Age of Nationalism and Realism 02/03/2011

Changes 1850-1871
Napoleon the 3rd
 President in 1848
 Changes himself into a emperor; he is a liberal monarch
o Liberal monarch=lots change and reform, gives people some “fake” power, he is the monarch
 Makes lots of changes
o Dissolves the republic
o Helps the infrastructure of the city to stimulate the economy
o Brings in the industrial revolution to France
o Restored male suffrage- so that people feel they have power
o Rebuilds Paris so that he can control the troops (Housman was the architect of the changes)
o Creates hospital and free Medicare
o Legalizes unions
 These are all social laws, trying to appease the mass
Crimean war 1854-1856
 Russian v. Ottoman empire, France, Britain, Austria (stays out)
 Russia wanted to attack Ottoman empire because they wanted to control the trade out west
 Ottoman is weakening; so the Russian attack citing a fake reason to start a war
o Russia really motivated because they want to get a warm watter port
 Britain sides with Ottomans because they want to keep the balance of powers
 France comes in with the ottomans with hopes to gain some land
 Austria was supposed to come to Russia aid, but they don’t: dissolves the concert of Europe;
Conservative Order is ended
 Because the alliance is no more; Middle countries try to unite
 Congress of Vienna means nothing and are annul
 Medicine sucks and needs to be improved in Russia
 Women become involved in medicine
Italian Unification
North:
What were the force towards unification?
 Nationalism
 Austrians and other countries are occupying Italy
 Wants to grow the economy and the military; to do that he needs more land
Forces against unification?
 All these countries occupying believe that they are protecting the pope
 The Papal states are going against Italy
Who were the major people?
 Cavour in Pidemonte; prime minister for king victor Emmanuel 2nd
What kind of Government did they desire?
 Constitutional Monarchy government
What was the role of France?
South:
What were the force towards unification?
 Nationalism
Forces against unification?
Who were the major people?
 Garibaldi
What kind of Government did they desire?
 Democratic monarchy
What was the role of France?
 Cavour and Garibaldi unite together with the papal states to protect
 Garibaldi retires so that there is not a civil war; Victor Emmanuel becomes the first King of Italy and
Cavour is the prime minister
Prussia:
The make the Zolluerein
 Trades system to different German States
Bismarck
 He was a Prussian delegate and ventually became the Prussian Minister
 William the 1st is who he serves
 Goals is to unite Prussia and the German states for economic reasons
Wars
 Danes are in Denmark; Danish Wars
 Internal rebellions; Prussian and Austrian should go in and take over Denmark and split up territories
 After that he goes into Austria, making sure that France wont attack
o Promise the French the Austrian territory in Italy
 Prussian win against Austria
 Franco – Prussia 1870-71
o He goes in saying there is a Spanish succession problem
o Britain and Russian are concerned, but he tricks them all into not fighting
o Prussia wins
o William the 1st is crowned in France in Versailles; to embarrass the French
 Austria is completely humiliated and France too
 Allows Italy to unite
German Unification
Bismark