Unification of Germany

Nationalism

belief in unity of people based on common language, culture, and history

Ems Dispatch Incident (1870)

prince leopold offered spanish throne, angered france. king wilhelm met w french ambassador and rejected request. bismarck edited dispatch → franco-prussian war → unification of germany

Negotiating Kaiserdom (1870)

bismarck encouraged bavarian king ludwig to make willhelm kaiser, ensures rulers seen as leading unification, not people

Prussian State Council Meeting (1871)

willhelm and bismarck debated title, compromised on willhelm as “german emperor”

Moltke’s Speech to the Reichstag (1880)

EU peace depended on strong gov. germany must remain strong to preserve unity and peace

Princess Victoria’s Criticism of Bismarck (1887-1889)

while he made germany powerful, corrupted political life and harmed development of germany