German Unification (Part I: The Failure of Liberal Nationalism) / Deutsche Einigung

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    In the first part of my lecture on German Unification (Deutsche Einigung), I discuss German Nationalism in the early 19th century and the attempt to unify Germany on the basis of liberal nationalism after the Revolutions of 1848. The Frankfurt Parliament met and drafter a constitution for a unified Germany and offered the crown to Frederick William IV of Prussia, but he declined the "pig's crown" and German Unification would have to wait for Bismark's realpolitik.

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  • @erickenriquez8039
    @erickenriquez8039 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Could you make a video about Italian Unification!?!? I'm having trouble understanding who Cavour, Garibaldi, and Mazzini are and what each did

    • @joshuaolejasz9590
      @joshuaolejasz9590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Mazzini: the heart
      Cavour: the brains
      Garibaldi: the sword
      Victor Emmanuel the 2nd: the face ("Victor E")
      Thank you Winstead

    • @wayfarer_4
      @wayfarer_4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuaolejasz9590 awesome comment

    • @ringvaarleivon4582
      @ringvaarleivon4582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuaolejasz9590 please write more. I can understand better now please

    • @smokyondagrass2353
      @smokyondagrass2353 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always felt bad for Garibaldi, he was kinda like the mix of che guevara and Fidel Castro of the 1800s.
      Garibaldi wanted to unify Italy under a democratic and social republic with universal sufferage women's rights, land reform etc. It I. Order to get a unified Italy was to sacrifice Democracy in favor of a kingdom with land requirements to vote.

    • @nikolascamo2044
      @nikolascamo2044 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All football players probably

  • @michaelnieves9688
    @michaelnieves9688 8 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    The professor look like Matt Damon.

    • @djmz1969
      @djmz1969 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cheila the Cat Looks like Matt Damon twin!

    • @rafaelalarcon3146
      @rafaelalarcon3146 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cheila the Cat Matt Damon look like the professor***

    • @guru1775
      @guru1775 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      boy I'm tryna pass my exam go mess around somewhere else 😤😤😤

    • @hamthehamster1892
      @hamthehamster1892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jouga vouga did you end up passing?

    • @KB-jr9bd
      @KB-jr9bd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Matt Damon meets Brad Pitt

  • @kristinavitorsky9619
    @kristinavitorsky9619 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I love this! It's way easier to learn the material when there's humor

  • @perlanunez407
    @perlanunez407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing and great job! You do a much better job than various history professors I have had throughout my school years! Thank you so so much! Keep up with these videos! All the history students in the world shall thank you!

  • @andrewantretter4279
    @andrewantretter4279 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Clever ways to remember Gross und Klein. Ive been speaking german most of my life. Your analogies didnt register to me at first just because I actually know what those words are. Great video!

  • @malinsvenssonvalhallaqueen3298
    @malinsvenssonvalhallaqueen3298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tom I am a mature student going into my third year at university and I wanted to let you know that I watched your videos on the unification of Germany and of Italy (other subjects too) many times before the exam and I was delighted to see the question came up. The exam went very welll for me. I could not believe the result!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your lessons. Brilliant teacher!!

  • @twocans98
    @twocans98 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You make so much more sense than my lecturer, and are far more interesting and enjoyable. Keep up the good work - you're really making a difference!

  • @mikaelb.2070
    @mikaelb.2070 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Every time you said "Zollverein", an angel lost its wings...

    • @Charles_hodges
      @Charles_hodges 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      What we not gonna do, is pretend like he ain’t tellin’ the truth tho, cause he am!

  • @crazybob1118
    @crazybob1118 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Prof. Rickey, I really needed a concise summary for the history German unification which is demonstrated in your video!

  • @Thecourseofhistory
    @Thecourseofhistory 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome Video!!! Will be waiting for part III!

  • @jandenuijl4287
    @jandenuijl4287 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Grossdeutschland was also supposed to include Luxemburg, Bohemia and Limburg (a province in The Netherlands) it wasn't just including Austria

  • @MadamSparklyStar2000
    @MadamSparklyStar2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have my modern history exam in 9 hours, so glad I found this

  • @cameronmetz4125
    @cameronmetz4125 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wow. This is EXACTLY where I am in the course right now. thanks!

  • @ayalasegal9415
    @ayalasegal9415 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    PLEASE DO ITALIAN UNIFICATION

  • @alexanderalsen4663
    @alexanderalsen4663 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an interesting topic! This video certainly breathes life into a subject (history in general) that normally comes across as dusty and dull.

  • @AP-gv1kn
    @AP-gv1kn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:13 the dad i love you mug gave me a chuckle

  • @marinemarcusbradley
    @marinemarcusbradley 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job man. Your passion really shows. Keep it up.

  • @Tuilelen
    @Tuilelen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm watching this just for fun. It's just really interesting stuff - especially when you think about the way this influenced future events and ideologies.

  • @masonkossen8797
    @masonkossen8797 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Tom these videos are absolutely great they prepared me for this exam

  • @farairuvie5813
    @farairuvie5813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you professer 5 years later and it's still useful😊❤

  • @xdrivn
    @xdrivn 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    IM SO GLAD!!! My test is tomorrow with and FRQ. you helped clear a lot of things.

  • @savannahapedaile
    @savannahapedaile 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos help me SOOO much! Thanks for posting!

  • @Mars_junior
    @Mars_junior 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really really appreciate this channel. People like me who don't have the money for school still get to learn more in depth. You're doing a good thing.

  • @abdiazizhassan2515
    @abdiazizhassan2515 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Studying for my british exams and im so happy i found this...helped me so much.....thank youuuuu

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome! I hope your exams go well!

    • @wealtheffect0
      @wealtheffect0 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      how did you go

  • @1776alltheway
    @1776alltheway 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Tom, but still 2 weeks behind my class we are at the late 1800's after German and Italian unification. No big deal it is good to review things from earlier.

  • @katytheangel4141
    @katytheangel4141 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love how you pronounce the German words :D

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Katy TheAngel Danke!

    • @katytheangel4141
      @katytheangel4141 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tom Richey Bitte ☺

    • @ThePulpFaction
      @ThePulpFaction 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I wonder how you pronounce pig sounds in german ...
      (Moin-moin Katy, ich verstehe ein bichen deutch ;-) )

    • @katytheangel4141
      @katytheangel4141 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Coffee Allan Haha, and how do you do that? 😀 Very good 👍

    • @ThePulpFaction
      @ThePulpFaction 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ich bin nordschleswiger (aber ... 8:18 ???)

  • @66germanboy
    @66germanboy 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love your accent. I'm from germany myself and I started getting interested in this topic when I started researching Otto von Bismarck. I'm not even watching this video for any test, I'm just really interested. Thank you.

    • @chez9044
      @chez9044 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +The Gamer of Awesomeness hey, could you please tell me how do you spell german lastnames? let's say, Otto von bismarck do you spell it like "otto Fon bismarck" or "otto Won bismarck" ?

    • @66germanboy
      @66germanboy 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Chez It's Otto von Bismarck, due to "von" meaning "from". Back then people that ruled over certain cities or states had the first name combined with the name of the city/state and in between "von" indicating their authority towards that place.

    • @chez9044
      @chez9044 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Gamer of Awesomeness vielen danke

    • @66germanboy
      @66germanboy 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      At my school the german students do not get to take history. We have to do geography with our german teacher...I'd rather do history class though, believe me. The american students don't have history either though, they take Civics.

    • @66germanboy
      @66germanboy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most schools they are, and I wish it were, if there's one thing I love, it's history class. Its a private school btw :)

  • @samvidas9599
    @samvidas9599 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so good! FUMING I didn't discover this series before!

  • @mukasatom3
    @mukasatom3 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    sure you are awesome Tomrichey

  • @michaelnieves9688
    @michaelnieves9688 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good class I like it.I am in CUNY I'm I taking political science, and I find it very helpful for my class...

  • @ChristineSabella
    @ChristineSabella 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are amazing!!! my teacher bought the same picture to interpret, I would have had no idea on what it means! thank you!!

  • @iluvaustralia1661
    @iluvaustralia1661 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much!! great video! i love that you put some pictures and important facts on the screen! and i love your accent!

    • @iluvaustralia1661
      @iluvaustralia1661 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      btw i watched more than 10 videos about this topic in german (i'm swiss) but they were all rubbish so i looked for english ones and you saved my life!!

  • @genevievemaguire9682
    @genevievemaguire9682 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there anyway that you could do a video on Heinrich Himmler and the SS Gestapo? I love your work! Your videos always make me smile and make me understand the topic in the best way! Thank you!

  • @nathanbristow7998
    @nathanbristow7998 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a saint, these helped me so much on my test!!

  • @maitripatel409
    @maitripatel409 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Actually right b4 my test

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Is your test tomorrow? Part II is up and Part III is uploading now. The link at the end of Part II will take you to Part III once the upload is finished even if I don't publicly post it yet.
      Glad my timing was good for someone!

    • @maitripatel409
      @maitripatel409 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a quiz tom and test next week and perfect timing thank u so much u r videos really help

    • @wayfarer_4
      @wayfarer_4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomrichey I also have test please make unification of italy

  • @lordamirson
    @lordamirson 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are a good man, good bless u

  • @thomhughes3298
    @thomhughes3298 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please I love your videos they are the only reason I passed my GCSE

  • @nencenedril7619
    @nencenedril7619 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watching this hours before my as level exam on german and italian unification as a quick refresher lol

  • @nazaneena212
    @nazaneena212 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much, ur videos r so helpful! I'm in AP World and we r just finishing up WWI. I was wondering if u could please post more videos on that topic?

  • @mr.marble476
    @mr.marble476 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i need to make a group discussion on either german unification or french revolution can u help??

  • @2090andrewkim
    @2090andrewkim 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you give us your opinion on the new ap test part and not the essay part

  • @JulianKumai
    @JulianKumai 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr richey what song is that intro

  • @Zajin13
    @Zajin13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ok, i am German and i already passed my history exams this year. So i will put your triology to the test. Let's see how non-Germans view our history from a better informed point of view, shall we? ;)
    Edit: The quote of Friedrich Wilhelm von Preußen and a (of course slightly liberal) personal translation:
    „Jeder deutsche Edelmann, der ein Kreuz oder einen Strich im Wappen führt, ist hundertmal zu gut dazu, um solch ein Diadem aus Dreck und Letten der Revolution, des Treubruchs und des Hochverrats geschmiedet, anzunehmen. Die alte, legitime, seit 1806 ruhende Krone deutscher Nation, das Diadem von Gottes Gnaden, das den, der es trägt, zur höchsten Obrigkeit Deutschlands macht, der man Gehorsam schuldet um des Gewissens willen, das kann man annehmen, wenn man in sich die Kraft dazu fühlt und die angeborenen Pflichten es zulassen. Die Krone vergibt aber keiner als Kaiser Franz Joseph, ich und unseresgleichen und wehe dem! der es ohne uns versucht und wehe dem! der sie annimmt [...]“
    in English:
    "Every German nobleman, who wears a coat of arms with a cross or a line on it, is a hundred times too good for accepting such a tiara, made of the dirt and clay of the revolution, forged of disloyalty and high treason.
    The old, the legitimate, since 1806 sleeping crown of German Nation, the tiara of gods mercy, which raises the one who she is bestowed upon to the highest instance of Germany, to whom one owes obidience, for consciences sake. This, one could accept if one would feel the needed strengh in oneself and his births duties allow it. But not a single man besides Emperor Franz Joseph, myself and our kind may have the right to grant it. Warned may he be! who tries it without us and warned may he be! who accepts such [...]"

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can't see the English translation on my phone because TH-cam has shortened your comment a bit. I hope my lectures on German Unification can meet your German standards. :D

    • @Zajin13
      @Zajin13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tom Richey What a pitty but yeah, i went through the triology yesterday and it all seems good to me, a bit short of course but you have to cut years of things happening to a few minutes so of course you can barely touch all but you still managed to filter the important facts out, good work. :)

    • @keisernoname2865
      @keisernoname2865 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont see it as a full German unification. What East Germany uses to be middle Germany.But its better than no unification at all.Also south Tyroll should be granted independence from Italy. So it can reunify into one complete Tyroll

    • @andrewjackson8845
      @andrewjackson8845 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Du sprichst sehr gut Englisch

  • @shopsuggestion
    @shopsuggestion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am from India 🇮🇳 ( class 10th )
    ur video helped me a lot ...
    Thank you teacher...🙂

  • @nazaneena212
    @nazaneena212 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Specifically the treaties at the Paris Peace Conference and the Russian revolution that happened in conjunction

  • @slj1000
    @slj1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so my teacher just has us, for our midterm and final, write an in-class essay on a topic of our choice. This will be the 4th test ill take in this format (I've aced the past 3) where I prepared myself through these videos. The last topics I've done were Roman Haruspex, the Second Punic War (where I learned SO much), The avignon papacy, great schism, Martin Luther and his 95 theses, and The congress of Vienna, For my final tomorrow, I'll be writing about The unifications of both Italy and Germany. Looking forward to it :)

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      slj1000 I'm looking forward to posting some lectures on Roman history this summer - including a lecture series on the Punic Wars! Where do you study? This does not sound like a curriculum that would exist in the United States (meaning that I'm very impressed with it).

  • @S4RWWAA
    @S4RWWAA 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ow this is awesome I'm doing an exam on on kaiser to fuhrer in the summer will you be going up to Ger in 1945? Thanks!

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll be posting some more lectures on Germany between now and then - most likely a series on WWI and then a lecture on Totalitarianism. Getting a good response, so I may focus more on German History than I had anticipated.

  • @peterhind
    @peterhind 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i'm from england and would love to see you do a lecture on nigel farage and ukip

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Peter Hind OMG I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT!!! That guy's hilarious... I still play that one now and then where he's going off on the EU president! Thing is, I don't know if I have much to offer people who may know more about him than me. I'm going to London and the Netherlands this summer, so maybe I should do a series on radical European politicians like Farage and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.

    • @slj1000
      @slj1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Richey make sure you visit the Keukenhof Gardens ;)

  • @csecure6157
    @csecure6157 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice video and explain with clarity

  • @andreasb8347
    @andreasb8347 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you explain the Italian unification? Seems like the hardest one to understand

  • @skbanda4573
    @skbanda4573 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you have a suggestion for a good source of historical maps like the ones you show in your videos?

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I get most of my maps from relevant Wikipedia articles. People are making some great stuff online!

  • @rogergoldstein3234
    @rogergoldstein3234 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Mr. Richey you helped me get a B in A-level History.

  • @MrPop-pd3gy
    @MrPop-pd3gy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic

  • @Science1314
    @Science1314 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find this really interesting

  • @istvansipos9940
    @istvansipos9940 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Solve rain (Zollverein) made my day :- )

  • @alexzonneveld329
    @alexzonneveld329 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much from a desperate 16 year old revising in England ;) any chance of you making one on Italian unification in the future?

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex Zonneveld It will happen at some point, but it's something I'm going to have to study more before I can deliver a proper lecture on the topic. Most of these lectures are products of hours of reading and research, slide design, and practicing the lectures on a live audience before making videos. I anticipate this is likely a topic that I will tackle next year.

  • @hotdogwaterfacemask
    @hotdogwaterfacemask 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for helping me cram for my AP Euro test!! (but in all seriousness this was really helpful)

  • @jacefoulk8107
    @jacefoulk8107 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YES do a video on Farage and the UKIP

  • @EWGFus3r
    @EWGFus3r 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey man, how about some eastern european history of the 19th century?
    plenty of juicy stuff going on there that has set the stage for many other political, historical and social events that are happening even now

  • @freddysreads
    @freddysreads 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    this helped me a lot!

  • @nathanashbaugh3208
    @nathanashbaugh3208 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow ich eigentlich nie wusste, wie Deutschland kam zu sein. Ich habe Videos gesehen, aber das ist bei weitem das beste.

  • @ashleyfontanilla9895
    @ashleyfontanilla9895 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Loooooooove your videos!

  • @xxderpypenguxx1178
    @xxderpypenguxx1178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Test in 5 hours, thanks this really helped!

  • @karlfollhoffer2322
    @karlfollhoffer2322 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These helped me study for my test, too bad Prof. didn't say what to study for Germany 1800-1910.... so its everything in those years for the next 2 days!

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad I could help a bit! Good luck figuring out what your prof will be testing you on... Unification is a good guess!

  • @PIRATE99A
    @PIRATE99A 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I may be mixing my German, but Grossdeutschland means: Greater Germany, does it not?

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In this context, that would mean the same thing. Would it not?

    • @VidzMisc
      @VidzMisc 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +PIRATE99A big, great, large all the same thing when context is everything.

    • @SiggiNebel
      @SiggiNebel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not greater, just great, but simply referring to the size, so rather big or large Germany.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gross- anything means "Greater" Klein - means "Lesser"
      nothing to do with the underwear company though!

    • @vivekbadshah5870
      @vivekbadshah5870 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grossdeutschland means:germany including austriya..

  • @diegosolorzano577
    @diegosolorzano577 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    you should do a video on the crimean war

  • @stg7171
    @stg7171 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey really good video and I really appreciate your efforts to help me remember German terms 👌🏾. However, if you could cut down on the random break aways a bit I'm sure we'd really appreciate it. Great video though, you're a good teacher

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know, it is possible to thank someone who has helped you without being rude. Just a thought. Your comment sends an overall negative vibe rather than a positive one, which may not be the sentiment you meant to convey. I hope this is not how you go about conveying "appreciation" in person.

  • @spitama1234
    @spitama1234 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful

  • @boahkeinbockmehr
    @boahkeinbockmehr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Zoll-ver-ein and not solvereign

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +boahkeinbockmehr It's a written test.

    • @boahkeinbockmehr
      @boahkeinbockmehr 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      okay, other than that realy nice work, but as a german native speaker the zollverein made me cringe inside and i just had to get it out of my head =)

    • @caipibara
      @caipibara 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      is doch egal...

    • @SiggiNebel
      @SiggiNebel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      or: Tsol-fare-ine (roughly, at least)
      Klick the symbol in front of the word and you can hear how it's pronounced
      dict.leo.org/ende/index_de.html#/search=Zollverein&searchLoc=0&resultOrder=basic&multiwordShowSingle=on&pos=3

    • @garretphegley8796
      @garretphegley8796 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ich bin ein Schwabe.

  • @tomharvey2567
    @tomharvey2567 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Would you not say that the Hanseatic League was not the first economic league of Germany?

    • @Exodon2020
      @Exodon2020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Hanse extended beyond the borders of Germany and was basically a union of traders.

    • @ajayalcos3928
      @ajayalcos3928 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not so much a union of individual traders but was rather a loose confederation of various mercantile guilds, who were in turn mostly composed of German-speaking merchants. It was basically what one would call a "mega-union" which protected the rights of their mercantile interests against overt political or ecclesiastical intrusion which may affect them negatively.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      it was not necessarily German but was more like an armed trade union on the Baltic and North Sea. There were non-German members, from Frisia (Netherlands), Sweden, the Baltic states and Prussia but it was not a state in its own right.

    • @MohamedOmar-wc6mb
      @MohamedOmar-wc6mb 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Harvey yes

  • @TheAnthraxBiology
    @TheAnthraxBiology 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Works for me", wow Tom.

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder8214 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine you have a parliament and a king. But both cannot agree on how power is distributed.
    If Parliament came up with a proposal, the King rejected it.
    In the end, neither the parliament nor the king rules,
    but the royal chancellor Bismark, who plays the two against each other.
    Today the elected head of government is called Chancellor.

  • @sarahlouthe8544
    @sarahlouthe8544 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe zollverein is analagous to the European Union. Started as an economic agreement but served as a useful precursor for political unification for those interested in consolidating power.

  • @kiowhatta1
    @kiowhatta1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    One important factor in the failure of the early desire for German unification was the religious division between the primarily southern catholic states and the northern protestant states.

  • @simonmektupchiqn
    @simonmektupchiqn 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    do you think that the German Unification, what about the Industrial Revolution in England, during the 19th century.

  • @janneoberste1025
    @janneoberste1025 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice pronunciation of the German words;)

  • @lifesmood
    @lifesmood 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Sir.

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nishongam Riammi You're very welcome!

  • @kifayatkhankhan8099
    @kifayatkhankhan8099 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u Sir

  • @jeanadrianguzmanvasquez1661
    @jeanadrianguzmanvasquez1661 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Frederich Willem VI, not Frederich William VI.

    • @vultschlange
      @vultschlange 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      General Racist Mango Herrera Frederick William is an anglicized version of Friedrich Wilhelm.

  • @I_am_bacon._.
    @I_am_bacon._. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:47 when you suddenly stopped and looked to the left i thought there was an intruder or something.

  • @kaylaportugal7761
    @kaylaportugal7761 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When he paused to take a sip of his drink I died lmao

  •  7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if someone speaks several languages...like German, French, English or any Slavic language?

  • @SiggiNebel
    @SiggiNebel 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the Frankfurt Parliament, there actually was a struggle between a majority of "liberals", demanding a constitutional monarchy and a minority of "republicans", demanding a democratic republic.
    The king of Prussia didn't use the word "pig", but said that the crown offered to him was "befouled with the dirt of the revolution" and was contaminated with a "decay scent". This reaction illustrates the political judgement of the "liberals" who thought it was a good idea to offer the crown to that monarchand and their unwillingness to actually perform a revolution.

  • @YoungFoolsLearn
    @YoungFoolsLearn 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice!!

  • @JacielVlogs
    @JacielVlogs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    currently silently screaming bc i had to write a mock ap essay for a nationalism DBQ and my facts were switched around. smh should have found out about this channel sooner

    • @hamthehamster1892
      @hamthehamster1892 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How’d you end up doing on the exam? I’m pissing myself rn

  • @DAsiebert
    @DAsiebert 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    my family immigrated from Germany around this time.

  • @abhinav.mishra17
    @abhinav.mishra17 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    U r doing great favour.

  • @derinformationstechniker4507
    @derinformationstechniker4507 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Tom!
    I'm collecting accents. Can u tell me wich state r u from?
    I'm just guessing the Southern States.

    • @Longlius
      @Longlius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's from South Carolina.

  • @frankdunbar2560
    @frankdunbar2560 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom's lectures are focused,not like the ramblings of the weirdo from Yale. He seems intelligent, but amazingly he grossly mispronounces German words such as Zollverein, which are common historic words which should not be butchered. Obviously, the reason becomes patent when he shows the Southern penchant for continuing the Civil War by not observing a federal holiday.

  • @Fearofthemonster
    @Fearofthemonster 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you should show yourself in a smaller window and show the map in a bigger window.

    • @tomrichey
      @tomrichey  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Fearofthemonster There are some points where I do that on my videos but sometimes, I miss a few opportunities to call attention to my visuals. I will work harder.

  • @laaaird13
    @laaaird13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My test was today...

  • @nataliemyers9006
    @nataliemyers9006 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oink oink in German is grunz grunz if anyone is wondering. Yes, i did take the time to look that up

  • @tsgleague8154
    @tsgleague8154 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    so
    why isnt austria a part of germany

  • @wayfarer_4
    @wayfarer_4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey love from India

  • @anabilmahanta9979
    @anabilmahanta9979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    lmao 7:47
    I love how I'm laughing through half these videos while I'm supposed to be super stressed for my exam tomorrow

  • @jenicadevaprasad242
    @jenicadevaprasad242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    groß and klein literally mean big and small in german

  • @busno29c
    @busno29c 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That coffee mug tho.

  • @wd8084
    @wd8084 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Napoleon didn't abolish the HRE. The HRE Emperor Francis II did... so Napoleon couldn't usurp the title.

  • @Fingered22
    @Fingered22 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    >doesn't offer the crown to the king of Bavaria
    WoW

  • @TonyqTNT
    @TonyqTNT 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought religion was the principal factor of decentralized government in Germany. Didn't they previously have a particularly gruesome war between Protestants in northern Germany and Catholics generally in southern areas of what is now Germany and Austria?

    • @raileon
      @raileon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was the Thirty Years' war.

    • @truthvsfalsehood6809
      @truthvsfalsehood6809 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah in 1625

    • @waltergro9102
      @waltergro9102 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      North West and West Germany is the largest Catholic area. Large parts of South Germany are Protestant. There is no North South divide. Just most of Bavaria is Catholic. Only by the Great German perspective most of the South is Catholic because of Catholic Austria, Bavaria and Southern Baden resp. Württemberg.

    • @waltergro9102
      @waltergro9102 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Religious division (Catholics, Lutherans, Reformed/Calvinists) was important in the 16th and 17th c.. It caused the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) which killed half of the population. Religious division supported selfish politics of the major princes. French king Louis XIV had the support of most of the major princes when he waged his wars of conquest in the Holy Roman Empire.