Timeline of German Unification by SOFIA BAGGIO https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2 By Sofia Baggio en-us 2024-01-29 16:03:04 UTC 2024-01-30 06:00:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e9-1f1ea.png Army Reforms sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865490110 -William I called for expansion of army

-Created the General Staff (to create war plans)

-Introduced modern weapons

]]> 2024-01-29 16:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865490110 Otto Van Bismark sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865490648 -favored a unified Germany under the leadership of a king

-Expressed realpolitik (successful practitioner)

]]> 2024-01-29 16:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865490648 William I sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865490936 -Inherited Prussian throne to restablish Prussian power

-Otto Van Bismark appointed him Prime minister of Prussia

]]> 2024-01-29 16:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865490936 Danish War (1864) sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865491405 -Denmark included German speaking territories into their kingdom, violating a treaty

-As Nationalism became significant in Germany, they fought to get Schleswig and Holstein back

]]> 2024-01-29 16:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865491405 Realpolitik sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865492769 -realistic/power politics to get things done (Otto Von Bismark)

-away from romanticism in politics, no more ¨political actions are the will of God

]]> 2024-01-29 16:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865492769 Zollverein sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865503214 -German Customs Union made in 1834

-Austria was the only state in the German Confederation not included in the union

]]> 2024-01-29 16:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865503214 North German Confederation sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865503956 -Created by Bismark, insisting that Reichstag should be elected by universal male suffrage

-Each state retained own local government

]]> 2024-01-29 16:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865503956 Capture of Napoleon III sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865504193 -Declared war on Bismark, was defeated

-Captured at Sedan --5 billion franc indemnity on the French

]]> 2024-01-29 16:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865504193 Franco Prussian War sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865505352 -War between Second French Empire and North German Confederation, led by the kingdom of Prussia

-caused by France wanting to be a dominant power in Europe (they lost)

]]> 2024-01-29 16:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865505352 Austro Prussian War sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865641540 -conflict between two main German powers, Austria and Prussia

-Prussia's superior advancements allowed them to beat Austria

]]> 2024-01-29 17:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2865641540 sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2866311242 Had a good in depth explanation on realpolitik, and how Otto Von Bismark used it to unify Germany. A lot of information all at once, but a good video overall.

]]> 2024-01-30 05:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2866311242 Website Link sofiabaggio26_ https://padlet.com/sofiabaggio26_/sx7b4jaimga3swm2/wish/2866318873 I picked this article because it is a good overall explanation of the war. It uses dates and is clear/easy to understand.

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