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| What territorial changes did Napoleon make in the German speaking countries drom 1807-1812? |
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| Napoleon added lands along the Rhine River to France. He dissolved the Holy roman Empire and organized a number of German states into a French-controlled Rhine Confederation. |
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| Nationalism is the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation rather than to a king or empire. |
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| In the early 1800s, what country was Austria's greatest rival? |
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| The Zollverein was an economic union created by Prussia. It dismantled taraiff barriers between many of the German states. |
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| Realpolitik is a realistic policy based on a tough minded evaluation of the state. It is the belief that the ends justify the means. |
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| What happed during the Schleswig and Holstein war? |
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| In 1864, Bismarck formed an allience with Austria to seize the provinces of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark, who were made up of primarily German speaking people. |
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| What happened during the Austro-Prussian War? |
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| The was lasted seven weeks and ended in a Prussian victory. Prussia annexed several German states. Bismarck dissolved the Austrian-led German Confederation and created a new North German Confederation dominated by Prussia. |
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