Edexcel History 5. The Unification of Germany II

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That principle which came to the fore amongst conservatives and liberals alike after the idealism of 1848-50

The decisive engagement of the Austro-Prussian War in which Prussia defeated Austria causing the latter to sue for peace lest Vienna fall and the empire potentially dissolve

That treaty under which Prussia annexed Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and Frankfurt

A telegram from William I to Otto von Bismarck regarding the Hohenzollern Candidature which - when amended by the latter for release to the press - was made to seem insulting to the French such that is provoked war in 1870

That Prussian Minister-President who relaxed the use of censorship, instead publishing government friendly articles to counter critical ones

An 1863 conference of German rulers convened and led by Austria to re-organise the German Confederation though still under an Austrian presidency, which failed due to a Prussian boycott under Otto von Bismarck's advice

A federal union of northern German states under Prussian domination, existing from 1867 - 71

A canal linking the North Sea at Tönning and Baltic Sea at Kiel via Schleswig-Holstein, considered economically important to the Prussians

The factor by which steam engines operating in Prussia outnumbered those operating in Austria by 1865

A large moderate right-wing German party formed in 1867 after splitting from the German Conservative Party which was much more cooperative with Otto von Bismarck

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Those two most significant countries, Prussia's railway network was superior to by the 1860's and 70's, in alphabetical order

That war in which Austria allied with Prussia so as to quash nationalism and prevent Prussia from growing to powerful

An 1870 event in which Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern was offered the vacant Spanish Crown by the Spanish Cortes - reluctantly accepted by him and William I under pressure from Otto von Bismarck - leading to a crisis with France after which William I and Leopold withdrew their acceptance

That war in which Otto von Bismarck counseled William I to accept peace so as to prevent giving reason for outside intervention and prevent causing their enemy greater enmity in the future when Prussia may rely on their neutrality

The more liberal democratic constitution of the North German Confederation which gave all men over 25 the vote and ensured a division of powers though with Bundeskanzler Otto von Bismarck and Federal President William I having huge powers to dominate the confederation

Chief of Staff of the Prussian and later German army who led the successful campaigns against Austria and France in 1866 and 1870-71 respectively

A siege during the Franco Prussian War from September 1870 to January 1871 after which the French revolutionary government surrendered due to starvation and the defeat of all newly raised provincial armies in the field

An 1865 treaty between Austria and Prussia that ensured joint Austro-Prussian sovereignty over both duchies, though with Austria administering Holstein, and Prussia Schleswig, giving Otto von Bismarck a pretext to quarrel with Austria in future

That comment made by Otto von Bismarck on the foundation of the North German Confederation

That region of which it was Otto von Bismarck's principle aim to dominate as opposed to the unification of Germany