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Early 1800s germany's economy was very rural was only some urban trade centers.
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Napoleon conquered Germany and took over Holy Roman empire
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Britian, Russia, Prussia, and Austria had defeated Napoleon and made him Emperor of the French and made him Exile.
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Founder of German empire. He was the prime minister of Prussia in 1862 to 1873. And from 1871 to 1890 he was Germanys first Chancellor
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18 states with a total population of 26 million people.
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Liberals wanted political unity for Germany.
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He is offered the throne, but he says no. He doesnt want to get throne by the people
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Otto Von Bismarck, becomes first served for Prussia as a Diplomat.
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Bismarck made the "blood and iron" speech. He wanted to unify them through military force
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Bismarck wanted to declare war on denmark as part as the German unification. He wanted to gain control of Schleswig, Holsten, and Launburg.
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Many german states were under Austrian control.
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The constition was of the north german confederation. The constition of the german empire was based upon it.
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400 year old german dynasty from essen. Well known around the 1800s for their steel production.
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France and Prussian war and the German states. The war was short, it changed European history.
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Germany has three main empires. Reich is the german word for nation. The second empire collapsed in 1918 after world war II
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Bismarck wanted to reduce power of the roman catholic church. Priests and bishops who resisted the Kulturkampf were arrested or removed from their positions
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Population in germany in 1871 was .47%, and the population in 1914 was 1.21%.
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William and bismarck unify germany. During the Franco- Prussia war he was choosen by Bismarck.
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Bismarck maintained and strengthing the power of the German empire.
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Bismarcks campaign against the socialist was the most important part of the repressive law of his chancellorship. Napoleon worked to move socialism out of germany
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Becomes emperor in 1888. He was a war leader, and lost the support of his army. He fled to exile in 1918.
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In 1888, William became Kaiser. He believed the right to rule came from god, and he thought he should be the only master.
