Austria and Prussia were rivals. ... As a chance of mere coincidence Prussia being second in charge of the Bund protested and played a constant threat to Austria. Prussia had significantly a strong government, powerful army, treasury, economy and an infrastructure all the necessities that are vital and definitive to lead unification: the five essentials to lead a nation. ... However Austria was essentially totally antagonistically hostile to liberalism and nationalism, she was totally hostile to German unification. Austria undoubtedly shun a light on the ultimate strength of her might, her ...

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Cavour goaded Austria into attacking Sardinia and got the help from Napoleon to push Austria out of the north, expanding Sardinia. ... It stated that each state had its own government but the king was the leader of the confederation. ... In Austria they needed to establish order but it collapsed rapidly because of the weak Austrian army. Eventually the conflict calmed down and there were mass political organizations and public participation in government. ... New parliaments were created and eventually there was a working government and Austria ov...

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Most German states joined Austria, believing Austria was the defender of their independence. ... Hoping to keep Austria an ally, Bismarck quickly made treaties with Austria and south German states. ... Unification of Germany impacted on the government greatly, a constitution was written. ... The head of the imperial government was the Kaiser, who happened to be the King of Prussia. ... The constitution also stated that the government would appoint the upper chamber (the Bundesrat), which would check influence of the lower, popular elected chambers (the Reichstag). ...

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On July 5, 1914, Austria sent a request to Germany, stating that if Russia and Austria were to enter a war, Austria would have Germany's full support. ... On July 23rd of that year, Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia and in turn, Serbia responded with an ultimatum of their own. The Austrian ambassador to Serbia immediately left Belgrade and France, promising to support Russia if they went to war. On the 28th of July, Austria declared war on Serbia and two days later, Russia ordered a general mobilization of troops its troops. ... During the war, the major feminist groups were committin...

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Finally in February 1848, students and middle class liberals demonstrated in the Paris after the government banned one of many banquets hold by supporters of democratic reform. ... The unexpected up rising made the government very nervous, the Emperor at last agreed to some of the demands. ... In Italy, the nationalist sentiment opposed to Austria rule. ... Let us take a close look at the revolutions in the Austrian Empire. ... The serfdom was forever abolished in the Austrian Empire; the French monarchy has fell, and some other governments were badly shaken. ...

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The Peace treaty with Austria Like Germany, Austria was divided into four occupied zones. Unlike Germany, however, it was allowed its own central government. The Soviet Union refused to sign a peace treaty with Austria until 1955, when the occupation of Austria ended. Under this treaty, Austria agreed to remain neutral. ... The provisional government, established in Poland at the end of the war, was controlled by communists. ...

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Britain, France and the Prussian government supported the Polish people because they were in favour of liberalism. ... Austria agreed to help Bismarck and in 1864 Prussia and Austria fought and defeated Denmark. ... Bismarck sought after a unified Germany without Austria. ... Bismarck relinquished tolerant peace terms for the Austrians. ... It was enough so that Austria was out of German affairs. ...

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On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, an agent of the Serbian Black Hand secret society, assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. ... The same day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination the Austrian government retaliated by declaring war on Serbia. ... So after much regrets he declared war on Austria-Hungary. Germany, being power hungry, and allied with Austria-Hungary, then declared war on Russia. ... The American government campaigned to tell the public that entering the war was good. ...

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The Slavik people were in the interest of Russia, no matter which government the Serbs lived under. ... Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy joined together to become the Triple Alliance. ... The plan was to unite the Serbs under one government. Austria-Hungary hoped to finally put an end to Serbian uprisings. ... Germany was obligated by a treaty to help Austria-Hungary, who declared war on Russia. ...

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The Slavik people were in the interest of Russia, no matter which government the Serbs lived under. ... Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy joined together to become the Triple Alliance. ... The plan was to unite the Serbs under one government. Austria-Hungary hoped to finally put an end to Serbian uprisings. ... Germany was obligated by a treaty to help Austria-Hungary, who declared war on Russia. ...

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The Slavik people were in the interest of Russia, no matter which government the Serbs lived under. ... Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy joined together to become the Triple Alliance. ... The plan was to unite the Serbs under one government. Austria-Hungary hoped to finally put an end to Serbian uprisings. ... Germany was obligated by a treaty to help Austria-Hungary, who declared war on Russia. ...

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Later, Napoleon III and Cavour met to discuss war tactics on Austria. ... In 1859, Austrians declare war on Piedmont. ... After the bloody battles of Magenta and Solferino, Austria gave Piedmont Lombardy and kept Venetia within Austrian power. ... From there agreement in 1867 setup the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungry. ... Nationalism also Pushed governments in well-established states to reach out to citizens for support....

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A new form of government called fascism arose after the singing of the treaty of Versailles and the failure of the league of nations. ... Hitler had to convince the Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini who had a treaty with Austria that guaranteed its independence. He offered Mussolini support in the Italian occupation in Abyssinia only if Italy would ignore its treaty with Austria , Mussolini agreed. Hitler and his Nazi army made their way to Austria and pressured them to legalize the Nazi party . ... A Nazi member was to take his place , German troops then came in and officially proclai...

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Prussia became allies with Italy and manipulated Austria into war. Prussia, even though outnumbered overwhelmed the Austrians and defeated them relatively quickly. The only war penalties Austria had to pay was to give Italy the land of Venetia (Sullivan 570). Prussia began to form an organized government, which was autocratic. ... The Bundesrat was composed of the twenty-two state governments of Germany. ...

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The liberals were people who wanted a small amount of change in society and government. They wanted more authority in what happened in the government. ... The radicals wanted the government to give them a voice that would not be ignored. ... Cavour defeated Austria gaining a large amount of land. ... Denmark rejected causing Austria and Prussia to declare war. ...

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The Empiring Government would have the responsibility to provide security to the smaller, weaker countries it had control over. ... As more military defense rose in several different powerful countries, governments had the idea of forming alliances. ... When the Tripe Alliance was formed, there were still conflicts over the possession of the Adriatic Sea between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Unknowingly to both Austria-Hungary and Germany, Italy had signed a secret treaty with France in 1902. In 1914, when war broke out, Italy did not stand by its obligations to the Triple Alliance and declared w...

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It allowed the people who believed in old Europe to participate/live in the same community and government system with the people who agreed with the newer ways of Europe in the early 19th century. ... German leaders deliberately instigated a war they could have prevented had they chosen to restrain their weaker Austrian ally. Instead, after the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, the Germans issued the Austrians a "blank check" by promising unlimited support to the nation and encouraging them to act quickly against Serbia to split apart the Triple Entente. Therefore, the only reason Au...

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Hitler: A Man on a Mission Adolf was born in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria in 1889 to Alois and Klara Hitler. Of course being born in Austria made him a native Austrian not a native German. ... So his supporters and he capture the government leaders of the state of Bavaria and Hitler declared himself the new political leader of Bavaria. ... As quickly as he came into power, he weaseled his way up into the government using his newly found power and military power to get what he wanted. ... He also annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia. ...

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Metternich remained a conservative and wanted Austria to dominate the German Confederation and influence Europe. ... An example of a specific foreign policy of Bismarck's was to have good relations with Russia and Austria. ... Bismarck feared France gaining an ally and rising to power, realizing that he needed to be on good terms with Russia and Austria in order to prevent a two-front war that could happen in the future. ... Metternich created the Holy Alliance that was between Prussia, Russia, Austria, and France. ... Metternich also established the Carlsbad Decrees, which were to keep t...

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Metternich remained a conservative and wanted Austria to dominate the German Confederation and influence Europe. ... An example of a specific foreign policy of Bismarck's was to have good relations with Russia and Austria. ... Bismarck feared France's gaining an ally and rising to power, realizing that he needed to be on good terms with Russia and Austria in order to prevent a two-front war that could happen in the future. ... Metternich created the Holy Alliance that was between Prussia, Russia, Austria, and France. ... Metternich also established the Carlsbad Decrees, which were to...

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On the night of November 9th, 1938, the attacks started, and rioters destroyed a total of 267 synagogues from Germany, Austria, and Sudetenland combined. ... Afterwards, the German government stated that the Jews were to blame for the program, and they immediately charged the German Jewish community one billion Reichsmark for the damages. Weeks later, the government of Germany added more anti-Semitic laws against the Jews, such as causing their properties to be transferred to "Aryan" ownership. ...

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During January 1919, the Triple Entente nations, France, Great Britain, and Russia met with the Central Powers of Europe, Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary to negotiate an end to World War 1. The Treaty of Versailles was not fair because the German Government had to pay money to support it's country. ... The German government had to overcome great economic difficulties because of the Treaty of Versailles. ... However, the spark that started the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary. ...

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The tension among the strong nations of Europe was huge; however, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of the Austrian throne, in June of 1914 was the last crucial act that led to the war. Following the assassination of their throne's heir, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who stood behind the murder of Franz Ferdinand. ... Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up The Triple Alliance. When Austria declared war on Serbia, Germany felt obliged by their alliance with Austria to declare war on Russia and next France, the ally of Russia. ... Such alliances consisted of...

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Bismarck knew that by uniting Germany, he would upset two great powers; Austria and France. ... Bismarck's first move was to persuade Austria to assist him in war with Denmark in 1864. As a result the states of Schleswig and Holstein , previously ruled by Denmark, became German and Austrian possessions. In 1866, after a conflict with Austria, Bismarck announced "I shall declare war on Austria, dissolve the German Confederation, subjugate the middle and smaller states, and give Germany national unity under the control of Prussia" (Friedrich, 1987, p105). ... To do this, Bismarck planned to...

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Hitler was born in a small town in Austria called Braunau Am Inn. His father was a well-respected man in the community, who worked as a customs inspector on the Austrian border. ... Hitler, though from Austria, felt he was a German at heart and wanted desperately to fight for Germany. ... Hitler made an empty promise not to interfere with the government. ... Calling Germany, now with Austria, the Third Reich, Hitler was ready to conquer. ...

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