Unification of Germany

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Unification of Germany

• 1870-1871

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Napoleon

• 1806-1812- Raids into German-speaking lands
• Annexes Rhineland
• Dissolves Holy Roman Empire

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Europe 1812
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Congress of Vienna

• Does not unite Germany
• Creates German Confederation
• Headed by Austria

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Europe 1815
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Leading German state Prussia ruled by
Hohenzollern since 1614 started small, gained
land helped England beat Napoleon
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Zollverein

• 1834- Prussia organizes German states
  economically
• Removed Tariffs
• Standard Money system
• Austria did not join

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Otto von Bismarck

• 1862- Prussian Prime Minister
• Blood and Iron speech
• Goal to unite German states under Prussian
  leadership

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War with Denmark- Over Schleswig and Holstein
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To make Prussia dominate power must drive Austria
out Seven Weeks War-1866 Austria
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The Iron Chancellor
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Franco-Prussian War

• Bismarck needs an enemy all Germany will unite
  against
• Spanish Throne offered to prince Hohenzollern-
  France nervous
• He turns down throne.
• King William I sends telegram to France

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• Bismarck changes telegram
• 6 weeks France defeated
• January 1871 France surrenders

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Treaty of Frankfurt-1871

• Frances pays Germany 1 Billion
• Frances surrenders Alsace Lorraine
• January 18, 1871 King Wilhelm I crowned German
  Kaiser.
• Bismarck named Chancellor
• Second Reich

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1878
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German Power

• Wilhelm II becomes Kaiser in 1888.
• Dismisses Bismarck in 1890.
• Wilhelm II makes German a leading industrial
  power.
• Germany will compete for colonies Place in the
  Sun

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Wilhelm II