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House of Krupp
The Krupp family was a German dynasty of industrialists. The Krupps started the first major steel-works in Germany in 1811, and their enterprise expanded rapidly to become one of the world's largest companies and Germany's leading supplier of armaments. -
Napoleon invades Russia
Napoleon's Grande Armée went across the Neman River to try to engage and defeat the Russian army. The Grande Armée included 680,000 soldiers. -
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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference with a long term goal that would provide long term peace for Europe. It redrew the boundrries of many countries to balance the power out. -
Otto Von Bismarck
Otto Von Bismarck was born on April 1st 1815, to Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck and Wilhelmine Luise Mencken. He was born into a wealthy family located west of Berlin. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought near Waterloo in Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.This date marked the final defeat of the emporer and French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte. -
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Zollverein
Zollvrerein was a union of German states formed to manage tariffs. This union also managed econmic policies within their territory. -
Frederick William IV is offered the throne
Frederick William IV was offered the throne on June 7th 1840. Frederick became king of Prussia after his father's death. Frederick William had a stroke in 186, when he died fromt the stroke his brother then was King of Prussia. -
Frankfurt Assembly
Liberals met to demand for German political unity. They offered the throne of a united German state to king Fredrick William IV of Prussia but he denied it -
Blood and Iron speech
Speech given by Otto Von Bismarck about the unification of German territories. -
Bismarck Declares War on Austria
During this time Bismarck knew that Ausria would be a major obstacle in the unification of Germany.Therefore he commenced a war to weaken Austria. -
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German Constution drafted by Bismarck
After Germany was Unified, they came up with a new constitution, but in reality Bismarck was still in charge. -
Campaign Against Scoialists
During this time Bismarck had found the growth of Socialism was a threat to the new Germany. Bismarck had laws passed to shut down their newspapers, ban any meetings they were to have and by this socialist groups began to slowly dissolve. -
Ems Dispatch
Sometimes called Ems Telegraph, iniciated France to declare the Franco-Prussian war. -
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Franco- Prussian War
The Franco- Prussian War was a conflict between the German states and the second French Empire. The conflict was to gain control of the southern German states. -
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Population Growth
A rapidly growing population accured from 41,000,000 in 1871 to 67,000,000 in 1914. The growth provided a huge home market and a highly skilled work force. -
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Campaign against Church (Kulturekampf
Kulturekampf refers to German policies in relation to secularity and increasing the role and power of the Roman catholic church in Prussia. -
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Economic Growth
Germanys growth in economics grew dramatically through this time. -
Germany is Created.
At this time Germany is now unified and is extremely powerful. The new Germany had now officially became one under the power of William and Bismarck. -
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Bismarck Is Chancellor
Bismarck was known as the "Iron Chancellor". As chancellor Bismarck formed several goals for Germnany to achieve. He sought to keep France weak and isolated while building strong connections with Austria and Russia. -
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William II becomes Kaiser
William II was "Kaiser" and King of Prussia from 1888 from the end of world war 1 in 1918 known for his frequently militaristic manner as well as for his vacillating policies. -
Bismarck resigns
Bismarck resigned at 75 years old in 1890. He resigned with a sense of having failed. Now that he was a Prince and very wealthy Bismarck did not ease his retiremnet.
