Prior to the unification of Germany there was the French Revolution, which is what gave them the desire to have a unified state. In 1792 France drafted soldiers in order to ensure the success of a battle. They were able to draft soldiers because people in France had a since of pride and were proud to serve and die defending their country versus how they felt prior to nationalism where they would rather die for money than to die for France. The Congress of Vienna in 1815 put Europe back together and reinstated diplomacy within the European nations.
Prior to the Industrial Revolution Britain and France were nation states with capitals, united languages, measurements, etc. However, Italy and Germany at this time were ruptured states. Italy in particular was made up of lots of small nation states. Britain and France, however had no problem with states that were broken up because it meant there was less threat toward their countries because no one nation state is large enough to take Britain or France.
Germany used the Romantic idea as their basis for becoming a unified state, despite the fact that at the Congress of Vienna not approve Germany to unify because as far a peacemakers were concerned, it was better for them if Germany was broken up into smaller nation states. Bismark was a German statesman who was responsible for the German Empire in 1871. He used his ability to persuade people to his advantage and made allies with a lot of the European countries without each one of them knowing about the other. Bismark essentially started the war between France and Prussia. After King William I of Prussia met with the French ambassador, William sent a telegram to Bismark outlining all of what they had talked about. Before allowing the telegram to go public Bismark edited out certain parts of it and made it seem as though William was being rude and condescending to the French ambassador. Now this was a huge insult to the French people because by this point France had a high since of national pride and the citizens of France felt as though it was demeaning to their country. A short six days later France declares war on Prussia in 1870, thus giving Bismark exactly what he wanted. By 1871 Germany has become unified and rose as an empire state. (http://www.ssa.gov/history/ottob.html)
In the 1820's Italy began rallying together to make their state unified. Garibaldi was the pushing force behind this rally. Not only did he mobilize Northern Italy armies to move down toward the Papal states in order to unify Southern Italy. All the way up to the Papal states in Italy became unified. Garibaldi's invasion of the Two Sicily's is what is attributed to the beginning of the unification of Italy. Garibaldi went in with only one thousand of his Red Shirts on May 5th and finally made it into the chief city of Sicily on May 31st. He was like a god to the Italian people and when he would go out people would flock toward him hoping to kiss his hand. The Italian people needed a leader who would bring them toward nationalism and Garibaldi did that for Italy much like Bismark did it for Germany. (http://www.reformation.org/garibaldi.html)
WWI had three main causes. They were the Alliance system, the Scramble for Africa, and the idea of integration and identity, meaning nationalism. First off, at this time there were two groupings of countries. There was the Triple Alliance which consisted of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, and there was the Triple Entente which consisted of France, Russia, and Great Britain. The Triple Alliance and Triple Entente gave each European country two other countries that would have their backs in case a country from the other group tried to attack them. However, these Alliance systems were one of the causes of WWI because it put countries such as Russia and Germany on opposite sides which gave The Triple Entente and advantage over The Triple Alliance because they could have what is known as a two front war with Germany because both of them touch it. The Scramble for Africa was also another cause of WWI because this is defined as European countries trying to expand their states, therefore creating competition to see who could get to the land first and also who could get the most land and be the largest and strongest European state. The idea of integration and identity in the form of nationalism was also a cause of WWI because people within these countries were so willing to fight and protect their nation that European countries didn't have any problems finding soldiers which made it easier and quicker to form armies. Although these were all causes in the start of WWI, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 was the event that set off the European nations and starting WWI.
In the 1820's Italy began rallying together to make their state unified. Garibaldi was the pushing force behind this rally. Not only did he mobilize Northern Italy armies to move down toward the Papal states in order to unify Southern Italy. All the way up to the Papal states in Italy became unified. Garibaldi's invasion of the Two Sicily's is what is attributed to the beginning of the unification of Italy. Garibaldi went in with only one thousand of his Red Shirts on May 5th and finally made it into the chief city of Sicily on May 31st. He was like a god to the Italian people and when he would go out people would flock toward him hoping to kiss his hand. The Italian people needed a leader who would bring them toward nationalism and Garibaldi did that for Italy much like Bismark did it for Germany. (http://www.reformation.org/garibaldi.html)
WWI had three main causes. They were the Alliance system, the Scramble for Africa, and the idea of integration and identity, meaning nationalism. First off, at this time there were two groupings of countries. There was the Triple Alliance which consisted of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, and there was the Triple Entente which consisted of France, Russia, and Great Britain. The Triple Alliance and Triple Entente gave each European country two other countries that would have their backs in case a country from the other group tried to attack them. However, these Alliance systems were one of the causes of WWI because it put countries such as Russia and Germany on opposite sides which gave The Triple Entente and advantage over The Triple Alliance because they could have what is known as a two front war with Germany because both of them touch it. The Scramble for Africa was also another cause of WWI because this is defined as European countries trying to expand their states, therefore creating competition to see who could get to the land first and also who could get the most land and be the largest and strongest European state. The idea of integration and identity in the form of nationalism was also a cause of WWI because people within these countries were so willing to fight and protect their nation that European countries didn't have any problems finding soldiers which made it easier and quicker to form armies. Although these were all causes in the start of WWI, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 was the event that set off the European nations and starting WWI. Week 11 Blog: Casey Ladner, Jacelyn Tebia, Amanda Hammack, Erica Burgess
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