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Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg, german states, became allies with France when Russia and Austria declared war on Napoleon. Photo: The Battle of Austerlitz/The Battle of the Three Emperors.
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Bavaria, Baden and Württemberg's rulers receive marked increases in status, as kings now of Bavaria and Württemberg, and grand duke of Baden, thanks for helping Napoleon. Photo: King of Bavaria, König Maximilian I. Joseph.
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Napoleon merges the whole of Germany east of the Rhine, with the exception of Prussia and Saxony, into the Confederation of the Rhine.
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Napoleon merges the two new kingdoms and the grand duchy, together into a single Confederation of the Rhine. Photo: Article 1 of the original Confederation of the Rhine.
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German states: organized into a Deutscher Bund/German Confederation = a body without legislative powers, being a diplomatic assembly of rulers.
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By the Treaty of Kassel, the Central German Union (CGU) is formed by central and northern German states.
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Commercial alliance between the Bavaria–Württemberg Customs Union (BWCU) and the Prussia–Hesse-Darmstadt Customs Union (PHCU) is formed.
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Some of the states of the CGU form the Thuringian Customs and Commerce Union (TCCU).
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Zollverein treaties are negotiated and concluded: BWCU, PHCU, and TCCU into a unified customs union.
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The qualition of the German States formed to managed tariffs and economic policies.
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Zollervein comes formally into existence.
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Liberation from germany in Berlin, using the nowadays representative colors from the flag.
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European 1848 revolutions made Frederick William IV propose a national assembly to consider a German constitution, some 600 delegates gather in Frankfurt.
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Delegates at Frankfurt take the kleindeutsch route, they elect the Prussian king, Frederick William IV, as emperor of the Germans.
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One of the first buy-sell coins in existence in Germany.
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The North of Germany started to modernize itself more and more and faster. One symbol of this was the postage stamp.
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Process of the Franco-Prussian War.
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Break up of "The balance of the power" between western countries due to the second german regimen.
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Reichstag was a parliament where important topics were disputed and Prussia sent approximately two-thirs of their deputies.
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German Unification improved the economy of the German States as they had more territory, row materials and better communication for trading.
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Creation of the 2nd German empire after Prusia´s victory in the Franco-prussian war.
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Germans taking advantage of the Africans.
