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Term | Definition |
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Franco-Prussian War | 1870 /1- Animosity between the 2 - Spanish throne - Telegram |
Cause of France's loss | Declaration of protest, no allies, bad army, Prussians were fast and well trained and led, French outnumbered/gunned/outmaneuvered |
French capital's fall | 1871 January |
Treaty of Frankfurt | Peace treaty signed at the end of Franco-Prussian War |
What did Prussians annex | Alsace-Lorraine (iron deposits, good land) |
Indemnity | Damage loss that the French paid to Prussians |
Final humiliation | German victory march through Paris |
Franco-Prussian War: Consequences | Led to unification of Germany - King of Prussian to German Emperor - Germany Major Power |
What did France do after defeat | Fixed army, conscription, not greatest Power anymore |
European powers in 18th century | Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Prussia(Germany) |
Germany was... | Loose confederation of 39 states - Dominated by Bismarck |
Kaiser (Emperor) | Wilhelm II |
Reichstag | Parliament |
German unification | Economic expansion - Single internal market - Common currency - System of units - Rapid urbanization and modernization |
Napoleon Bonaparte | 1852-70 Former French Emperor |
Napoleon's defeat | 1815 |
French Revolution | 1830, 1848 |
France invested... | Lots of money abroad, especially in Russia |
French Third Republic was... | Democratic |