Essential+Questions

German territories were made up of small to medium-sized German-speaking states: Austria, and Prussia. The Napoleons convinced Austria under a "lesser-ruling" than France was. Prussia was under partial ruling of both Austria and France. In 1806 the Napoleons (or the French) raided any Prussian land that was in France. This all sparked tension between Germany and France, where the idea of uniting Germany with Prussia was established, promoting the German Unification act.
 * Essential Questions **
 * I. What events promoted German unity in the early 1800's? **

Germany was ruled under a republican (conservative) government. The liberals and their supporters were the ones to declare unity with Prussia. Prussia was ruled under a monarchy, therefore they were conservatives. The difference between the two at the time was that conservatives belived in power over principles and liberals belived in principles and power and declared a change in unity.
 * ﻿II. Explain the difference between a conservative and a liberal during this time period. **

The Congress of Vienna was a confference between the rulers of the German-speaking states and Napoleon. The balance of power are the balance of needs and principles. This effects the German states because they all want power. The way they have to stabilize their new government around that is going to most likely going to change German government into liberalism, due to big changes. But what did the Congress of Vienna do that was so significant? They restored power to the former monarchs, respectively.
 * III. What was the Congress of Vienna? What is Balance of Power? How does this effect the German states? **

Germany needed to somehow have a government connection with Prussia as a starter to the unification process. To start, Prussia created an economic union called the Zollverein. This dropped tariff barriers between Austria, Prussia, and Germany. Soon after, citizens started to demand German unity under one political government. They tried doing so by offering the throne of soon-to-be new Germany to Prussian ruler King William IV, but he turned down the offer.
 * IV. How does economic unity help bring about political unity? **

The term "realpolitik" is a state that bases its government (through politics) on a states needs. Bismark believed that the power of the state was more important than its princaples. Bismark wanted Germany to be a strong, powerful nation, and he used his determination to his advantage by working his way up to the highest official in monarchy government, he had the power to afford payments for a Prussian army. If Gerrmany wanted to defeat France and unite with Prussia, they had to have a strong enough force to.
 * V. Explain realpolitik and provide examples of how Bismark used that to his advantage. **

Bismark wanted to create a Prussian army through government funds, so he made persuasive speech to ask the government to do so, called the "blood and iron" speech. The "blood and iron" speech concluded that the power of Germany is worth fighting for. He stated that speeches and compromises have failed in the past, but it was time for a a fight for land and power. The speech didn't work on the government, however he did scrape up money to build a strong, well equipted army. This impacted the unification act by pathing the way for unity for Prussian victories.
 * VI. What does the famous "blood and iron" speech represent, and how does this further impact the unification act? **

﻿If Prussia wanted to independent, they would have to break away from the Napoleans. They knew that doing this they would have to fight for their own land. After Prussia wins their land back and unite into one, they will unite with Germany, accomplishing the unification process. This needs an explanation of the wars themselves, with Denmark, Austria, and France, etc.
 * VII. How does warfare play a role in the unification process? **

German government was structured around liberal ideas through conservatives decisions. The goverment was split into 2-house legislatures; the "Bundesrat" (whih was made up off the monarchies) whixh was more conservative and the "Reichstag" who was liberal. The Bundesrat was more dominant than the Reichstag, therefore the real power belonged to themonarchy who in this case was King William I.
 * <span style="color: #d22323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">IIV. How was the new German govrnment structured, and who held the real power in the new, unified state? **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Industry grew rapidly as an impact to the unification act. It grew in engineering, science, and electrical studies and inventions, followed by one of the best manufacturing systems and factories. This promoted to economic advancements by the support of government to make new discoveries and invetions leading to bigger buisness. Germany manages well finantially for all classes in society after the unification process.
 * <span style="color: #d22323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">IV. What economic and industrial advancements does Germany make well after the unification process? **


 * <span style="color: #d22323; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">*X. How does Nationalism unify the the people of the German states? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Nationalism is a nation of patriots. Patriots are people who show their loyalty of a nation who fight, saccrifice, and are proud to represent the power of that nation. Prussia and German states united together to fight for their rightful land and power over france through the sacrifice, blood and iron. It was a cause worth fighting for, and this cause was to their country. That is how the patriotism of the Prussians and Germans united them into one nation of Germany. **