Q1- What steps French revolutionaries took to create a sense of collective identity among the French people?
Q2- What does the crown on allegory of ‘Germania’ signify?
Q3- Who was the architect of Germany’s unification?
Q4- Briefly explain the process of German unification.
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Answer:
Ans-1) Measures were introduced by the French revolutionaries to create a sense of collective identity amongst people were: A new French flag, the tricolor, replaced the former royal standard. The Estates-General was elected by the body of active citizens and was renamed the National Assembly.
Ans-2) The crown on allegory of 'Germania' signifies Heroism. Later it became the allegory of the German Nation. Germania wears a crown of oak leaves as the German oak stand for heroism.
Ans-3) Otto von Bismarck
In the 1860s, Otto von Bismarck, then Minister-President of Prussia, provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, aligning the smaller German states behind Prussia in its defeat of France. In 1871 he unified Germany into a nation-state, forming the German Empire.
Ans-4) the process of unification succeeded when Prussia defeated Austria, Denmark, and France in a war. This war of seven years ended up with the victory of Prussia. Later the Prussian king William I became the emperor. The efforts were made towards the modernization of the currency, banking, and judicial systems of Germany.