NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Naples and Venetia
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Russia and Sweden
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Prussia and Austria
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Detailed explanation-1: -Austria and Prussia were the most powerful states in the Holy Roman Empire by the 18th and 19th centuries and had engaged in a struggle for supremacy in Germany. The rivalry was characterized by major territorial conflicts and economic, cultural and political aspects.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia were the largest and by far the most powerful members of the Confederation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The German Confederation was dissolved, and Prussia impelled the 21 states north of the Main River into forming the North German Confederation. Prussia was the dominant state in the new confederation, as the kingdom comprised almost four-fifths of the new state’s territory and population.
Detailed explanation-4: -But the purpose was also to limit the power of the two strongest German states-Prussia and the Austrian Empire-by balancing them against each other. Their rivalry eventually destroyed the Confederation.
Detailed explanation-5: -With the decisive defeat of Austria, Prussia was now the sole power in Germany.