The Union of Romanian

Principalities
The Union of Romanian Principalities
known as Little Union (Great Union was in
1918) took place in the mid-nineteenth
century and represents unification of the
Moldavia and the Romanian Country. It is
closely linked to the personality of
Alexandru Ioan Cuza and his election as
ruler of both principalities on January 5,
1859 in Moldavia and on January 24, 1859
in the Romanian Country.
However, the union was a complex
process based on strong cultural and
economic proximity between the two
countries. The process began in 1848 with
the completion of the customs union
between Moldavia and the Romanian
Country, during the reigns of Michael
Sturdza and George Bibescu.
Outcome of the Crimean War led to an
European context favorable to achieve
union. Popular vote in favor of union in
both countries, resulting from the Ad Hoc

Assembly in 1857 led to the Paris

Convention of 1858, an agreement
between the Great Powers which accept a
more formal union between the two
countries with different governments and
some common institutions.
Early next year, Moldovian union leader
Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected ruler of
Moldavia and the Romanian Country,
bringing them into a personal union. In
1862, with unionists of the two countries,
Cuza unified Parliament and Government,
realizing the political union. After his
removal from power in 1866, the union
was strengthened by bringing on the
throne Prince Charles of HohenzollernSigmaringen, and the constitution adopted
that year the new state called Romania.

Unirea Principatelor Romane

Unirea Principatelor Romne cunoscuta
sub numele de Mica Unire (Marea Unire a
fost n 1918) a avut loc la jumatatea
secolului al XIX-lea si reprezinta unificarea
Moldovei si a Tarii Romnesti. Ea este

strns legata de personalitatea lui

Alexandru Ioan Cuza si de alegerea sa ca
domnitor al ambelor principate, la 5
ianuarie 1859 in Moldova si la 24 ianuarie
1859, in Tara Romaneasca.
Cu toate acestea, unirea a fost un
proces complex, bazat pe apropierea
puternica culturala si economica ntre cele
doua tari. Procesul a nceput n 1848 cu
finalizarea uniunii vamale ntre Moldova si
Tara Romneasca, n timpul domniilor lui
Mihail Sturdza si Bibescu George.
Rezultatul razboiului Crimeii a dus la un
context european favorabil pentru a realiza
unirea. Votul popular n favoarea unirii n
ambele tari, rezultat din Adunarea ad-hoc
n 1857 a dus la Conventia de la Paris din
1858, un acord ntre Marile Puteri, care
accepta o uniune mai mult formala ntre
cele doua tari, cu guverne diferite si unele
institutii comune.
La nceputul anului urmator, liderul
sindical moldovean Alexandru Ioan Cuza a
fost ales domn al Moldovei si al Tarii
Romnesti, aducndu-le ntr-o uniune

personala. n 1862, cu sindicalisti din cele

doua tari, Cuza a unificat Parlamentul si
Guvernul, realiznd unirea politica. Dupa
ndepartarea lui de la putere n 1866,
unirea a fost consolidata prin aducerea pe
tron a Printului Charles de HohenzollernSigmaringen, iar constitutia adoptata n
acel an a denumit noul stat Romnia.