H6C-p2

History 6C

De Anza College

Paper Assignment #2: Nationalism and National Unification

For your second paper you will write an essay comparing the process of political unification of Italy and Germany. In construction your essay, you might want to think about the following questions:

Why were Germany and Italy both unified politically at roughly the same time? What forces led to political unification? What forces worked to prevent it? What role did the forces of nationalism, liberalism, conservatism, and religion play in each process? Using the primary sources listed below, your textbook, and knowledge gained from lectures, write an essay on the age of national unification in Europe in the 19th century.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation, 1808

Giuseppe Mazzini, On Nationality, 1852

King Victor Emmanuel, Address to Parliament, Rome, 1871

Emperor William I, Proclamation of the German Empire, Versailles, 1871

Italian Unification Documents

German Unification Documents

Typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides (this is usually the default for most word processing programs), formatted according to MLA guidelines, approximately 800-1000 words, to be submitted to the Canvas website. The paper must be submitted by 11:59 pm on the date due. . Note: before sending the assignment, you must rename the file in the following format: LastnameFirstname-papernumber. Example: JacksonChristopher-paper1. If the file is not properly named, it will not be accepted. Please do not “borrow” material from the web without providing proper citations and enclosing direct quotations in quotation marks. Otherwise, it will be considered plagiarism, and the penalties will be severe.