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The smaller Germany states linked as one and unified togeather as one. Germany in 1815's was considered as a modern state. In the early 1860's Austria's power was challenged.
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Prussia and Austria went to war against Denmark to win two of its provinces. The Prussians won the war and won respect from Germany.
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Austria and Prussia go to war and Prussia wins because of their superior army.
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German states in the south remained independent from Prussian control. Bismark thought he could win the southerners' port if they faced a threat.
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Germans accepted the Franco-Prussian leadership.