NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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the German Confederation
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the North German Confederation
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the Reichstag
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the German Empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -King William I appointed Otto von Bismarck as the new Minister President of Prussia in 1862. The Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 enabled him to create the North German Confederation which excluded Austria from the federation’s affairs and ended the previous German Confederation.
Detailed explanation-2: -It ended in a Prussian victory, which meant the exclusion of Austria from Germany. The issue was decided in Bohemia, where the principal Prussian armies met the main Austrian forces and the Saxon army, most decisively at the Battle of Königgrätz.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jun 14, 1866-Aug 23, 1866 The Austro-Prussian War was part of the wider rivalry between Austria and Prussia, and resulted in Prussian dominance over the German states. The major result of the war was a shift in power among the German states away from Austrian and towards Prussian hegemony.
Detailed explanation-4: -The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) was an association of 39 German states in Central Europe, created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries and to replace the former Holy Roman Empire.