Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Evaluate the reasons for the growth of Prussia’s influence in Germany by 1862
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Thu Mar 24 2005
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Bismarck Course Essay- "evaluate the reasons for the growth of Prussia's influence in Germany by 1862" In 1815 there was no such thing as a German State or Nation. In the geographical area known as Germany the most powerful state was Austria which was the biggest factor in the increase of Prussia's influence by 1862. Prussia was the second most powerful state but she was far behind Austria politically and economically. In 1815 the Austrian foreign minister Metternich made a big mistake by giving Prussia the area of Westphalia and the Rhineland. Prussia was also given parts of Silesia. In trying to make Prussia more 'German' Metternich had effectively signed Austria's death warrant. The Rhineland was full of iron ore, coal and other valuable raw materials that had not yet been discovered. In 1818 Prussia passed a tariff law which did four things, firstly they abolished most internal Prussian customs and...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 149,352 others
