German Unification

STEPS & EVENTS

• The Danish War
• The forming of the German Confederacy
• The Austro-Prussian War
• The Franco-Prussian War

THE DANISH WAR

• Fought between Great Dane and Prussia and Austria,
• whom the latter two were allies due to a common enemy.
• Despite their alliance, Prussia and Austria rivaled eachother,
• leading to the Austro-Prussian War

FORMING OF THE GERMAN CONFEDERACY

• The German Confederacy was a loose group of German states;
• 39 of them to be exact. It was designed to act as a buffer between
• Prussia and Austria, but it was considered weak and ineffective.
• The G. C. wasn't worthless, though, for it laid out the foundation
• of the idea of the German empire. It was dissolved in 1867.

THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR

• The Austro-Prussian war was fought, obviously enough,
• between Austria and Prussia, who had France as an ally.
• This war enlarged Prussia's and Austria's rivalry, leading to
• a divided Germany, half being controlled by Prussia and
• the other Austria.

THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

• The Franco-Prussian War was fought between France and Prussia,
• their alliance dissolved after Otto Von Bismarck failed to keep his
• promise of land to Napoleon Bonaparte, much like Prussia's
• alliance with Austria after the Danish War. This led to France's
• defeat and the creation of the German states.

PEOPLE OF THE GERMAN REVOLUTION

• Otto Von Bismarck
• Franz Joseph I
• Napoleon Bonaparte

OTTO VON BISMARCK

• Otto Von Bismarck was the general of Prussia
• until in 1862, when he was appointed prime minister.
• Bismarck played the main role in Germany's unification
• because he was the one that led the German Confederation
• as a leader and persuaded the southern German states (which

OTTO VON BISMARCK (CONT'D)

• were Austrian) to join the northern (Prussian) states,
• making a unified Germany. As his time as a general, he led
• the Prussian armies in the Danish war and the Austro- and
• Franco-Prussian wars. He was born 4/1/1815 and died 7/30/1898.

FRANZ JOSEPH I

• Joseph I was the rival of Otto Von Bismarck,
• country-wise, at least, because Franz was the ruler
• of Austria. He aided Prussia in the Danish war but
• opposed them in the Austro-Prussian war. He also
• represented Austria in the German confederacy.

FRANZ JOSEPH I (CONT'D)

• All of these events ultimately led to the unification
• of Germany, restating the fact that he played a key role.
• He was born on 12/18/1863 and died 6/28/1914.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

• Napoleon was important in the unification
• of Germany for two reasons: one is the fact he
• started nationalism in the first place, which is what
• started German unification in the first place. The
• second reason is that he battled Austria with Prussia

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (CONT'D)

• as an ally in the Austro-Prussian war, which
• led to the Franco-Prussian war, in which France
• battled Prussia, which led to the German states.
• He was born 8/15/1769 and died 5/5/1821.