Question

. a) Describes the main stages in the German unification?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

• Nationalist feelings were widespread among the middle class German who in 1848 tried to unite the German confederation into a nation-state governed by an elected parliament.

• This liberal initiative to nation building was suppressed by the combined forces of monarchy and military with the help of large landowners of Prussia ( Junkers).

• Then Prussia took over the leadership of the unification process and it's chief minister Otto

Von Bismarck played a major role in it.

• He carried out the process of unification with the help of Prussian army and bureaucracy.

• Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark and France ended up with Prussian victory . And eventually completed the process of German Unification.

• In 1871 , the Prussian king

Kaiser William I

was proclaimed as the the new German emperor.

Answer 2

Answer:

Otto von Bismarck and the German unification:

1. The middle class Germans in 1848 tried to unite the different regions of the German confederation into a-state.

2. Prussian Chief Minister, Otto Von Bismarck, with the help of the army and bureaucracy carried out the task of unification.

3. Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark and France ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of unification.

4. On 18th January 1871, the Prussian King , Kaiser William-1 was proclaimed German emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in the presence of important officialls, army representatives and Otto von Bismarck.