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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