Edexcel History 4. The Unification of Germany I

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He who considered liberalism and nationalism to be the forces of destruction

The month in which King Frederick William IV of Prussia appointed a liberal ministry, and made political concessions including agreeing to summoning a constituent assembly elected by universal suffrage to map out a new Prussian constitution, in response to the 1848 Revolution in Prussia

That association of German states which was formally re-established in May 1851 as Prussia and Austria faced too much opposition for their alternatives by Austria and the smaller German states respectively

An uprising of republicans and democrats in Baden in April 1848 which was crushed with the support of Bavarian and Prussian troops

The King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840 who limited liberal reforms, allowing provincial diets in 1823 but not a constitution, continuing to rule autocratically

The Minister President of Prussia from 1810 to 1822 who instituted a wide range of reforms such as opening the civil service to men of all classes, making elementary education universal, secularisation of church lands, &c.

The electoral issue that divided the Prussian right-wing liberals and left-wing liberals due to debate over whether or not widening it would invite revolution

A term used by Karl Marx to refer to the primarily industrial working classes

That Prussian electoral system which caused much over-representation of middle class liberals within the electorate and in the legislature

That country that accrued a crippling budget deficit causing a decline in investment and thus in industrial growth as a result of the 1848 Revolutions and mobilisation during the Crimean War

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A declaration by 51 representatives from Prussia, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Nassau, and Frankfurt, published in March 1848 calling for the creation of a German-wide meeting to discuss proposals for political reform

The proportion by which Prussian foreign trade, railway building, and industrial development grew in the 1850's due to plentiful resources of chemicals, coal, iron, &c., good education, the Zollverein, and efficient transport networks

A solution to the German Question that would include within the borders of a united Germany, all German states though to the exclusion of the entire Austrian Empire, leaving Prussia as the dominant German power

A leading Austrian diplomat, Foreign Minister from 1809 until 1848 and Minister President from 1821 until 1848, known for his abject conservatism, and the political system he led the way in formulating in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars

The phrase reputedly said by King Frederick William IV of Prussia in describing the German crown offered to him by the Frankfurt Parliament, which he refused due to its illegitimacy, and that it would have antagonised other powers and bound him to a constitutional body he had no wish to encourage

An 1849 agreement to join in union (Erfurt Union) between the kings of Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover, the latter two of which reserved the right to abandon said union unless all other German states excluding Austria joined

An 1817 festival celebrating the tercentenary of Luther's stand against the Pope and the fourth anniversary of victory at Leipzig that 500 nationalist students turned into a demonstration against the German princes

The number of German states in the Holy Roman Empire at the end of the 18th century?

The idea that the authority of a monarch is directly ordained by God and therefore cannot be challenged or diluted

An 1859 war in which France and Sardinia defeated Austria in no small part due to a prolonged lack of military investment and reform, the latter losing much of its Italian territory