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Prussia had worked toward control of a unified German state since 1640; unsurprisingly, it became the most powerful province in Germany -
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In 1862, Wilhelm I of Prussia appointed Otto von Bismarck prime minister. -
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In 1866, Bismarck led a successful war against Austria, which quickly gave up its share in the affairs of Schleswig and Holstein. -
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in 1867, as a result of Bismarck’s diplomacy, Prussia annexed three more states and the free city of Frankfurt, thereby bringing all the German-speaking states north of the Main River under Prussian control -
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On January 18, 1871, Wilhelm I of Prussia was officially crowned emperor of Germany. In a final insult to the French, the Germans held the ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
