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House of Krupp
Manufactured cannons that could be used for war, These cannons were put on the Bismarck ship. -
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Napoleon Invades German Lands
He took over lands on the Rhine River and added them to France. Ended the Holy Roman Empire and organized a number of German states. WHich became control of the French-controlled Rhine confederation. -
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Congress of Vienna
THis congress was established to give a long term peace to Europe. Many countries were gaining major parts of land. The congress was going tto give equal power to have peace. The German states hoped to become unified. The Germans were not unified at the meeting of the Congress of Vienna. -
Otto Van Bismarck Birth
Bismarck was born on April 1st in the year of 1815. Bismarck created a series of wars that eventually united Germany. -
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Zollverein
Zollverein is a union which was a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and econonmic policies within their territorries. -
Frederick WIlliam IV is Offered the Throne
William III was a good conservative leader. He died of a stroke and William IV took over. -
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Frankfurt Assembly Demands Untiy
This freely elected parliament wanted unity in the German states. They created a constituion called the Frankfurt constition. It had rules that they wanted all German States the follow. -
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Economic Development
Iron and coal were natural resources that were used because Germany had a lot of them. High educated and high skilled work force were in Germany. Germany builtup infrastructure, and founded large companies because of the work force and natural resources they had. -
Bismarck becomes Prime Mininster
Bismarck when he became minister he was a big part of the German/European affairs. He unified Germany by establishing a series of wars. -
Blood and Iron Speech
In 1862, Bismarck gave the blood and iron speech. The speech was about unifying Germany's states. -
Bismarck Declares War on Austria
The Austro-Prussian war lasted 7 weeks and began in 1866. The war ended with the Prussians winning the war in August of 1866. -
Constitution Drafted By Bismarck
Bismarck drafted the northern german constitution on Feburary 12th, 1867. It contained rules people had to follow. It was mainly written by Bismarck. -
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Franco Prussian War
This was a war between France and the northern confederations of Germany. They were lead by Prussia. There plan was to gain the southern confederation after they won the war in which they did both. -
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Campaign Against the Socialists
After Germany unified socialists were forming in Germany. Bismarck wanted no socialists and threw them out before they could start a revolution. -
William I of Prussia becomes Emperor
He was the first German emperor in 1871. He was helped by Otto Van Bismarck in Prussia. All his success was helped by him. -
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Campaign against the church(Kulturekampf)
The goal was to have the state run the cathoilic church. Moves backfired and faithful rallied behnid the church. Bismarck made peace with the church. -
Bismarck becomes Chancellor
Bismarck became chancellor in 1871. He previously was the prime minster before becoming chancellor. -
Second Reich
The 2nd Reich is when Germany tried to unify the territories for a second time. They tried once before and they tried again after. -
WIlliam II becomes Kaiser
William II became emperor of Germany in 1888. He got a rid of Bismarck and sent Germany on a new course. -
Bismarck Resigns
Bismarck resigns for the needs of the state. William II comes to him to ask him to resign and he did.
