HIST 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Unification Of Germany, Italian Unification, German Confederation
1 Oct 2016
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By 1851, almost all of the constitutions approved in 1848 have been withdrawn. Hunting laws not reinstated in most places o. Beginning of a slow decline of aristocratic power. Between 1841 and 1914, 4. 5 million germans emigrated. 4 million of these emigrants went to the united states. A million new buildings built in prussia: mainly factories and public buildings o. 25% of all investment went into railway development. People join clubs to secretly discuss politics after the club"s event. Lifted censorship, appointed less conservative (though still very conservative) ministers. Catholicism vs protestantism: austria is catholic o. Economic growth: austria is not undergoing the same economic book prussia is. Crimean war, italian unification both mean losses for austria: austria went to intervene, prussia stayed neutral. Smaller states liked the fact the prussia stayed neutral. Tensions between liberals and wilhelm i, 1861. Expand the army and increase the period of service from 2-3 years.
