A major part of the history of Europe occurred during and after Napoleon's rule. Napoleon unified Europe, a feeling of nationalism came about that would lead to the creation of new countries. Before the 1800's there was no Italy or Germany. There were many similarities in the unification of both Germany and Italy. They both had hardships and steps to becoming unified. The way they were unified though is contrasted.
When Italy and Germany underwent unification, they shared many similar traits to how they achieved this. The coming about of these unification's were undoubtedly started by Napolean's nationalism. The people of certain areas felt compelled to come together. Italy and Germany both had steps they had to take before they became unified. They both fought wars to become unified by gaining land they though belonged to their empire. In fact Prussia, where
Germany came from, allies with the allied territories in Italy to fight Austria for land. They both had very strong leaders to lead these groups of people. Italy had a few in particular, Emmanuel, Mazzini, Cavour, and Garabaldit. These men all came together in the end and joined forces which became most of Italy. Germany only had one major ruler, the ruler of Prussia, Bismarck. Prussia was a good economically safe state with strong leadership and a good army. The leader of Prussia would become the leader of Germany. Both provinces also faced hardships, and had to fight for what they believed in. They both also stole land from the Austrian empire, and were not on friendly terms with Austrians.
Although the unification of Italy and Germany were very similar, there were also many differences in their unification. Italy began to become unified because of groups l
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