Briefly write a note on the process of german unification
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*Prussia took over the leader ship of the process of national unification.
*It's cheif minister, ottovon Bismarck was the architect of this process carried out with the help of Prussian army and bureaucracy.
*Three wars over seven years against France, Austria and Denmark ended with Prussian Victory completing the process of national unification.
* William I was then proclaimed the emperor of Germany at a meeting held at Versailles.
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STAGES OF THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY:
Stage I:
In the German regions a large number of political associations whose members were middle-class professionals, businessmen and prosperous artist came together in the city of Frankfurt and decided to vote for an all German National Assembly.
On 18 May 1848, 831 elected representatives marched in a festive procession to take their places in the Frankfurt parliament and assembled in the Church of St Paul.
They drafted a constitution for a German nation to be headed by a monarchy subject to a parliament.
When the deputies offered the crown on these terms to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, he rejected and joined other monarchs to oppose the elected assembly.
In the end troops were called in and the assembly was forced to disband.
Thus the first Phase of German Unification was ended.
Stage II:
Prussian Chancellor Otto Van Bismarck:
He tried to unify Germany with military power and diplomacy.
He fought three wars over seven years-
He defeated Denmark Austria and took away territories.
Prussia defeated France and occupied the territories. The impact of Prussian victory was so great that the other German states joined the German confederation.
Thus in 1871 the unification of Germany was completed, with the proclaiming of the new German Empire headed by Kaiser William I of Prussia in the palace of Versailles.