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Napoleon made important territorial changes in German-speaking lands
Napoleon annexed lands along the Rhine River for france, dissolved the Holy Roman Empire and organized a number of German states into aRhine Confederation. -
As people fought to free their lands from French rule, they began to demand a unified German state.
As people fought to free their lands from French rule, they began to demand a unified German state. -
Prussia created an economic union called the Zollverein
This dismantled tariff barriers between many German states. -
People in the Frankfurt assembly again demanded German political unity
They offered the throne to Federick William IV of Prussia, but was rejected. -
King William I made Otto von Bismarck chancellor
Withing ten years, Bismarck united German states under Prussin rule -
Bismarck formed an alliance with Austria
They took Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark and divideed up the spoils. -
Austro-Prussian War
Bismarck mad an excuse to attack Austria, which led to the Austro-Prussina War. This lasted seven weeks and and ended with Prussia winning. Prussia annexed several other north German states. -
franco-Prussian War
The superior Prissian force with troops from other German states attacked the poorly supplied French soldiers and Napolen III surrendered.