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Good Morning Students! Today we will study about Unification of Germany.
In 1860s, Otto von Bismarck, then minister President of Prussia, provoked 3 short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria anf France, alining the smaller german states behind Prussia in its defeat of France.
With all this territory now in Prussian control and its borders secure, bismarck declared the german empire in 1871, crowning the king of prussia, Wilhem I, as Kaiser of Germany.
The german unification affected the rest of europe by causing a blow to liberalism, it changed the balance of power forever and created bitter resentment due to the way germany was united, it brought two more competitive powers to european politics, France's and Austria's weaknesses were revelaled.
Bismarck used both diplomacy and Prussian military to achieve unification, excluding austria from a unified Germany. With support from Austria, he issued an ultimatum for Christian lX to return Schleswig to its former status. When Denmark refused, Austria and Prussia invaded Sparking the second Schlswig War.
With the proclamation of Wilhelm as Kaiser, Prussia assumed the leadership of the new empire. The southern states became officially incorporated into a unified Germany at the treaty of Versailles of 1871, which formally ended the war.

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