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Napoleon invades German lands
Once he has invaded the German Lands and has power He places puppet rulers in the German States -
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Congress of Vienna
This was a conference of ambassadors from European states. The point of the having this congress was to provide a long-term peace for Europe by solving critical issues -
Otto Von Bismarck birth
Later in his life he would be a great leader who unified Germany through many wars. Those wars made a sucseesful German Empire wich was led by the Prussians -
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Zollverein
was a alliance of German states formed to manage economic policies within their territories. The Zollverein included most of the German states -
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Frankfurt Assembly
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Blood and Iron speech
the speech was given by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1862. The main purpose of this speech was the topic of the unification of the German territories. -
Bismarck declares war on Denmark
Betwean the German Confederation lead by the Austrian Enpire. They fought over the German states.Denmark gives up control over Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg over to Prussia and Austria -
Bismarck declares war on Austria
Bismarck used an excuse to start a war with Austria by accusing them of violating the Gastein Convention.The actual war lasted 7 weeks -
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Franco Prussian War
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House of Krupp
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William I of Prussia becomes Emperor
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Second Reich is created
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Constitution drafted by Bismarck
The constitution was written by Bismark and it was based on the first Reichstag.The Reichstag was the North German Confederation -
Bismarck becomes chancellor
He delares himself chancellor and rulled with power that is where he got his nickname "Iron Chancellor". -
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Campain against the church
Bismarck took many steps to silence political opposition, as shown by laws restricting the freedom of the press, and the anti-socialist laws. -
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Campaign against the Socialists
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Population Growth
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William II becomes Kaiser
Under his power, Prussia became internally and externally weakend. He failed to deal with chalenges from the French Revolution. HIs reglious policies were based off of traditional Protestantism and against the Enlightenment -
bismark reigns
at age 75,Bismark resigned because WIlliam II insisted. Only after to succeeded as Chancellor of Germany and Minister-President of Prussia
