Aims Of Bismarck’s Foreign Policy
Preservation of European Peace: Bismarck believed that after her unification and transformation into an empire, Germany was a satiated power and that her best interests lay […]
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Significance Of The Treaty Of Berlin
The Congress and Treaty of Berlin were significant more for their effects on the alignment of the Great Powers than for their efforts to settle the fate of […]
Continue reading »Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
Bismarck‘s work of unifying Germany under the leadership of Prussia was not yet over. He had to bring the southern German states within the German Confederation. The southern […]
Continue reading »Austro-Prussian War (1866)
Bismarck had rightly anticipated a quarrel between Austria and Prussia regarding the future of the two duchies acquired jointly from Denmark. A temporary agreement was reached in the […]
Continue reading »War With Denmark (1864)
The actual occasion for war between the two leading Powers of the Germanic Confederation sprang from the thorny problem of the Schleswig and Holstein duchies. These duchies, although […]
Continue reading »Impact of Industrial Revolution in Europe
Economic Results: The Industrial Revolution had far reaching economic results. The Industrial Revolution led to the expansion of industry and increase of wealth. Individual investors […]
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