German & Italian Unification

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German & Italian Unification. By : Steve Dunbar Date: 1/30/12 AP World History. The feeling of loyalty and devotion to a nation Could be a cause of war Powerful force during 19 th & 20 th century Could create one nation from separate nations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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German & Italian Unification

By : Steve DunbarDate: 1/30/12AP World History

Nationalism•The feeling of loyalty and devotion to a nation

•Could be a cause of war

•Powerful force during 19th & 20th century

•Could create one nation from separate nations

•Could break up a nation into separate countries

Obstacles to Italian unification

• Italy was a nation divided• It was made up of 9 states - Lombardy & Ventia - Papal states(ones the pope ruled) - Piedmont-Sardinia(biggest one) - Other states were ruled by Austria• Most Italians were illiterate• Geography

Obstacles(continued)

• The Pope was feeling some type of way• No unanimous decisions • No European support

How was Italy get unified?

• Efforts of Mazzini, Cavour & Garabaldi

• Type of Geography

Count Cavour

• Count Camillo di Cavour - Organized Piedmont-Sardinia’s revolt against

Austria - political style was more politics and less

military -Made a newspaper called II Risorgimento in

1847 - Became Prime Minister of Sardinia in 1852

Cavour

• Wanted Austria not to have control over Italy

• Also wanted to unite the peninsula

• So he joined Napoleon in a military coalition• In 1859, piedmont & French armies went to

war

Giuseppe Mazzini

• Member of Carbonari

• He formed Young Italy

• Tried revolution but failed

Garabaldi

• Had a rough life at first

• Organized Risorgimento• 1860-1861 conquered Naples & Sicily -gave to Victor Emmanuel -so he could go home & chill!

Unified Italy

• United Italy was established in 1861• But it was missing Venice & Rome• Venice was added in 1866 after Seven weeks

war• Franco-Prussian War

German Unification

• Before the French Revolution, over 300 German States

• Congress of Vienna• States were very divided

Obstacles to German Unification

• France preferred 39 weak states to one unified nation

• Prussia was a more powerful than Austria

Supporting Unification

• Heinrich von Treitschke, Goethe & Schiller

• Zollverein

• Confederation of the Rhine

The Big Dog: Otto Von Bismarck

• The whole reason for German Unification• Leader of Prussia• Conservative views

German Unification

• Couldn’t persuade Parliament but had a plan

• Joined Austria to attack Denmark

• Prussia controls Schleswig & Holstein

German Unification

• Austria declares war on Prussia in 1866

• Louis Napoleon convinces two leaders

• Ems Dispatch & the rewording

Bismarck’s Plan pays off

• French feel insulted by the Prussians

• France declares war

• William I is Emperor

Similarities

• Before unified, many different states • One powerful Nation that favored unification -Sardinia in Italy, Prussia in Germany• Many secret socities • Successful wars against foreign powers - Sardinia vs Austria , Prussia vs.

France and Austria

Differences

• Germany was more divided than Italy

• Italian unification supported by France somewhat & Great Britain

• German Unification supported by France & Great Britain

Works cited• http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080307092933AAXEHlc• http://www.arcaini.com/ITALY/ItalyHistory/ItalianUnification.htm• http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/

italian_unification_risorgimento_map.html• http://purbeckhumanities.co.uk/2010/11/17/german-unification-

timeline/• http://purbeckhumanities.co.uk/2010/11/15/italian-unification-timeline/