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Before the World War I

The French Revolution and the Quintuple Alliance

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) -> States are owned by people (the start of nationalism)

  • The Quintuple Alliance (1818-) -> States began to maintain balance of power again.

The Unification of Germany

  • Otto von Bismarck - the 'Iron Chancellor' (1862-1890)
  • The Austro-Prussian War (1866) promoted the Kleindeutsche Lösung ("Lesser German solution") and led to the unification of Germany as a nation-state.
  • The Franco-Prussian War (1870) and the establishment of the German Empire
  • The German colonial empire (1884-1918)
  • Wilhelm II and the Weltpolitik

-> Nationalism and imperialism

The Failure of Russia

  • The Decembrist revolt (1825)
  • The Narodniks and the assassination of Alexander II (1881)
  • The autocracy of Alexandr III (1881-1894) and Nikolai II (1868-1918)

-> Imperialism and potential possibility of revolution

Pan-Slavism

  • The Greater Serbia
  • Nikolai I (1796-1855) and the Eastern Question
  • Franz Joseph I and his policy against Bosnia and Herzegovina

-> The Powder keg of Europe

The Fashoda Incident

  • The result of Britain, French, and potentially German imperialism
  • The cause of Britain and French entente
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