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Creation of the New German Confederation
The Congress of Vienna organized the German States into a new German Confederation, which had 38 states overall in the Confederation. This picture shows what Germany looked like after the new German Confederation was created. -
Zollverein was offcially founded
Freidrich List Friedrich's theories on econonmy were thought to be effective in the Zollverein. The Zollverein was a custom union created to help stimulate trade and up the revenues of member states. The only state not included was Austria. -
Willam I became came King of Prussia
William replace Fredrick William IV as King of Prussia in his own right. -
Polish Uprising
The Skalny Center Newsletter The writer of this article could be considered to be neutrally opinionated when it comes to the topic of the Polish uprising. He or she could lean somewhat for the Polish Uprisisng. The Polish uprising was one of the national revolutions
against the Russian Empire by the Polish people, and its failure led to the complete Russification of Poland for decades afterwards. -
King Christian IX became the Danish King
King Christian IX This article describes Christian IX's life in a posotive way. It also talks about his contributions to Denmark. King Christian became the Prince of Denmark, after his uncle, Frederick VII ran out of male descendents. Christian's succession to the thrown was determined by the London Protocol of May 8, 1852. -
Seven Weeks War starts
This newspaper clipping shows the Seven Weeks War as being a very big and terrible war. The Austria and Prussian War was fought for 7 weeks. The Prussians beat Austria at the Battle of Sadowa. Austria agreed to give up Venice to Italy, but the German Confederation was dissolved. -
North German Confederation Constitution
North German Confederation This article said that the North German Confederation was a posotive effect on the unification of Germany. Bismarck created a federal constitution for the North German Confederation. This constitution allowed the states to to have their own government, but the king of Prussia became the president of the confederation. -
France declared war on Prussia
Bismarck Letters Bismarck needed a way to get the south German states to join the North German Confederation, so he decided that a war with France would be the best bait. In 1870, France declared war on Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War began. At the end of the war, the south German states joined Prussia and helped create the German empire. -
German forces smash through French army at Sedan
During the Seven Weeks war, Germany smashed through the main French army at Sedan, and Germany captured Napoleon III. Germany forced Napoleon to surrender to King William I. This artist who painted this picture was agianst the Franco-Prussian war because of the gore, death, and sadness displayed in the picture. -
French Patriots proclaimed a new French republic
New French Republic The document has a negative attitude towards the Bavarian Army. Three days after Napoleon surrendered to William I, the French patriots proclaimed a new French republic. They also promised to keep fighting, but a few months after the fighting continued, Paris was left starving.
