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Napoleon Invades Russia
Napoleon enters Russia with an excessive French army. On september 7th the two armys met at Borodino Field and fought till the death of around 180,000 men. Napoleon left a month later with niether a loss or a victory. -
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Congress of Vienna
A confrence of European ambassidors and Austrian statesman, the object was to settle issues brought on by the French and Napoleon-lead wars. They restored old boundries and balence power to keep peace between countries. -
Birth of Otto Von Bismarck
The birth of a future prussian statesman, he later engineered a series of wars that unified the German states. -
The Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon led an army of 72,000 to a city in Brussles near a village named Waterloo. Prussia entered, outnumbering France and causing them to retreat. This event marked the end of Napoleons military career. -
Zollverein
German Customs Union was formed to deal with economic politics, territories and tariffs. -
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Frederick William IV
He reigned as king of Prussia, known as the "romanticist on the throne." He was a conservative, later rejecting the offer to be the German Emperor -
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Frankfurt Assembly
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Blood and Iron Speech
Otto Von Bismark gave a speech famously known as the "Blood and Iron Speech" about unifying German territories. -
Bismarck declares war on Denmarck
Prussia and Austria teamed up and declaired war on Denmark -
Bismarck declares war on Austira
Called the "Seven Weeks War "was fought between the German Confederation under the leadership of Austialian Empire. -
Ems Dispatch
A telegram that encouraged France to declare the FrancoPrusian war -
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Franco-Prussian War
A war between France, Prussia and German states. This war brought on the decline of the French Empire under Napoleons rule. -
Otto Von Bismark Becomes Chancellor
Bismark formed the German Empire and names himself chancellor while he was still ruling Prussia. Ruled using realpolotik. -
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Population Growth
The new German Empire made for a safer and more livable and populated enviorment. The popukation went from 41 million in 1871 to 68 million in 1914. -
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Ecomic Growth 1871-1914
Germany began founding companies, building railroads, steel and weapon production. A small steel factory of 70 workers later became a giant and famous empire of over 50,000 workers. -
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Kulturekamf
Known as the "battle for civilization" ; laws were passed that gave states the right to follow Catholic churches and education. -
German Unification
After the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war the Otto von Bismark declared the German Empire into the hall of mirrors. -
German Constitution
Drafted by Bismark, the Constitution of 1871 (based off constitution of the North German Confederation from 1867) was a mix off different goverment ideas -
House of Krupp
The House of Krupp became a large industrial complex that was inolved in steel and weaponry production. -
Campaign against Socialist
Organized by German Marxists was the Social Democratic Party. This later improved laws, conditions for working class and declared a parliamentary democracy. -
William II becomes Kaiser
a ver confident leader, he ronounced hime self the "only" master. He did not introduce deomocratic reforrms not tro anyones surprise. Although his forms of government provided social welfare, public school systems and high military funds. -
Bismark Resigns
Due to an uncomfortable and angry relationshio with Wilhelm II, Bismark resigned.
