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Welcomed at first, Napoleon enters Germany. Soon after he turned on Germany, freeing the Serfs and abolished laws against Jews. Now Germans wanted a unified nation.
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Otto van Bismarck was named prime minister of Germany. He used policy of "blood and iron."
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Prussia and Austria freed provinces and divided up the remainders. In 1866 Prussia created excuse to invade Austria. Then annexed several northern Gernan states.
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Also known as the Franco-Prussian War. Germans remembered the invasions of Napoleon over 60 years ago. Bismarck reminded Germans of this and tried to scare them. Bismarck had a plan to release a telegram that made it seem that William I had insulted France which led to Napoleon III declaring war on Prussia. Napoleon surrendered in a few weeks.
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German Nationalists called it the second Riech because it was considered an heir to the holy Roman empire. Bismarck created a constitution that made two legislatures. The Bundesrat and Reichstag wre created.
