unification of germany

By mwelty

  • Congress of Vienna

    German Congress of Vienna creats the German confederation

  • Zollverein

    Prussia creates Zollverein, no more tariffs on other German states.

  • Otto Von Bismarck becomes chancellor

    King William I makes Otto Can Bismarck chancellor

  • Blood & Iron

    Bismarck gives his famous speech "Blood and Iron"

  • Alliance with Austira

    Bismarck forms an alliance with Austria. Siezes provinces Schleswig and Holstein.

  • Prussia attacks Austria

    Prussia wins.

  • Peace of Prague

    Treaty of peace signed between Austria and Prussia. Prussia annexes several north German states.

  • Franco-Prussian War

    Naploleon III launches war against Prussia because he had been insulted in Bismarck's editing of Ems Dispatch. Prussia wins.

  • Birth of Second Reich

    William I takes the title of Kaiser

  • Treaty of Frankfurt

    Ending the Franco-Prussian War.

  • One Currency in Germany

  • Kulturkampf

    Bismark launches the battle for civilization by making laws that limits the power of the church.

  • Health Insurance

    Bismark passes a bill that creats a right to health insurance for workers.

  • William II

    William II succeeds his grandfather as Kaiser

  • Bismarck's resign

    William II asks Bismarck to resign.