... to Prussia. He supported the monarchy and would fight to keep the authority the Prussian King had. Prior to Bismarck's chancellorship, he served as the Prussian representative in the Frankfurt Diet of the German Confederation. As his popularity grew through the Prussian government, he became ambassador to Russia, and shortly after he became the ambassador to Paris. This was his last ... as a hero for many reasons. The first reason is his personality and the views that he had at the time with the world. As he became part of the Frankfurt Diet as Prussia's representative, he could sense t...

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... Prussia in control and all powerful. He was hard and ruthless and earned the nickname of "the Iron Chancellor" (Pflanze, 1990, p90). In 1847, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, summoned a United Diet to consider new taxes where Bismarck appeared as a staunch supporter. By 1814, he participated in the camarilla of reactionaries close to the King, and was appointed as Prussian envoy to ... the diet of the German confederation as a reward for his efforts. Bismarck served in Frankfurt until 1859 where he was posted as ambassador to St.Petersburg before being appointed as Prussian prime ... ...

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... his men. I quote Crown Prince Wilhelm :Each of us must keep himself fit for arms and also prepared in his mind for the great solemn hour when the Emperor calls us to the standard - the hour when we no longer belong to ourselves, but to the Fatherland with all the forces of our mind and our body; for all these faculties must ... ...

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... government should be preserved. Bismarck shunned liberal, socialist, and democratic tendencies as "subversive of civic duty and discipline." (Kimmich 14) In 1851, Bismarck was appointed as a Prussian delegate to the Diet of German Confederation at Frankfurt. Giving him insight into German and European politics, (14) Bismarck worked with delegates of the forty-seven states of the German Confederations. Bismarck soon discovered ... ...

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... a rich family he lived and died a pauper. His family hardley had enough food to survive and two of his children died "a scarifice to bourgeois misery." Many times the exsisted on a diet of potatoes and bread. Only once in his life did he work for money and that was a the European coresspondant for the New York Tribune. His children learned to lie ... ...

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... ." How far did the Vienna Settlement ignore the force of liberalism? A) liberalism was not entirely ignored as shown in the following examples: 1) Poland was given a constitution 2) The Finnish Constitution 3) The Diet at Frankfurt of the German Confederation 4) 1814 Charter of France B) Reasons for limited achievement in liberalism: 1) Liberalism was not that popular in 1815. 2) It was impossible to force a political system ... ...

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... who argued that the State "has the supreme right against the individual, whose supreme duty is to be a member of the State."" Hegel foresaw in the early 1800's that "Germany's hour- would come and that the country's mission would be to redevelop the world. A German hero would complete this mission (Landry). Like Hegel, another German philosopher more directly portrayed the conventionality ... ...

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... now been broken and as a result Bismark declares war against Austria. This war included four principle battles. The first battle was the battle of Custozza and took place on June 24, 1866. This battle was fought on Italian soil and was led by Bismarck's ally Victor Emmauel II. The Austrians were led by field marshel Josef Radetzky. The battle of Custozza ... ...

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