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Bismarck was the chancellor of the new German Empire and he wanted to pursue some goals. He wanted to keep France weak while he was building strong links with Australia and Russia. He then later would aggressive stand against Britain as they fought oversees colonies. He was called The Iron Chancellor and he was sent to crush the opposition of the imperial state. He targeted the Catholic Church and Socialists which posed threat to the German State.

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In January 1871 German princes gathered at the French Palace after defeating Napoleon the 3rd. This was a symbol that French domination in Europe came to an end. Industry has as well become 2nd to Britain with a tremendous increase of chemical and electrical factories.

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Opinions on Napoleon varied:
-Those who were for him appreciated how he abolished laws against Jews, freed serfs, and made trade easier.
-Those who were against him didn't value his changes and wanted their lands to be free from French rule as a unified German state.

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Where others had failed in uniting Germany, Otto von Bismarck succeeded. he had came from Prussia’s Junker class, made up of conservative landowning nobles. Bismarck first served Prussia as a diplomat in Russia and France, and then as prime minister to King William I.
In his “blood and iron” speech delivered in 1862, Otto von Bismarck set the tone for his future policies. He wanted Prussian legislators to vote for more money to build up the army.

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-Between 1806 and 1812, Napoleon made territorial changes in German lands.
-Lands along the Rhine River were annexed for France.
-The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by forcing the emperor of Austria to a lesser title.
-Multiple German states were organized into the Rhine Confederation.

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-When Napoleon was defeated, the German Confederation was formed, a weak alliance led by Austria.

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- In the 1830's Prussia formed a union called Zollverein.
-This union tried to relieve economic pressure by dismantling tariff barriers.
-The Frankfurt assembly also tried to unify their country by electing Frederick William IV of Prussia to the throne, but he neglected.

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The German Professors and Middle class created a well educated and disciplined workforce helped the economy grow, as well as basic ingredients(resources) like coal and iron was used by the germans. During the 50s and 60s the Germans also found a railroad company that built tracks and weapons along with other goods

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Kaiser William II asked the dominating Bismarck to resign, because he believed he should rule.

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Kaiser William II believed that his right to rule came from God himself, and no other man was worthy than him.

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William resisted efforts to introduce democratic political reforms. The government wanted the idea of social welfare or programs to benefit the citizens. This helped improve conditions for workers and elderly but also German society in general. This also provided cheap transportation and electricity and taught students in schools to obey the emperor also reading, writing and mathematics.

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German marketers were the first to see the money that could come out of dyes and synthetic chemicals, and where the first to hire engineers to fix the problems in the factories. After 1871 Germany issued a single currency and the economy benefited from the decision and maintained the economy for years until late 1800s when worldwide depression hit.

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William the 2nd, already being one of the biggest and strongest military leaders in the world, lavished funds on military machines. He also expanded the navy to seize rival islands from France and Britain, this raised tension before WW I.

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After unifying the country, Catholics made up of third of the population. Bismarck was Lutheran and he didn't like the Catholics because he thinks they loyal the pope first than Germany and he didn't like that. Bismarck started a battle against the Catholics which lasted from 1871 to 1878. His goal was to make the Catholics to put loyalty to the state then anything else and by doing that he made some laws on they can do and what the shouldn't. Then his plan backfired and the Catholic Center party was growing in strength so he tried to make peace with them.

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Bismarck saw socialism growing as a threat to the new German empire. In the late 1870's, German Marxists organized the Social Democratic party which called for parliamentary and laws that improve the conditions for working class. Bismarck feared they will start a revolution, so he shut down their groups, newspapers, and banned their meetings. Then people started helping the socialist cause

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In the 1890's, Bismarck gave Germans health and accident insurance as well their old age insurance to provide retirement benefits. He did this to get workers away from socialism, but it didn't work. The Social Democratic Party continued to grow until 1912 it had more seats than any other party. Bismarcks program showed that conditions would improve without a revolution and then later other European nations

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-In the early 1800's, Napoleon's invasions released a sense of German Nationalism.

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Bismarck strengthened the army with money that had been collected for other purposes. With a powerful, well-equipped military, he was then ready to pursue an aggressive foreign policy.  Over the next decade, Bismarck led Prussia into three wars. Each war increased Prussian prestige and power and paved the way for German unity.