briefly explain the process of unification of germany .
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Explanation:
NATIONALIST feelings were widespread among middle class Germans who tried to unite the different regions of the German confederation into a National state governed by an elected Parliament.
Liberal initiative to nation building was repressed by the combined forces of the monarchy and the militaiy.
Prussia took on the leadership of the movement for national unification. Its Chief Minister, Mr. Otto Von Bismarck was the architect of this process, which carried out with the help of the Prussian army and bureaucracy.
Three wars over seven years ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of unification.
In January 1871, the Prussian King, William-I, was proclaimed German emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles.
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Explanation:
The process of unification of Germany is given below:
- The newly emerged middle class in Germany in 1848 tried to unite several German kingdoms which were suppressed by monarchies and large landowners into one nation state governed by an elected body.
- Prussia, a German kingdom, took the leadership in uniting various German states. Otto von Bismarck, the Chief Minister of Prussia, aimed to achieve the goal of unification with the help of the Prussian army and the bureaucracy.
- Spread over seven years, the Prussian army with the help of the Austrian, French and Danish armies fought three wars and successfully incorporated all the small German kingdoms. This marked the process of completion of German unification.
- The German unification was completed in 1871 and in the same year William I was declared as the emperor of Germany at the Palace of Versailles.
- The process of the unification of Germany exhibited the power of the Prussian state. Many new reforms were initiated in banking, currency, administration and judiciary in Germany.