1. Why was Germany unified in 1870
... status of Schleswig, thus freeing Prussia from the London Treaty, allowed Bismarck to manipulate the situation to Prussia's advantage. Consequently after the war flared up again in the summer of 1864, the result being that the two duchies were placed under Austro-Prussian control and Bismarck ... that was predominantly German and therefore unlikely to be overly rebellious towards the Berlin Government. One final, yet essential, outcome of the Austrian War that led in part to unification was Prussia's insistence on a secret treaty that placed the armies of the other German States under Pr...
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