The giant german ogre caricature of otto von bismarck

THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY

By JustinLe
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    Napoleonic Wars

    Primary source speech from NapoleonThis had a positive effect on the unification of Germany becasue it spread the idea of nationalism through the German countries.

  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna
    Secondary Source
    The Congress of Vienna had a positive impact on the unification of Germany becasue they gave more land to Prussia so and it helped them want to become a country.

  • The Zollverein

    The Zollverein
    Secondary Source
    The Zollverein had a positive effect on the German unification becasue it allowed trade between the German countries without a heavy tax like all the other places.

  • The Unification of Italy

    The Unification of Italy
    Secondary Source
    This had a positive effect on the unification of Germany becasue it was an example for them. It also made them want to unify more becasue other countries were.

  • Bismark

    Bismark
    When William I became king of Prussia he appointed Otto Von Bismark as his head of the Prussian Cabinet. Bismark was able to build Prussia into the fighting machine it was and he was able to tricking the contries into forming an empire.

  • Danish War

    Danish War
    The Danish War had a negative impact becasue it brought conflict beween Austria and Prussia. They ended up just dividing the two countries.

  • The Seven Weeks' War

    The Seven Weeks' War
    The Seven Weeks' War had a positive impact on the German unification because it showed the German countries how powerful Prussia was and that Prussia could protect them if they were to form a country.

  • Franco-Prussian War

    Franco-Prussian War
    [A primary source document of the Ems telegram ](http://modern.edublogs.org/files/2009/02/the-wars-of-unification.pdf)
    The Franco-Pussian war had a positive impact on the German unification becasue it brought Germany together to fight France. Bismark took a telegraph he was given by the king and he reworded it to make the French sound bad. It is known as the Ems Telegraph

  • German Unification

    Primary Source Speach - The Imperial Proclomation
    This is the day Germany finally came out and said they were an empire. The kaiser gave his power to the Chancellor. The Chancellor was Bismark and he used his power to his advantage to try to gain more power.

  • Bismark's Resignation

    Bismark's Resignation
    Bismark was able to grow Germany into a great Empire, but then the people started wanting a constitution. This is when he began a big censorship campain, but when William I died, William II asked Bismark to resign. He had brought a great deal of industrialization and he was able to turn Germany into the country it is.