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Between 1806-1812 Napolean made great changes in Germany. He annexed lands along ther Rhine river for France. He dissolved the Roman empire by forcing the emperor of Austria to agree to the title of lesser king. He also made some German states convert to the Rhine Confederation. At first some Germans accepted him as a hero with enlightened modern policies. He encourages the freeing of surfsmade trade easier and abolished laws against jews. However not all Germans appreciated Napolian and his changes. As people faught to free thier lands from french rule, they began to demand a more unified german state. Napoleans defeat did not resolve the issue. The government of each state was dismantled. They then created the German Confederation headed by Austria.

ECONOMIC CHANGES
in the 1830's prussia created an economic union called the Zollverein. It dismantled tarrifs between many german states. in 1848 liberals meeting in Frankfurt assemble and again demanded german political unity. They offered the throne of the united german state to Frederick William lV of Prussia. But he rejected it. =Bismarck unites Germany= Otto Von Bismarck succeeded where others had failed. Bismarck had come from Prussia's Junker class made up of conservative land owning nobles. He first served Prussia as a diplomat in Russia and France. In 1862 king William made him prime minister, and then soon he became chancellor, and used his Blood And Iron speech to unite german states under Prussian rule. His success was a big part of his strong will. He was a minister at Realpolitik and in the case of realpolitik power was more important than principals. As Prussia's prime minister Bismarck first moved to build up the Prussian army. The liberal legislative refused to vote for funds for the army. In response Bismarck strengthened the army with money saved for other purpouses. Over the next decade Bismarck led Prussia into three wars each war increased Prussian prestige and power. =Prussia declares war with Denmark and Austria= Bismarck's first maneuver was to form an alliance in 1869 with Austria. After A brief war wath Prussia and Austria "liberated" the two provinces and divided up the spoils. in 1866 Bismarck invented an excuse to attack Austria. The Astro-Prussian war lasted just seven weeks and ended in a decisive Prussian victory. Bismarck dissolved the Austrian led german confederation and created a new confederation dominated by Prussia.

=﻿ France declares war on Prussia= A growing rivalry between the two natoins led to the Franco-Prussian war. A great prusian force supported by other German states smashed the badly organized and poorly supplied troops of France. Then Napolian lll old and lll surrendured after a few weeks, then France had to accept a humiliating peace.

=﻿ Birth of the German Empire= In January 1871 german nationalists celebrated the birth of the second Reich empire. They called it that because they considered it heir to the Holy Roman empire. A constitution crafted by Bismarck set up a two house legislative. =﻿ Germany becomes an industrial giant= In the aftermath of the German unification the German empire emerged as the industrial giant of the European continent. By the late 1800's German chemical and electric industries were setting the standard worldwide. =﻿ Making economic progress= Germany, like Great Britain