Causes of Ger Unification

Question 1

Economic factors?

Answer 1

• Von Roon reforms
• Reichstag loop-hle to allow military spending increase

Question 2

Bismarck Domestic policy?

Answer 2

• Zollverein makes Prussia the dominant economic power –> dominant military power
• Zv crates a model for Prussian-dominated Germany
• Zollparliament gives an experience of a German legislativeunion that itsn’t Metternich dominated diet

Question 3

Bismarck Foreign Policy?

Answer 3

• Ems Telegram - Hohenzollern candidacy for throne in Luxembourg and Spain
• Treaty of Prague - end of Austro-Prussian war
• Does not punish Aus even though they are comprehensively defeated
• Allows Prussia to maintain a close diplomatic relationship with Austria and the southern states who supported Austria
• Also territorially allows Pr to benefit military and economically
• Secret agreement in the treaty of Prague that binds Prussia and Northern Germany with the southern states military in case of a foreign invader
• Gets neutrality from Britain and Italy against France
• Allows the military and economic of Prussia not to be wasted in a massive war
• Neutrality is clearly demonstrative of planning and Bismarck being in control –> Also secures neutrality of France in ‘66