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After Napolian I's defeat in 1815, Germany was established as 39 different states. Many Germans wanted political unification, but the states could not agree on one form of government. Due to the many sperate states, revolutions that took place had different leadership, aims, and outcomes. Monarchies were mostly overthrown in 1848. ======

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1. Prussian legistlators waited for Otto Von Bismark to speak, he wanted people to vote to build up the army, but liberals did not want this movement. ======

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2. “Germany does not look to Prussia’s liberalism, but to her power. . . . The great questions of the day are not to be decided by speeches and majority resolutions—that was the mistake of 1848 and 1849—but by blood and iron!” —Otto von Bismarck, 1862 ======

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2. In 1866, Bismarck invented an excuse to attack Austria. The Austro-Prussian War lasted just seven weeks and ended in a decisive Prussian victory. ======

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3. Bismarck’s editing of the “Ems dispatch” made it seem that William I had insulted the Frenchman, furious with this rumor, Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, as Bismarck had hoped ======