Garman Unification 2011251169 Germany before 1871 With Peace

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Germany before 1871 • With Peace of Westphalia, Thirty years' War ends • Several local minor countries • Some of local minor countries like Prussia were less damaged

Prussia • 1701. 18 • Ruled by Hohenzollern Royal Family

Prussia • 5 th king Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅲ

Economic integration • customs union in 1818 • railroad construction in 1840 s • the Industrial Revolution

German revolution • 1848. 3 • Bourgeois revolution • unification movement in Austria, Purssia, Southwastern German • Friedrich Wilhelm 4 th makes a promise to establish constitution

National assembly • 1848. 5 • Kleindeutschtum VS Grossdeutschtum • Austria representative left

Between 1850 1860 • No more unification movement • But economic growth rate goes high

th 7 king Wilhelm 1 • work on building up the military • Liberalists were on the opposite side • Appoint Bismarck as prime minister

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck • a blood-and-iron policy • Council didn’t agree with him

Prussia vs Denmark • 1864. 2. 16 • Christian Ⅸ tries to put Duchy of Scheswig into Denmark • Prussia & Austria takes Scheswig and Holstein from Denmark

Prussia vs Austria • 1866. 6. 17 – 1866. 8. 23 • The war between Kleindeutschtum and Grossdeutschtum • Prussia aimed at Kleindeutschtum • Austria aimed at Grossdeutschtum

Prussia vs Austria • Bismarck promises to hand over Luxemburg and Belgium to France to make France remain neutral in the war. • Brought Italy in to the war

Prussia vs Austria • Ends in 7 weeks • Advanced mobility based on railroads • Better rifle, cannon

Treaty of Praha • 1866. 8. 23 • Rule out Austria from German union • Requires no Recompense or territory

Prussia vs France • France and Napoleon III doesn’t want German union getting bigger • When Prussia and France wants to have war Espana revolution was good opportunity • Bismarck uses this chance and France declares war on Prussia

Prussia vs France • Napoleon III surrenders at Sedan in 1870. 9. 2 • Citizens of Paris didn’t accept surrender and establish national government • Prussia occupy the Versailles Palace • Declare Wilhelm 1 as a emperor of German empire