History Subject Enrichment Activity- Term 1
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Hey everyone! My name is Ashwitha Gopinath and today we will be talking about the Unification of Germany!
- Nationalist feelings were widespread among middle-class Germans, who in 1848 tried to unite the different regions of the German confederation into a nation-state governed by an elected parliament.
- Oh Yes but however it was repressed by the combined forces of the monarchy and the military, supported by the large landowners (called Junkers) of Prussia.
- Later on, Prussia took on the leadership of the movement for national unification. Its chief minister, Otto von Bismarck, was the architect of this process.
- In the 1860s, Otto von Bismarck, provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, aligning the smaller German and states behind Prussia in its defeat of France.
- Otto von Bismarck
- In January 1871, the Prussian king, William I, was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles. An assembly, compromising the princes of the German states, representatives of the army, important Prussian ministers, including Otto von Bismarck gathered to proclaim the new German Empire.
- The German Empire headed by Kaiser William I of Prussia had demonstrated the dominance of Prussian state power. The new state placed a strong emphasis on modernising the currency, banking, legal and judicial system in Germany. Prussian measures and practices often became a model for the rest of Germany.
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