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American Independence
More Info In July 1776 America was declared independent. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which rejected the British monarchy and the Parliament. It established the sovereignty of the new nation external to the British Empire. -
Congress of Vienna
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Conference of ambassadors of European states with the objective of settling issues arising from the French Revolutionary War , the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. This resulted the redrawing Europe’s political map, establishing the boundaries of France, Duchy of Warsaw, Netherlands, the states of Rhine, German Kingdom of Saxony, among others. The Congress of Vienna was an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe. -
Belgian Revolution
More InfoConflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces from the UK and Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium. On August 15, 1830 the revolution began, it was culminated on July 14 1831. The London Conference recognized the Belgian independence, and Leopold the I was now the King of the Belgians. It was not until 1839 that the Dutch accepted the decision of the London Conference and Belgian independence by signing the Treaty of London. -
Greece revolts and becomes independent
More Info In 1453 Greece was under the control of the Ottoman Empire, during this time there were revolts Greeks revolts against the Ottomans attempting to gain independence. In 1814 a secret organization called Filiki Eteria was founded, with the aim of making Greece independent. The Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence lead by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1832. After years of negotiation, Greece was finally recognized as an independent nation in May 1832. -
Serbia revolts and becomes independent
More InfoThe Serbian Revolution was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia (1804 - 1835). During this period Serbia evolved from an Ottoman province into a modern country and constitutional monarchy. From 1804 to 1815 there was a violent struggle for independence from the Ottomans. Later (1815-1835) Serbia witnessed a peaceful alliance of political power, in 1835 they finally adopted their first written Constitution. The nationalism that Serbia experienced made the foundations of modernS -
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slavery was abolished, and the difficult Reconstruction process of restoring national unity and guaranteeing rights to the freed slaves began -
1861-1865 American Civil War
Video More info Also known as the War between the States was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States ( "North") and several Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America ( "South"). The war had its origin in the issue of slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories.After four years of bloody combat that left over 600,000 soldiers dead and destroyed much of the South's infrastructure, the Confederacy collapsed, -
Italy unifies
More info Victor Emmanuel and Cavour had united most of Northern Italy. Giuseppe Garibaldi, a strong nationalist, was building support for a single Italy. Unlike Cavour who wanted Italy to be a monarchy, Garibaldi wanted a republic. After a couple of revolts he quickly controlled the two kingdoms. Garibaldi turned it over to Victor Emmanuel, in exchange Emmanuel agreed to a constitutional monarchy. -
Germany unifies
More infoNationalism is all over Europe, but Germany is still separated into 39 different states rules by nobility. After the Congress of Vienna the unification of Germany began with economic reforms. Prince Otto Edwards Leopold (president of Prussia) was the mastermind of the German Unification and became the first head of government of the united nation. Prince Otto worked to create a German Empire dominated by Prussia. In 1817 Prince Otto declared the German empire under his leadership. -
Triple Alliance forms
More infoThe Triple Alliance was the military alliance between Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy lasted from 1882 until the start of World War I in 1914.Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any other great powers, or for Germany and Italy, an attack by France alone. In a supplementary declaration, Italy specified that its undertakings could not be regarded as being directed against Great Britain. -
Austria-Hungary becomes united under one leader
More info Austria-Hungary becomes united under one leader, but remain independent status.The union was a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, under which the House of Habsburg agreed to share power with the separate Hungarian government, dividing the territory of the former Austrian Empire between them. The Austrian and the Hungarian lands became independent entities enjoying equal status. -
Proposal of a Jewish nation-state
More infoThe Jewish State, was published in 1896. It heralded the coming of age of Zionism. Jewish State established Herzl as the leader of Zionism, and the "father of the Zionist Idea." In The Jewish State, Herzl envisioned that diplomatic activity would be the primary method for attaining the Jewish State and he called for the organized transfer of Jewish communities to the new state -
Russians resist against their Czar
More info Bloody Sunday was the name that came to be given to the events of 22 January 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, where unarmed, peaceful demonstrators marching to present a petition to the Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard when approaching the city center and the Winter Palace from several gathering points. Tens of thousands of workers came together for a peaceful march carried religious icons and pictures of the royal family. -
Triple Entente forms
More info It was the name given to the alliance between France, Britain, and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente on August 31, 1907. The alliance of the three powers, supplemented by agreements with Portugal and Japan, constituted a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. -
World War I begins
More info The causes of World War I, which began in central Europe in late July 1914 and finished in 1918, included many factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war.The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy, France, Germany, the British Empire, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high.Some of the most important -
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long term or structural causes are: the growth of nationalism across Europe, previous military planning, imperial and colonial rivalry for wealth, power and prestige, and economic and military rivalry in industry and trade – e.g.
