Yet Bismarck told the Russian King that he supported him because Bismarck was for the feudal system. Bismarck went against the Prussian parliament so that Russia can have a good relationship with Prussia in the future years. ... Yet Napoleon thought that once both Prussia and Austria would be tired from fighting, he will come in and defeat them and occupy whatever land he desires. ... Prussia now stood alone as the most dominant German state with William 1 of Prussia as king. ... In 1896 there was a quarrel between Prussia and France over who should be the next king of Spain. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

While Wilhelm may have been the king, it was Bismarck who was in control, manipulating the king with his intellect while using royal decrees to circumvent the power of elected officials. ... Prussia attacked Denmark and secured the two German-speaking territories of Schleswig and Holstein, resolved the Schleswig-Holstein question by annexing Schleswig and giving Holstein to the Austrian empire, ensuring a future quarrel that will knock Austria out of German politics once and for all, very crucial at the time as the Habsburg dynasty still retained prestige and power amongst the German states. ....

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Focusing more towards the interdependence of nation state and empire, is found in post Congress of Vienna, where the interdependence between empires and monarchies, illustrates the tensions that were also present once the expanding beliefs of nationhood were becoming evident. ... Of those who signed the manifest included Emperor Franz I of Austria, Tsar Alexander I and King Freidrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (Strath and Koskenniemi 2009, p. 3). ... These movements accounted for the tensions of the vision of rising nation states, but also the interdependence that was occurring between the peopl...

• Word Count: 2483
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This dream was that the thirty-nine states of a once great empire could again be joined together and become a major power in central Europe. ... He supported the monarchy and would fight to keep the authority the Prussian King had. ... If the people wouldn't agree with what he was doing, he hoped that in the future his goals, and intentions would be understood. ... Once appointed Chancellor of Prussia, Bismarck immediately took an arbitrary role in the government by dismissing the chamber, imposing taxes, and setting himself to the task of reorganizing and strengthening the Prussian ar...

• Word Count: 3387
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

When Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power in 1888, however, the idea held by many in his country, which involved a Germany destined to be a world power, was finally embodied in their king: We want to be a World Power and pursue colonial policy in the grand manner. ... The entire future of our people among the great nations depends on it. ...

• Word Count: 5871
• Approx Pages: 23
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to the Prussian constitution, the parliament had neither the power to initiate legislation (unlike Canada's parliament which does have this power), nor reject legislation brought forth by the king or his ministers (the executive). ... King Wilhelm I and his minister of war rejected this liberal attempt to change the class composition of the Prussian officer corps, and the parliament threatened to veto the military budget. ... Biz now held incredible power in his hands; he could not be turfed in a popular election, he could only be dismissed by the king. ... Fear of being dumpe...

• Word Count: 10254
• Approx Pages: 41
• Grade Level: Undergraduate