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Otto von Bismarcks rise to Power
William I became king or Prussia it took him a year to appoint Bismark as head of the Prussian cabinet.He built the prussian army into a prowerful war machine.He asked the parliament for money for a miltary build up.they refused him but he collected taxes without thier approval.He hoped at a successful foreign policy would come hostile public. -
The Danish War
Prussia and Austria decleard war Denmark.After three months Denmark war surrendered.Peace treaty was signed witch gave the two duchies to Prussia. -
Seven weeks WAR
Bismarck provoked Austria into declaring war on Prussia.Prussian proces took addventige of the addvanced technology.They moved by train and comunncated by telegraph and used modern weaponry.They defeated the once powerful Austrians in seven weeks and became the most powerful state in the area. -
The Franco-Prussian
The powerfull Prussian army defeted the Frence in a few months of hard warfare.France surrendered in semptember 1871.Germany occupied the French treatory -
The Formation of the German Empire
For Germany the treaty has ended the Franko-Prussian War. But it wasn't as important as the event that was before the signing of the peace treaty of the Franco-Prussian war. Prussia gained teritory from france with the signing of the treaty. Prussia became a dominant forcein Europe.
