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Describe the process of the unification of germany |
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Answer» UNIFICATION OF GERMANY1. Nationlist feelings were widespread among middle class Germans who tried to unite different parts of German into nation state.2. The liberal initative to nation building was repressed by the combined forces of monarchy and the military supported by Junkers. 3. Prussia took on the leadership of the movement for national unification.4. The cheif minister Ottoman Bismarck was the architect of the process carried with the help of Prussian army and Bureacracy.5. Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark, and France ended with Prussian victory and completed the process of unification. Unification of Germany:\tThe newly emerged middle class in Germany in 1848 tried to unite several German kingdoms which were suppressed by monarchies and large landowners into one nation state governed by an elected body.\tPrussia, a German kingdom, took the leadership in uniting various German states. Otto von Bismarck, the Chief Minister of Prussia, aimed to achieve the goal of unification with the help of the Prussian army and the bureaucracy.\tSpread over seven years, the Prussian army with the help of the Austrian, French and Danish armies fought three wars and successfully incorporated all the small German kingdoms. This marked the process of completion of German unification.\tThe German unification was completed in 1871 and in the same year William I was declared as the emperor of Germany at the Palace of Versailles.\tThe process of the unification of Germany exhibited the power of the Prussian state. Many new reforms were initiated in banking, currency, administration and judiciary in Germany. |
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