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Austrian armies got Napoleon. The emperor of the austrians was Francis II.
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From 1805 to 1815.
This powerful empire had two main states which were important
Austria and Prussia
At this time a german was considerate the person that
-spoke german
-had similar artistic heritage
-Definitely was not french! -
The Congress of Viena:
-Punished France
-Partitioned Poland
-Established a balance of power
This Congress led to the German Confederation in 1819. -
It was an advanced organisation which:
-removed tariffs
-standarised weight
-increased the Prussian influence -
From 1830- 1848 the was a period of liberalism.
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There were riots that broke out because hungarians tried to independce from Austria.
Another people met in the parliament of Frankfurt and formed the Crown of Germany but the king refused the power for the Prussians because he was liberalist -
This parliament had:
Ideas about Germany: -Grobdeutschland which means large Germany
-Kleindeutschland which means small Germany While Austria was loosing power defeated by France, Prussia was gaining.
Whilhen was followed by Bismack. He had several goals
-Unify northern Germany
-Weaken the liberalism in Prussia -
From 1850 to 1864 there was a period of nationalism.
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Denmark was defeted by Prussia and Austria
When Denmark was taken the land was divided to Austria and Prussia but Prussia has problems to get there so they were frustrated -
During this war Prussia won amd formed the North German Confederation.
During this period the Ems Telegram were created in which Austria wanted to conquer Spain because they have lost power -
France fought Prussia.
During this war France had a new revolution.
Abroad, in Germany, the small states couldn't have power and got conquered and controlled by Prussia. By this way, Catholic dominated.
Unified Germany gain importance with the population bum. -
A republic Germany was created