German Unification

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  • Creation Of The German Confederation

    Creation Of The German Confederation
    Weak alliance created between Austria, Russia, Britain, and Prussia. To created a united German state, Metternich pointed out that they needed to dismantle separate German government and unite it into one. It was headed by Austria.

  • Otto van Bismarck becomes prime minister

    Otto van Bismarck becomes prime minister
    King William l made Bismarck the prime minister of Prussia. Then within a decade, he became a chancellor. To keep German states unifies, he used his policy of "blood and iron".

  • War with Denmark

    War with Denmark
    In 1864, Prussia and Austria made an alliance. They seized the provinces of Schleswig and Holstein. Austria and Prussia liberated the provinces.

  • Austro-Prussian War

    Austro-Prussian War
    Bismarck invented an excuse to attack Austria. For 7 weeks, Autria and Prussia battled it out. Prussia eventually came out victorious in the end.

  • Franco-Prussian War

    Franco-Prussian War
    The Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War, angered Napoleon lll. Rising tensions between the two rivals caused war. Germany used France's previous horrors to fuel German nationalism. a superior Prussian force backed by German soldiers, completely squished France.

  • The "birth" of the Second German Empire

    The "birth" of the Second German Empire
    Delighted over French victory, Northern and Southern German princes persuaded William l to become the emperor and Germans celebrated the second German empire. Bismarck drafted a constitution and set up a two-house legislature.