Study Guide #2 The Concert of Europe & German Unification Main Events* 1815 Congress of Vienna 1830 July Revolution in France 1830-31 Russian suppression of Polish 1832 Liberal reform and change of government in Great Britain 1830s Both Greece & Belgium appear as new states 1848 Revolutions of 1848; disruption of Vienna settlement 1853-56 Crimean War, end of the Holy Alliance 1864 Danish-Prussian War over Schleswig-Holstein 1866 Austro-Prussian War (Austria excluded from Germany-in-formation) 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany Terms, Concepts & People Ottoman Empire / “Porte” The “Straits” Bosphorus Dardanelles July Revolution (France) Tories & Whigs (Britain) Alexander I (Russia) Nicholas I (Russia) Lord Palmerston (Britain) Holy Alliance Schleswig-Holstein Otto von Bismarck South German states Napoleon III Some Questions for Consideration 1. What were the two basic coalitions into which Haas sees the five great powers having divided as a result of important domestic political changes in several European countries in the early 1830s? What precisely were those changes? What broader thesis does this serve to illustrate? 2. In what ways does Schroeder believe that the disappearance of independent South German states such as Bavaria and Württemberg in 1870-71 altered the functioning of the international system in Europe? Which countries were affected most? (Try to work around the details to get at the main idea in this regard). 3. How does Stacie Goddard explain the ability of Prussia to alter the European balance of power fundamentally in the years 1864-71? What did Prussia do to prevent the formation of a coalition that might have formed to block that country’s rise? * There is a more detailed chronology on the web site, which is primarily a general reference. Here I provide only the major events which with you should be at least passively familiar. .