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24 Cards in this Set
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Bismark
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- chancellor of Prussia
- wanted to unite northern Germany "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" |
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Wilhelm I
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the king of Prussia.
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Schleswig & Holstein
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- 2 provencies of the king of Denmark(but still not completely part)
- the 2 provencies seperate Prussia and Denmark - |
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Dannish king
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- Fredrick VII dies.
- has no air to the thrown - 2 people claim it - Christian (Dannish) & Augustenbirg (German) - |
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Conference
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- Major powers - Britian, Prussia, Austria
- the M.P get worried because tehy dont want a random person being king because of Denmarks great posistion. - Christian Becomesa king - later called christian IX |
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Christian IX
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- rules of becoming king - CAN NOT ANNEX!( Schleswig and holstein)
- The first thing he does is Annex |
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Reaction of The Annex
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- Bismark tells Austria that they need to take away the treaty of london (this made sure that they didnt attack Denmark)
- Bismark sends Unltimatum - impossible to react to this - Denmark is defeated - Treaty of Vienna - Prussia got Schleswig & Austria got Holstein |
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Isolating Austria(Bismark- Begining)
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- Thought this would just be temperary
- Bismark planning to Isolate Austria(needed to make sure that knowone would help them) |
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Help Austria?
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- Russia and Austria not friends and not likely to help
- Britian wont help because they dont get involved with Eorpean war - Franch most likely to help them - they are both catholic and both do not want a strong Germany |
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Meeting between Bismark and Napoleon III
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- meeting at biarritz with Napoleon III
- Bismark convinces him to be neutral - Napoleon wants something for what he did so he asks for - land on the Rhine River and that Austria needs to be the Aggressor(attack first)- Nap. thinks that he gets the better side of things because they will conquer each other |
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Bismark accuses Austria!
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- Bismark Accuses Austria of not running Holstein the right way.
- Austria sends troops to Holstein - Prussia invades. - Austria declares war |
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Battle of Sadowa
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- Battle of Sadowa - Austria is defeated (3 weeks)
- Bismark does not not completely kill out Austria(not going to Vienna) hoping that they will be friends later |
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Treaty of Prague
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- Ends the battle
- all states North of River Rhine(22 states) - N.G.C Formed. |
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Napoleon and his Demands(1)
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- He wants the land promised to him (asks for it in writting)
- publishes the paper - He figures out that the land wasn't his to give(Bivarya) - Bismark says no, he would never give away any land - Bivarya felt threatened by France- they ask for Alliance |
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Napoleon and his Demands (2)
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- demands Luxembourg - needs permission from because they are the high power around there.
- demands in writting - bismark says no - Conference held in London - declare Luxenburg Independent - (France and Britain relationship being messed with) |
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Napoleon and his Demands (3)
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- He wants Belgium - they have investments in Railroads
- asks agian in writting - he says no and Bismark keeps it. |
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Isolation of of France
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- Bismark realizes that war will come soon with France but he still doesnt want to fight
- he prepares for war by isolating France - They were treated lienently by Bismark - Bismark also warned Austria that if they would help France then Russia would attack them |
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Isolation of France (2)
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- Bismark publishes French claims for Belgium
- Britian would get would be furious because they declaimed bulguim to be neutral & offered to protect it. - Italy was becoming unified - they needed Rome but French were there |
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Immediate Causes
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- Spain had succesion problems
- Isabella reitired she had no air to thrown (Spain)-They offer it to Leopold (he was cousins with Wilhelm hes Prussian) he accepts - Fr. gets mad because they are now surrounded by Germany) - Fr. sends Beneditt - to discuss with Wilhelm about Leopold - he was at Ems - Napoleon told Benidetti to ask Leopld to withdraw- Wilhelm agrees- Leopold withdraws to Ems - France sends Beneditt back to get a apoligy from Wilhelm - France wanted to humilate |
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Immediate Causes
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- Napoleon told Beneditt to tell Wilhelm to promise that no Rpyal Family of Germany will accept the thrown from Spain
- Wilhelm politely refuses |
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Ems Telogram
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- Wilhelm sends Bismark a telogram
- saying whats going just he shortens it so it sounds like it wasnt not a polite conversation and that France had been rude - Publishing it was his excuse to this in the French and German Newspapers |
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Franco Prussian war
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- France mad so they dclare war
- Frances Prime ministor wants war with Napoleon- he agrees- WAR! - France later surrenders - Wilhelm crowned Empörer |
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Treaty of Frankfurt
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- ended war
- France humilated and had war debt |
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Army of Occupation
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- army was waiting untill the French would pay it back
- They also lost Alsace & Lorraine - both have iron and steel - Prussia took them both |
