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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich that took place in Vienna -
Otto Von Bismakr birth
Otton Von bismakr was born on April 1st 1815 in Schönhausen, Germany and was born into the nobility. -
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House of Krupp
This is where Germany became became an enormous industrial complex that produced steel and weapons for a world store. -
Zollverein
Zollverein was a economic union created by Prussia that dissovles tariff barriers between German states. This was made to make peace for Europe. -
Fredrick William IV is offered the Throne
He became king because his father died in 1840. He also become the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel, which is a part of Switzerland today. -
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Frankfurt Assembly demands unity
This was the first elected parliament for all of Germany. This produced the Franfurt Constitiuon which is an unsuccesful way to unify Germny. -
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William I of Prussia becomes Emperor
William I became the first German emporer as well as the first head of the state of unifed Germany. -
Blood and Iron speech
This was a speech made by Otton Von Bismark regarding the unification of the German territories. -
Bismark declares war on Denmark
This war was started because Prussia crossed the border into Schleswig. Schleswig was a province owned by Denmakr. They went to war because there were many Germans in Schleswig. -
Bismark declares war on Austria
Bismark caused this war because he wanted to unify Germany and he thought going to war with Austria would help. -
Constitution drafted by Bismark
This Consitution was the North German Consitituion. This was a alliance of the 22 independent states of Germany. It was also the first modern German nation state. -
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Napoleon invades German Lands
During this team Napoleon invades and took over many German lands. -
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Franco-Prussian War
France delcared war on Prussia which wasnt very smart because France lost very badly. This conflict happened becaue of German unification . -
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Population Growth
In 1871 after the German Empire was created, there was only 41 million people living in Germany and that escalated to 68 million by 1914. -
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Campaign against the church (Kulturekampf)
Kulturekampf means culture struggle. This was to reduce the role and power of the Roman Catholic Church in Prussia. -
Second Reich is created
This was the second empire of Germany and was also known as the Holy Roman Empire. This was empire lasted long until Germany became a federal republic. -
Bismark becomes chancellor
He became the first chancellor of the German Empire. But, he also stayed being the prime minister of Prussia -
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Campaign against the Socialists
Otto Von Bismark feared a Socialist revolt so he made Anti-Socialist Laws was made to break the Social Democratic Party. -
William II becomes Kaiser
He was the last German Emporer. In 1890 he dismissed the chancellor, Bismark. He began a warlike new course. -
Bismark resigns
After William I died, his son Fredrich III took over. Wilhelm II dismissed him as chancellor. Wilhelm II then demanded him to resign so he did and was once again chancellor of Germany. -
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Economic Development
From 1990 to 1992 Germanys economy grew rapidly. Before 1990 the economys growth was very slow.
