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Napoleon made changes to German teritorries
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Zolverein
Prussian created economic union destroyed terrif barriers between
the German states. -
A meeting held in Frankfurt assembly, asked for German national-
unity -
Otto von Bismarck
Announced Chancellor by king William I -
Bismarcks first minuever: to form an alliance with Austria
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Austro Prussian War
Prussia went to war with AUstria, it only lasted 7 weeks with Prussia winning the war. -
Franco Prussian war
The war with France Napoleon III surrendered within a few weeks -
The birth of the second Reich (or empire)
Constitution crafted by Bismarck and it set up the legislature. Two houses: Bundesrat and the Reichstag -
Bismarck for the win
Formed the Three Emperors' League (Dreikaiserbund) with Russia and Austria-Hungary. But rivalry in the Balkans provoked the Russo-Turkish War of 1877, and Bismarck had to mediate at the Congress of Berlin in 1878, successfully maintaining the peace.
