Identifier: modernhistoryeur00west (find matches)
Title: Modern history; Europe
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: West, Willis Mason, 1857- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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of the new nation anopposition party to the great minister hardly raised its head.Five months later, Cavour was dead. His achievements rankas perhaps the most marvelous in all modern statesmanship.# 463. Fourth and Fifth Steps: Venetia and Rome (1866 and 1870). —The acquisition of the two remaining provinces was to be intertwined withthe making of Germany (§§ 467 ft). Here we need only note that Italyjoined Prussia in war against Austria in 1866, and received Venetia as herreward. Then in 1870, when the Franco-Prussian war began, Napoleonrecalled the French troops from Rome, and, despite the vehement protestof the Pope, Italy quietly took possession of her ancient capital (§ 490). For Further Reading. — Bolton Kings Italian Unity is the bestsingle work. Good accounts will be found in Probyns Italy, BoltonKings Mazzini, Diceys Victor Emmanuel, or Cesarescos Cavour.Andrews, Seignobos, Phillips, Fyffe, and Murdock all contain brief treat-ments. Special Report. —Garibaldis life.
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465 466 UNIFICATION OF GERMANY, 1850-1871. (§464 III. THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY. 464. William I of Prussia, and the Army. — In Germany theyears from 1850 to 1861 were barren of political results. Ithad become plain that the only nucleus for a German nationwas Prussia, but from Prussia nothing could be expected aslong as Frederick William IV reigned. In 1861 that princewas succeeded by his brother, William 1.1 The precedingeleven years had seen the making of Italy : the next ten wereto see the making of Germany, — and incidentally the round-ing out of Italy. William I, destined to become the most revered of Germankings, was the prince who had been banished for a time in1848 to satisfy the Liberals (§ 454). That party hated himfor his open opposition to political reform, and they had nick-named him Prince Cartridge. He was a Conservative ofthe old school, and he had bitterly opposed the mild constitu-tional concessions of his brother; but he was also a patriot tothe core. He ting

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