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The plan for peace after war with Napoleonic France split all the Italian states into smaller,
independent areasStates in northern Italy begin joining together politicallyItalians vote to unify the country under the rule of a leader named Victor EmmanuelWanting to make
economic trade easier, the German states
formed a trade union called the ZollvereinPrussia wins the
Austro-Prussian War against AustriaPrussia wins the
Franco-Prussian War against France, leading to the full unification of GermanyAn ethnic group called the Magyars made an unsuccessful attempt at a revolutionDuring the plan for peace after war with Napoleon, Austria’s foreign minister
passed laws that limited how much citizens could enact reform in their own countryThis once powerful nation-state begins to decline in significance and stature on the European continentA nationalist movement called Young Turks revolts against the sultan who ruled the empireRevolutionaries tries to overthrow the ruling Czar Nicholas I but were defeatedThe Russian Revolution –
Russian people were upset at the slow pace of change, violently rose against the government after Russian soldiers fired on protestors during an event called Bloody SundayOtto von Bismarck builds up Prussian military capabilities and pushes for
German unificationA “dual-monarchy” is
established, and Austria Hungary becomes two, separate but equal states under the rule of one kingEthnic German liberals revolted in the country of PrussiaGiuseppe Mazzini forms a nationalist party called Young Italy to fight for the reunification of ItalyGiuseppe Garibaldi continues the fight to unify all of the Italian statesOttomans fought wars on the side of Russia against England and France
Ottomans lost large amounts of territories during the Balkan Wars
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