History A-Level
Liberalism and nationalism
What Liberalism and nationalism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Liberalism and nationalism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Middle-class demands for representative government, civil liberties and German unity, organised through associations and the press.
Topics that use Liberalism and nationalism
- Paper 2, Option 2D.2: The unification of Germany, c1840–71 - 1 Popular pressure and causes of revolution, 1840–48 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Austrian dominance and the German Confederation
- Constitutional conflict and parliamentary rights
- Economic divisions and Prussian dominance
- Economic hardship and social unrest
- Nationalism and liberalism
- Prussian monarchy and reform
- Railways and the Zollverein
- Revolutionary contagion from France
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