Based on your observations of the maps, describe the German Confederation and the Italian peninsula politically. How might nationalist beliefs influence the political history of the places depicted in these two maps? In your opinion, would the unification of Germany and Italy have been a force for progress or decline? Why might unification of Germany and Italy be considered an example of modernity?
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Capital
Frankfurt
Common languages
German Italian Low German Czech Slovene Polish Limburgish and others
Religion
Roman Catholic, Protestant
Head of the Präsidialmacht Austria
• 1815–1835
Francis I
• 1835–1848
Ferdinand I
• 1850–1866
Franz Joseph I
Legislature
Federal Convention
History
• Constitution adopted
8 June 1815
• German Revolutions
13 March 1848
• Punctation of Olmütz
29 November 1850
• Austro-Prussian War
14 June 1866
• Peace of Prague
23 August 1866
Area
1815
630,100 km2 (243,300 sq mi)
Population
• 1815
29,200,000
Currency
Reichsthaler (to 1857)
Conventionsthaler (to 1857)
Vereinsthaler (from 1857)
ISO 3166 code
DE
Preceded by Succeeded by
Confederation of the Rhine
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
North German Confederation
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Württemberg
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Principality of Liechtenstein
Today part of
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Slovenia
Boundaries of the German Confederation with Prussia in blue, Austria in yellow, and the rest in grey
The Confederation was weakened by rivalry between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire and the inability of its multiple members to compromise. The German revolutions of 1848–49, motivated by liberal, democratic, socialist and nationalist sentiments, attempted to transform the Confederation into a unified German federal state with a liberal constitution (usually called the Frankfurt Constitution in English). The ruling body of the Confederation, the Confederate Diet, was dissolved on 12 July 1848, but was re-established in 1850 after the revolution was crushed by Austria, Prussia and other states.[3]
The Confederation was finally dissolved after the victory of the Kingdom of Prussia in the Seven Weeks' War over the Austrian Empire in 1866. The dispute over which had the inherent right to rule German lands ended in favour of Prussia, leading to the creation of the North German Confederation under Prussian
Whereas Camillo di Cavour directed Italian unification, a Junker (the Prussian name for an aristocratic landowner from old Prussia in the east) named Otto von Bismarck pushed German unification through "blood and iron" and skillful understanding of realpolitik.
Franco-German War, also called Franco-Prussian War, (July 19, 1870–May 10, 1871), war in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France. ... The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified