CAS IR 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Austro-Prussian War, Habsburg Monarchy, German Confederation
12 Oct 2017
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A concise history of modern europe chapter 7. Irredentism: demand for territory belonging to another state (expansionist ambitions). Mazzini, cavour and the unification of italy: before 1860, the italian peninsula was made of a dozen big states and few small ones, since 1814: venetia, tuscany, parma and lombardy belonged to the austrian empire. Il risorgimento (the resurgence): the italian movement for national unification named after a newspaper founded in 1847 by count cavour, the prime minister of sardinia. Bismarck formed the north german confederation: 1870: franco-prussian war lasted 6 weeks and france"s government was destroyed, bismarck proclaimed the new german empire with wilhelm i as the german emperor. Conclusion: poland"s 1830, 1848 and 1863 uprisings failed due to the lack of support from other. European countries: new states of greece, belgium, romania and norwegian were formed - but the irish and.
