History Germany Flashcards
why did the chancellor of austria
Klemens von metternich not want to see. germany unfied
he was afraid of a revolt
what did the austrian confederation convince the german states apart of it to
pass censorship laws called karlsbald decrees
what laws were passed in 1832
the six acts which were thighter censorship
what did Fredrick William the 4th do when he became king of prussia
realsed political prisoners and and abolished cencornship (after 3 years he undoes it)
what did prussia do in 1819
start the Prussian Customs Union wich meant all international customs barriers were disabled and there was standardized currency and weights used
what happened in 1848
some small revolted and there were peacefull protests
what happened on march 18
frendrick william accepted the idea of a new german constitution, shots were fired into the crowd and 300 rioters were killed
what did fredrick william do in responce to march 18th
he sent out a leter called my dear berliners
what happened at the frankfurt assebley
the assembly wanted Schleswig and Holstein to join new Germany but Denmark did not and started blockading german harbors
what happened after the assambelys falurie with denmark
the people revolted and murdered 2
what did the frankfurt parilment try to do
offer fredrick william the throne to germany
what did fredrick william respond to the offer of the crown
he said no
what were the 2 coelitions in germany in 1850
the Prussian dominated erfurt union and the frankfurt diet wich was Austrian dominated
what happpened at the treaty of olmutz
a area in the erfurt union requested help with an uprising from austria. Erfurt sent. troops as well as frankfurt and erfurt had to back down because of threat of russian involment.
what did prussia do in response to the treaty of olmutz
dissolve the erfurt union
what did the cheif minister do to strenghten prussia
improve living conditions, increased censorship, increase industial production and trade.
how did bismarck bring about austrias defeat in 1866
he took controll of the army,built good relations with russia,he tricked austria into giving him danish land,Austria was dealing with revolts in italy,he ensured the army had money, made prussian railoads making them faster
How did bismarck bring about frances defeat in 1870
uspet napollean the 3rd over the sale of luxemborg, persuaded leopold wilhelms cousin to take the throne of spain but he was too scared,altered wilhelms letter and published it to start a fight with france,had better railroads for faster mobilization
how was bismarck responsible for the unification of germany
put prussia in a dominant postioin,built up relations with neighboring countries, ensured prussia was in a better postion than austria,manipulated sitiuations to portay the other country as the agressor,with france attacking states helped prussia and that helped make the states into a postion where they have to stay togheter
