zollverein Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/zollverein Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:39:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 NATIONAL UNIFICATION 1851-1867 http://toursmaps.com/national-unification-1851-1867.html http://toursmaps.com/national-unification-1851-1867.html#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:17:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228308 NATIONAL UNIFICATION (1851-1867) During the mid-19th century, European nations, inspired by the survival of the fittest theories of Social Darwinism, consolidated land and power. Taking the lead from his uncle, President Louis Napoleon dissolved the National Assembly and declared himself Emperor Napoleon III. In Italy, the efforts of Victor Emmanuel II and General Giuseppe Garibaldi from 1859 to 1870 managed to unify Italy despite long-standing regional tensions. Meanwhile, back in Prussia, newly appointed Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck unified the German Empire, including the new lands Prussia had garnered as spoils during the Austro-Prus-sian and Franco-Prussian Wars. As massive monarchal

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