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Second Reich Greated
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Napoleon Invades German Lands
Napoleon invades Gemany to take over lands. -
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Congress of Vienna
This was kind of like a big neeting. It was when the 4 allied countries Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria wanted to settle alot of uprising issues at the time like the French Revolution. -
Birth of Otto Von Bismark
He was born by the name of Otto Eduard Leopold. He was later a Prussian statesmen who dominated German and Eauropean affairs. -
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Zollverein
This was a group of states in Germany that were formed to deal with economic policies within there states. This included states like Prussia, Luxemburg and others. Not all states in Germany were part of this. -
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Frankfurt Assembly demands Unity
This is when people at the Frankfurt Assembly wanted Germany to unite. This was not a success because at first they didnt unite. -
Frederick William IV is offered the Throne
This was when Frederick William IV was offered title of German Emperor. He rejected this offer which was made by the Frankurt Parliament. -
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William I of Prussia becomes emperor
Him and Otto Von Bismark, His prime miniter acheived the unification of Germany. He was born March 22nd of 1797. -
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Bismark becomes prime minister
During this time Bismark provoked wasrs that made Prussia dominant over Austria and France. -
Blood and Iron speech
This speech was given by Bismark about the unification of German territories. Blood and Iron refers to war because this was the way he wanted to Unify Germany, through war. -
Bismarck declares war with Denmark
The cause od this war was a dispute over who should rule over Schleswig and Holstein, two countrys with mostley German populations. -
Bismarck declares war with Austria
After the war with Denmark, The war was over for Prussia and Austria but then Austria feared that it would lsoe respect to the smaller states within the Confederation of German States -
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Bismark becomes Chancellor
In this time he was the Chancellor oft the North German Confederation. A Chancellor is the highest official of a monarch. -
Campaign against Socalist
Since Bismarck had also seen socalist in Germany, He also set a Campaign against socialist which was when German Marxist organized the Social Democractic Party to improve conditions for the working class. -
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Franco-Prussian War
This was when Bismark tricked Napoleon into starting war with Prussia. The result was a German Victory -
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Population growth
Population grew by more than a third at the end of the Unification of Germany -
Constitution drafted by Bismark
German Historians often refer to this as Bismarcks Imperial Constitution. In this was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871-1919 -
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Campaign against Church
Since Bismarck was a Lutheran, He distrusted Catholics. Third of the population were Catholics so in response to that Bismarck set a goal for Catholics to put loyalty to the state above allegiance to the Church, -
William II becomes Kaiser
William II became kaiser and his nationalism and aggressive military stance fired up tension leading to the begining of WW1. -
Bismarck Resigns
William II shocked his nation by asking Bismarck to resign. At the time Bismarck was dominating. -
Economic Development
Germany's trade grew bigeger and Germany came out with many companies later on. They also reorganized the banking systems and coordinated railroads built by German states. -
House of Krupp
This is a dynasty that had become famous for there steel production.
