History A-Level
Great-power diplomacy and alliances
What Great-power diplomacy and alliances means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Great-power diplomacy and alliances
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Diplomacy with Prussia culminated in an alliance, and the union with Venetia underscored Italy's reliance on great-power diplomacy.
Topics that use Great-power diplomacy and alliances
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 4 Consolidating the Kingdom of Italy, 1861–70 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- constitutional monarchy
- Franco-Prussian War
- National unification and the Venetian question
- North-south divide
- Roman Question
- Aspromonte
- Brigands' war
- irredentism
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