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French revolution ideas inspired German intellectuals to formulate the German version of those values (Liberte, egalite, fraternite.) Thinkers such as Herder who argued that Germans belong together as they shared a common culture "Volksgiest" and therefore should be FREE
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French occupation of Germany sparks resentment of anti-French feeling, which in turn, fuelled nationalism when Napoleon conquered Prussia and humiliated them at the Treaty of Tilsit and taking 1/3 of their land.
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