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Napoleon Invades German Lands
In 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded German terrortorries which ended in 1813. Napoleon successfuly took over the German lands. -
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House Of Krupp
Was a prominent 400 year old dynasty from Essen and has become famous for there steel production and for the ammunation and armaments. -
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Congress Of Vienna
The Congress Of Vienne was a conference of European ambassadors and was chaired by Austrian statesman. It was made to provide long-term peace for Europle and resolved many conflicts. -
Otto Von Bismarck Birth
Otto Von Bismarck was born in Schönhausen, Germany on April 1st 1815 to a wealthy family. Was born in a wealthy family estate west of Berlin. -
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Second Reich Is Created
Since 1815 Germany was made up of 39 states known as the German Confederation. Fredrich Wilhelm IV, was forced to call a constitutional convention, and a liberal constitution was drawn up. -
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The Second Reich
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Zollverein
Zollverein was a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories. Was made to to manage different territories in Germany. -
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Frankfurt Assembly Demands Unity
The session was held from 18 May 1848 to 31 May 1849. It was the result of the "March Revolution" in the states of the German Confederation. -
Frederick William IV Is Offered The Throne
In 1849 October 18th Frederick was offered the throne of Germany. He declined this because he was the king of Prussia, Frederick later suffered from a stroke and died in January 2, 1861. -
William I of Prussia becomes Emperor
During the Franco-Prussian War, on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles Palace, William was proclaimed German Emperor -
Blood And Iron Speech
On September 1st in 1862 Otto Von Bismarck also known as the Iron Chancellor, gave a speech called Blood And Iron. The speech was about the unification of Germany. -
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Bismarck declares war on Denmark
Otto von Bismarck's behavior prior to the Austrian-Prussian war, which concentrate mainly on whether the "Iron Chancellor" had a master plan that resulted in this war, the North German Confederation and the unification of Germany. -
William II Becomes Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm I took Prince Wilhelm on trip to meet with the Austro-Hungarian emperor, Franz Joseph. In 1886, also, thanks to Herbert von Bismarck, the son of the Chancellor, Prince Wilhelm began to be trained twice a week at the Foreign Ministry. Then William II becomes Kaiser. -
Constitution drafted by Bismarck
The North German Constitution. Existed from 1867 to 1871. -
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Franco Prussian War
The war was deeply rooted as one of the causes of German Unifacation. In Prussia, some officials considered a war against France both inevitable and necessary to arouse German nationalism in those states that would allow the unification of a great German empire. -
Bismarck Becomes Chancellor
On January 1st of 1862 Otto Von Bismarck became the Chancellor of Germany. He affectively ruled first Prussia, and then all of Germany. -
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Campaign Against The Church ( Kulturekampf )
Were trying to reduce the role and the power of the Roman Catholic Church in Prussia.The laws made made the Catholics feel prosecuted within a predominantly Protestant nation. -
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Population Growth Of Germany 1871-1914
1871 the annual rate of population went from %0.47 to %1.21 in 1914. The population rate went up and down but in 1914 it was a huge ammount compared to 1871. -
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Campaign Against The Socialists
The Anti-Socialist Law of 1878 was perhaps the most important repressive law of Bismarck’s chancellorship. Bismarck’s anti-socialist campaign was among his greatest political miscalculations. -
Bismarck Resigns
He displayed a violent temper and kept his power by threatening to resign time and again. Seventy-five years old in 1890, Bismarck resigned with a sense of having failed. -
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Economic Development
After Germany's official reunifacation on October 3rd 1990 the economy continued to grow rapidly.
