Title: Unification of Germany and Italy | Sutori
Headings: Unification of Germany and Italy
Unification of Germany and Italy
The Unification of Italy
Long Term Cause: The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Short Term Cause: Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Short Term Cause: The Congress of Vienna (1815)
Giuseppe Mazzini and "Young Italy" (1830s-1840s)
The Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
Camillo di Cavour leads northern Italian states to unite against Austrian control (1859)
Southern Italian states join Sardinia-Piedmont (1860)
Unification of Italy declared (1861)
Italy obtains Venice and Papal States (1866-1870)
The Unification of Germany
Long Term Cause: Nationalism (Early 1800s)
Short Term Cause: Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
Short Term Cause: German Expansion (1860s)
Bismarck becomes Minister of Prussia (1862)
The Danish War and The Seven Weeks War (1864 and 1866)
The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
Unification of Germany Declared (1871)
Wilhelm I Becomes Emperor of Germany (1871)
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Content: Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
These revolutions inspired German nationalists and sparked nationalist ideas in german states, such as Prussia. Short Term Cause: German Expansion (1860s)
After the Revolutions of 1848, many Germans desired to expand further into Europe. German states began to move toward Prussia, as Prussia expanded further east. Bismarck becomes Minister of Prussia (1862)
In 1862, Otto Von Bismarck was appointed Minister of Prussia. Bismarck believed that power was to be gained in any way possible. This meant that he was willing to go to war to gain power and expand Germany. The Danish War and The Seven Weeks War (1864 and 1866)
The Danish War involved the Netherlands and Prussia in a fight over land near Sweden called Schleswig and Holstein. Germany formed an alliance with Austria to conquer two states. Austria gained control of Holstein, which was in German territory, and that sparked war between Germany and Austria.