for Comenius project

2. The idea of the Unification In the 1st century BC, it appeared to the Geto-
lined along the time the Dacians a very famous king, called Burebista, who
tumultuous fight of the has managed to unite all the Geto-Dacian tribes
through the developing there of a kingdom
Romanian people.
stretching far beyond the Dniester to the Tisza, the
Bug, which is the territory of Dacia, the ancestral
heart of the today Romania.
Dacia during the king Burebista
(82 - 44 BC)

3. The political union of the
Romanian Countries in 1600
represents a moment with large
significances for our national
history.
The natural, unitary evolution of
the Romanian medieval society
was materialized and fulfilled on
the political plan, too, by the
presence on the throne of the
Romanian Country, Moldova
and Transylvania of a single
ruler and prince: Michael the
Brave.
He was the son of his actions, or
how beautiful Nicolae Iorga
wrote in The History of Michael
the Brave "Michael was, when he
was found, where he had to be in
order to fulfil what the fate has
kept for him".

4. After long debates,
on January 5th, 1859,
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
was elected as a prince
of Moldavia.
On January 24th,
1859 Alexandru Ioan
Cuza was elected
as a ruler of the
Romanian Country.

5. The Romanians achieved the Unification by choosing the
same ruler: Alexandru Ioan Cuza. By the election of Alexandru
Ioan Cuza, the Romanian Principalities walked firmly on the
track of modernity. Faced with the accomplished fact, the great
powers will be forced to recognize the act of January 24th, 1859.
The Union of the Principalities (1859)

6. In 1918 it was celebrated the great dream of the Romanians, the
constituting of the Romanian national state. This was possible due to the
blood tribute paid by the Romanians during World War I (1914-1918).

7. March 27th/April 9th 1916
THE UNIFICATION OF BESSARABIA WITH ROMANIA
Bessarabia was the first territory
whose majoritarily Romanian population
decided its unification with the Old
Kingdom of Romania.
On March 27th/April 9th 1918, the
Council of the Country, has met in the
Assembly Hall of the High School No. 3
from Chisinau, voted by 86 votes for and
3 against the Resolution for the
Unification of Bessarabia with Romania.
The Union Declaration of Bessarabia
with Romania (excerpt):
"Bessarabia within its borders between Clădirea unde au avut loc şedinţele
the Prut, the Dniester, the Danube, the Black Sfatului Ţării
Sea ... In the power of the historical right
and of the nation right, in the base of the Romania after the Union with Bessarabia
principle that the peoples themselves to
decide their fate, henceforth and forever
joins his mother Romania."

8. 15/28 November 1918
THE UNIFICATION OF BUKOVINA WITH ROMANIA
The second territory which has
united with Romania was
Bukovina. In order to make the
Unification proclaimed by the
Assembly since 15/28 October 1918
in complete legality, it was decided
to convene the General Congress of
Bukovina. The General Congress of
Bukovina was held on 15/28
November 1918 in Czernowitz, at
the Synod Hall of the Metropolitan
Palace. On Iancu Flondor's
proposal, the Congress voted with
an overwhelming majority "The Palatul Mitropolitan din Cernăuţi, unde Congresul
unconditional and forever general al Bucovinei a declarat unirea Bucovinei cu
România
unification of Bukovina in its old
borders to Czernowitz, Colacin and Romania after 15/28 November 1918
Dniester with the Kingdom of
Romania".

9. December 1st 1918
THE UNIFICATION OF TRANSYLVANIA, BANAT,
CRISANA AND MARAMURES WITH ROMANIA
The last territory which has
united with Romania was
Transylvania. On Thursday,
December 1st, 1918, a number
of 1,228 elected delegates
gathered in the hall of the
military casino from Alba Iulia
(The Unification Hall) and other
over 100,000 people were
gathered on the plateau behind
the city, on the place called
today Horea's Field . The crowd
enthusiastically sang "Awake,
Romanian" by Andrei
Muresanu and all asked for
"Unification or Death!“ The
Proclamation of Unification was Alba Iulia - The Unification Hall
read by Vasile Goldis.
The Great Romania – Decembrie 1st 1918