what were the causes of the unification of Italy and the unification of Germany?
Good Morning, Whitney. Thanks for your QUESTIONS. Here we go: 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. 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
