From the events of 1848‚ Emperor Franz Joseph truly felt that “military force was the only way to ensure political stability” (Pelling 60). Consequently‚ he firmly tied the monarch to the army and reasserted “the principles of absolutism” (Pelling 61). By doing so‚ he “lost the goodwill of many of [his] subjects” (Pelling 61). Due to the rise of nationalistic views and the resulting revolutions‚ the Habsburg Empire began to face an identity crisis. In order to resolve this crisis‚ the Austro-Hungarian
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in the gold rush in the year 1848 once word got around about gold‚ many men went out and left their families to try to help them financially‚ yet some never returned. Maybe it was the greed inside them‚ how would their families know if something bad happened to them? There was no way in knowing these types of things back in the day so who is to say that the men who left to "help their families" didn’t just go to help themselves. If I were given the opportunity in 1848 to go out and give up my past
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From 1830 to 1848‚ there were six revolutions that happened in the Italian States‚ the Austrian Empire‚ the German States‚ Belgium‚ and France that attempted to make the governments more liberal and (in some cases) nationalistic. Despite the fact that many of these revolutions were repressed by the government‚ and not many clear short-term successes occurred due to them‚ it can be debated that the liberal revolutions of 1830 & 1848 were successful. Successful meaning that they spread the ideas of
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Did the legacy of the 1848 revolutions play a major part in the eventual unification of Italy‚ explain your answer? The legacy of the 1848 revolutions undoubtedly played some part in the eventual unification of Italy however the importance of their role is questionable‚ as the revolutions had both a positive and negative effect on unification of Italy. Other factors also contributed to Italy’s eventual unification‚ some‚ perhaps more so than the revolutions‚ these factors included the strength
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Mass Nationalism in 1848-1914 The concept of nationalism is crucial for the understanding of country’s history and its quest for identity‚ and this essay I will be answering the following question: To what extent was mass nationalism a creation of the (German) state government? However‚ before answering this particular question‚ it is important to give a solid definition for a nation and what nationalism is principally. The Nation and the Nationalism It is hard to define the concept of the nation
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Before 1848 Germany DBQ The political‚ economical‚ and social order of the Germanic states in the nineteenth century was in a state of chaos and disarray. Politically‚ the states had the desire of becoming unified and had the possibility to do so if it had not been for fear and neglect to follow through. Economically‚ the states were in a time of hardships with poor growth development in the fields and were also going through the time of the Industrial Revolution with changes to their everyday
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The revolutionaries of 1848 had varied aims‚ largely based upon their own social classes. The working classes had very simple and practical aims‚ largely based upon improving their own working conditions‚ asking for higher employment levels and greater wages. However the middle classes‚ the self-appointed leaders of the revolution‚ had more ambitious aims‚ fighting for the unification of Germany and constitutional monarchies. Many of these more ambitious aims were not to be achieved until much later
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Why did Revolutions break out in Germany and Italy in 1848? The "Spring of Nations"‚ which consisted in the popular uprisings and revolutions that occurred in 1848‚ was caused by a series of factors which included social‚ economical and government crisis. Although these problems were serious and well eradicated‚ the major factor that caused these revolts was the rise of nationalist and liberalist ideas.
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Is it accurate to describe the revolutions of 1848/49 in Italy as a total failure? During 1848 a series of revolutions swept across Europe and people took to the streets in protest at their rulers‚ and Italy was no different. In this essay I will be looking at the reasons for the failure of the revolutions in Italy and whether or not they should be seen as a total failure. There were a number of nations across the Italian peninsula during 1849-49. This was partly because of Italy’s lack of any
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Sonya Black‚ Sidney Frey‚ Diana Zuniga The Italian Unification The Italian Unification was the political and social movement that consolidated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century. Young Italy is a nationalist group created to fight for unification of the separate Italian states. The two prominent figures in the unification were Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi. The two powerful monarchic figures included Count Cavour and
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