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Congress of Vienna
Prussia joined the Congress of Vienna because it was now considered a very important country.
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Italy Revolutions
Revolutions in Italy Secondary Source
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/timeline.html -
Frankfurt Assembly
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Bismarck and Prussian Strength
Otto Von Bismarck was appointed the head Prussian cabinet a year after William I became king of Prussia. With his opposition to democracy and the powerful army he had sculpted, no one seemed to stand up to him when he wanted to expand. Secondary Source
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Iron and blood
In a meeting with legislators in late September 1862, Bismarck made a notorious statement “The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and resolutions of majorities… but by blood and iron.” Secondary Source
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Seven Weeks War
Prussia and Austria went to war called the Seven Weeks War because it only lasted seven weeks. Bismarck wanted to take out Austria next. Prussia won the very short war. Secondary Source
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Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke
Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke states that the Seven Weeks War was not caused by threats toward Prussia or because people spoke up for what they wanted, but that it was more of a struggle that was calmly prepared for. Primary Source
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/germanunification.asp#Bismarck -
The Battle of Königgrätz
Alexander Ritter von Bensa, 1866
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien. -
Otto von Bismarck
Bismarck stated that Prussia didn't try to hurt Austria that much and that the war between the two countries was the foundation of German Unification. Primary Source
http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/germanunification.asp#The%20Imperial%20Proclamation,%20January%2018,%201871 -
The Imperial Proclamation
The German Empire and the German imperial office was restored and the constitution of the German Confederation was created. Primary Source
http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/germanunification.asp#The%20Imperial%20Proclamation,%20January%2018,%201871 -
The Zollverien
A custom union was created due to the huge tariffs between the German states called the Zollverien. The Zollverien contained most of the German states except for Austria. This contributed to the Unification of Germany. Secondary Source
http://graphitepublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Zollverein-and-German-Unification.pdf -
Establishing nation-state of Germany
Painting that depicts the establishment of the nation-state of Germany. Otto von Bismarck is in the center of the painting, dressed in white. The older man on the podium is Emperor William I of Prussia.
