Before 1848, Germany was a confederation of 38 states ruled by princes or kings.
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E. Napp Before 1848, Germany was a confederation of 38 states ruled by princes or kings.
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Before 1848, Germany was a confederation of 38 states ruled by princes or kings. Prussia was the largest and most powerful German state. Many Germans believed that unity could only be achieved through Prussian leadership. But the Prussian king would not take the - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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But the Prussian king would not take the crown from the hands of revolutionariesand liberals.
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The Prussians fought three wars to unify Germany. They fought the Danes, the Austrians, and the French.Unification was achieved through“blood and iron”.
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And finally, thePrussians fought
the French thereby
successfully uniting Northern
German Protestantsand Southern
German Catholics.
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By 1871, Germany was unified. Kaiseror Emperor Wilhelm I ruled and Otto
von Bismarck served as the chancellor.
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“The greatest questions of the daywill not be settled by speeches andmajority decisions but by iron and
blood.”
Otto von Bismarck