countries signed a paper saying that they would all talk/consider peace. In June 2 (or 22 for that ... all in Versailles, France). After this treaty was signed, Germany was forced to sign a War Guilt Clause saying they caused the war. If they didn't sign the War Guilt, the French and British said they would start war again on Germany. Germany had to pay f...

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... Germany there was a positive example of Nationalism. Nationalism was why Germany was eventually unified as one state. Before unification Germany was broken into many states. At the time Napoleon was a French emperor and took over Germany in attempt to unify them. The invasions that Napoleon inspired Germans and they began to demand a unified German state. As a result the German confederation was ... reparations and workers, which caused massive inflation. Germanys economy did recover in 1924 but was very short lived. The economy was improving with loans from America and the withdrawal o...

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... Settlement 1814-1815, and to discuss the maintenance of order in Europe which was destroyed by the Napoleon Wars which lasted for over 20 years. In the year 1789, the French revolution broke out, a series of revolutionary wars began, leading to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. By 1808, Napoleon had gained control of almost all of Europe. During his reign, the ... a response to revolts in Spain, Portugal, Piedmont and Naples Congress of Laibach 1821, where Austria and Russia were ready to send soldiers against Italian revolts. Congress of Verona 1822 , when French troops were used against...

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