... . With their haste, the German armies quickly beat back the French leading to the Battle of Sedan, the Siege of Metz that followed would be the defeat of the French army and the humiliating capture of Napoleon III. The war was not over however until five months later following the Siege of Paris and the German states proclaimed the North German Confederation into the German Empire and crowned Wilhelm III as the German Emperor. I do ... not believe that the unification of the German ... ...

• Word Count: 1378
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and expand civil liberties, he couldn't expand without a powerful ally. Austria was in the north and Sardinia was small and weak against Austria, so Cavour formed a secret alliance with Napoleon III in July of 1858. Cavour goaded Austria into attacking Sardinia and got the help from Napoleon to push Austria out of the north, expanding Sardinia. But Napoleon was worried for criticism for supporting ... the pope's declared enemy, so he made a peace with Austria and granted only Lombardi and ... their landlords. Garibaldi won and he marched towards Naples. Cavour realized that if Garibaldi ...

• Word Count: 1851
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... be reformed without Austrian interference. Bismarck's political skill surfaced again when his diplomatic manoeuvres persuaded Emperor Napoleon III to remain neutral, playing on his want of land for France, and then by the signing of a treaty with Italy that would commit Austria to fighting on two front in the almost inevitable event of war. Bismarck then waited for a suitable pretext-a fault on ... only one job - to find an enemy (or a cause) against which all of the German States, north and south, could unite and be rallied. This enemy quickly turned out to be France; following the deci...

• Word Count: 1515
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

... neither defend their territory nor protect their people or their interests. The conflicting religious ideologies of the 16th century nearly destroyed France and sparked murderous conflict in the Netherlands and Germany. Many feared that Europe was becoming ungovernable. The massacres of Catholic Henry III of France 1589, Protestant William the Silent of the Dutch Republic 1584, and Protestant turned Catholic Henry IV of France ... 1610 after 19 failed attempts, as well as countless massacres and wars provoked by religious differences, impelled a new approach to governing. One of the new ...

• Word Count: 1362
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and artists, Germany, more than any other state in Europe, had a history of militarism that ran deep. Great warriors like Frederick III inspired the creation of 18th and 19th century Prussia, laying the roots of 20th century Germany. The Prussian state was put together on the design of conquest and was lead by a cruelly disciplined army and a narrow bureaucracy that strictly followed commands without question ... both of these things (Jochen, Effects of World War I). Now people were left no alternative but Hitler's dictatorship. They blamed the democrats of the Weimar Republic who betra...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... straw for Austria they then launched a "pre-emptive strike" against Prussia. The final step to German Unification was to go to war with France, one of the greatest powers. Again, he sent an offensive telegram about France that was supposed to be from William l. This made the French extremely upset and they (Napoleon III) declared war just as Prussia had hoped. This war was ... the end of all wars because this gave Bismarck the opportunity to get the support off the German Princes to achieve a United Germany. Italian Unification was based mainly on lucky breaks and ... opportunism. On t...

• Word Count: 1279
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... and restricted in so many states. They longed for a sense of national identity and pride, and felt that they deserved a fatherland just as the British and French had theirs. Economically, the drawbacks of the great number of states were more than apparent. Each state had its own system of customs and tariffs, thus making trade between states difficult and ... Prussia incorporated a good deal of territory adjoining it, forming the North German Confederation, the first section of a politically unified Germany. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 was the final step towards the unification of G...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate