FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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the unification of nations such as Germany and Italy
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the actions taken by the Congress of Vienna
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the colonization of Africa by European nations
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the spread of Napoleon’s empire across Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bismarck initiated a war with Austria known as the Seven Weeks War that brought Prussia more territory. He next helped to engineer a conflict with France over border states in 1870. This became the Franco-Prussian War and the Prussian victory was the final piece to unifying the German state.
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon’s conquests stirred feelings of nationalism in that people began to experience a new sense of unity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inspired by the rebellions in the 1820s and 1830s against the outcome of the Congress of Vienna, the unification process was precipitated by the Revolutions of 1848, and reached completion in 1871 after the Capture of Rome and its designation as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bismarck went to war against Denmark, Austria, and France to gain land to add to his state. He appealed to nationalistic feelings and identity of the German people to get support for took about twelve years to unite these regions into a single country. By unifying, Germany and Italy each became a nation-state.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Franco-Austrian War of 1859 was the agent that began the physical process of Italian unification. The Austrians were defeated by the French and Piedmontese at Magenta and Solferino, and thus relinquished Lombardy. By the end of the year Lombardy was added to the holdings of Piedmont-Sardinia.