History 9389: Liberalism and Nationalism in Italy and Germany, 1815–1871 Topical Past Paper Questions

Read the sources and then answer both parts of the question. ## Source A The Prussian government is taking a new direction. It will become more conservative. The upper house of the legislature will continue to support the government. They will attempt to influence the elections t…

## Source A What we want is the consolidation and elaboration of a German state. The German, too, has at last become a ‘state person’, one who wants to live in a properly defined national state. We are embarking on a national revolution. We want progress from a national point of…

## Source A The Austrian Ambassador in London argued very strongly that allowing Piedmont to attend the peace conference in Paris would make her into a first-rate power and unsettle the order of Europe and create a dangerous precedent. I maintained that Piedmont must be treated a…