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napoleon invades german
napoleons campaign to germany starts after his retreat from russia during the napoleonic wars -
congress of vienna
a confrence of ambassadors who came together and redrew the map of europe. aswell as the countries boudaries to prevent another revolution. -
otto von bismark is born
otto von bismark is born in 1815. he was born in Schönhausen, Germany -
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zollverein
a coalition of german states that was created to manage politics and tariffs by the zollverein treaty -
Frederick William iv is offered the throne
Frederick William iv becomes king of prussia. the major german state. -
Frankfurt Assembly demands unity
the frankfurt assembly demands unity fro germany in april 1848 -
william i becomes emperor
on january second 1861 william i becomes the emperor of germany. but loses power in 1888 -
Bismarck becomes prime minister
otto von bismarck become the prime minister of prussia -
blood and iron speach
otto von bismarks blood and iron speach. in that he argues for more military power -
bismark declares war on denmark
otto von bismark declares war on denmark -
bismark declares war on austria
otto von bismark declares war against austria. this starts the austro-prussian war. -
constitution drafted by bismark
the constitution of the north german confederation. stated that the federal council was the highest organ -
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franco-prussian war
the war between france and prussia. germany ends up winning -
Bismark becomes chancellor
otto von bismark becomes the chancellor of germany -
economic development
germany is issued a single currency. they also reorganized the banking system -
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second reich
a period of unification created by otto von bismark. ended by germanies defeat in world war 1. -
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germanys population growth
due to the increase in factories and cities germanys population grew. it grew from 24,689,000 in 1871 to 40,165,000 in 1910 a 62.7% growth rate -
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Kulturekampf
Kulturekampf = culture struggle. a campaign led by the german government against the catholic church. -
campaign against the socialist
the campaign led by the german government against the socialist. the created laws trying to get the socialists to give up there ways. -
william ii becomes kaiser
last emperor of germany. was also king of prussia -
bismark resigns
bismark resigns from office. -
house of krupp
a book written about a the steel dynasty that armed the nazis.
written by peter batty
