Causes of War in this Unit
Cause for Crimean War--threat of Russian transgressions into the Balkan Peninsula; romanticism in France
Cause of Danish War--Realpolitick--Bismarck convinced Austria the need to remove Danish influence--reality Bismarck was attempting to get rid of a rival
Cause of Austro-Prussian War--Reality--Bismarck tricked Austria into attacking, helping forge the North German Confederation
Cause of Franco-Prussian War--Ems Telegram offended the entire French nation; reality Bismarck tricked Napoleon III to invade Prussia by invading South Germany first--forcing the Southern German states to unite with Prussia, forming Germany
posted by Was @ 9:17 PM
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Ems Telegram--written by William I of Germany and creatively edited by Bismark
Austro-Piedmont (Italy) War--Cavour's Realpolitick--tricked France into supporting him to remove Austria from Northern Italy.
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