The Exploration Of The Rise Of The German Second Empire

The German lands were ruled by the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations from the late medieval to the early modern period. During that period some national consciousness did exist in some extent among the German people, but the national consciousness was displayed not as obviously as in Britain, France and Spain. The prevalence of the Enlightenment in Europe and the development of the Hurricane Movement in Germany, they were regarded as the reflection of national consciousness in culture. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars let the German states recognize the enormous power of a unified nation—tate and sensed the necessity of establishing a unified nation—tate. There were three roads in the process of establishing a unified nation—tate. they were the Revolutionary road, der grossdeutsche Weg, der kleindeutsche Weg. The empire was the victory of der kleindeutsche Weg led by Prussia. After the foundation of the Second Empire, Germany not only walked rapidly in the front in economy, but also ranked the top position in the world in social development aspects by relieving social contradictions through building a series of social security systems. Accompanying these developments, Germany’s international status had also been improved rapidly. The rapid rise of Germany was mainly due to the implementation of a series of effective state intervention policies, the smooth implementation of the Second Industrial Revolution, the establishment of the social security system and the resolution of domestic social conflicts. Bismarck’s successful foreign policy won the empire a peaceful development of more than20years, and The World Policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II and strategies of developing military industry also had a series of chain reaction, which effectively promoted the development of heavy industry in Germany. Germany emerged in the Second Industrial Revolution Germany.This is because Prussia the representative of the German states, had paid great attentions to education before the establishment of the Empire. This is closely related to the inheritance and development of the tradition that many German states paid great attention to the education. After establishing its own country, Germany makes its science and technology and talents reserve in the forefront of the world, all because it takes the education seriously. The German Second Empire rose so rapidly that the rulers of Germany were not satisfied with international order at that time. They tried its best to change it. As a consequence, it caused the First World War. Meanwhile, it led to the end of the German Second Empire. The rise and fall of the German Second Empire taught us lessons for China’s peaceful rise, we can learn a lot from its positive experiences and negative lessons.