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Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte the nephew of Napoleon was elected as the president of the congress. they made several peace congresses so there would not be a big war between the Great Powers of Europe.
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Many rivalries were happening between the Great Powers, so they started creating alliances to keep peace.
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the war was between France and Germany, in which the Prussians won, and led the unification of Germany and the dawnfall of Napoleon III and the second French Empire.
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He used war to unify Germany and called it "the stisfied power" and he would be able to mantain peace in Europe, although he wanted to keep France isolated.
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Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, this was possible by the Bismarck.
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Bismarck made a plan to make a treaty with Russia so he would not need the help of France if there is war.
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Italy joined The First Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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Become the ruler of Germany, he forced Bismarck to resign and he wanted to hold all the power, therefore he end his treaty with Russia.
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Russia felt threaten by Germany so it formed and alliance with France. this could lead a war, between eastern and western borders.
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This lead the Great Powers to seek for more power.
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It was and alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia.
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Austria took over Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian provinces, by this they started to have tension and Serbia wanted to take Herzegovina away from Austria.
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many European Powers started to strenght their armies and prepare for war, except Britain. the militarism started to raise among Europe.
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Gavrilo Princip a Serbian, member of the secret society of Serbia the black hand, killed the archuduke and his wife, while they were in an open car.
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Austria decided to punish Serbia about what happened, so Austria wanted to negotiate some agrements with Serbia by an international conference.
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Austria declared war to Serbia, because Serbians did not want to negotiate peace.
