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 * Decline of Austrian influence**

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 * __The Decline of Austrian influence:__**


 * 1848 ** Uprising in Hungary, in front of the national museum in Budapest, opposing the Habsburg rules.
 * 1848 ** Hungary claims independence to Austria.
 * 1849 **Vienna, and Austria dropped bombs to create a revolt
 * 1858 ** Austria invades Piedmont.
 * 1859 ** France declares war to Austria.
 * 1859 ** Austria retreats and fled from the River Sesia (Italy).
 * 1849 **Austria attacked by Prussia.


 * Treaties and Policies**
 * The Zollverein:** Prussian economic system based on free trade and no customs duties. It boosted Prussia’s economy and brushed aside Austria’s economic influence in Germany; Austria’s economy was not able to rival with Prussia’s Zollverein.
 * Kleindeustch: “**Term used to describe the concept of a united Germany (favoured by Prussia) from which Austria is excluded” (Murphy 396)
 * The Treaty of Prague:** a treaty established after the Austro-Prussian war (1866); it allowed Prussia to annex several German territories and to eventually achieve the death of the old German Confederation, which caused Austria’s prestige to be at its worst.


 * Historiography**

-“German historian Helmut Boohme (1966) viewed the [Crimean] war in Prussian terms, as a period of great advance in its prestige as, proportionately, Austria’s national and prestige declined” (Murphy 398). -“Historian Hans Kohn has described the period of Austrian history between 1815 and 1848 as ‘an era of stagnation’” (Murphy 325).

Murphy, Derrick; Morris, Terry; Staton, Richard; Waller, Sally. __Europe 1760-1871__. London: Collins Educational, 2000. Hamza Bennis
 * Sources**

Decline of Austrian Influence

Simohamed Bentaleb