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A large moderate right-wing German party formed in 1867 after splitting from the German Conservative Party which was much more cooperative with Otto von Bismarck
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Free Conservative Party
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That region of which it was Otto von Bismarck's principle aim to dominate as opposed to the unification of Germany
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North Germany
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That body which Prussia issued proposals to exclude Austria from, leading to Austrian mobilisation against Prussia in the lead-up to the Austro-Prussian War
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Federal Convention
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That treaty under which Austria had to renounce any claims to German leadership, recognise the dissolution of the German Confederation, and cede Venetia to France (which immediately ceded it to Italy)
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Peace of Prague
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That house which Napoleon III and French Foreign Minister Gramont demanded William I renounce in perpetuity its rights to the Spanish succession
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House of Hohenzollern
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That treaty under which Prussia annexed Hanover, Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and Frankfurt
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Peace of Prague
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An 1863 treaty between Prussia and Russia which allowed for military cooperation between the two to defeat the January Uprising, thereby improving Russo-Prussian relations
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Alvensleben Convention
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That comment made by Otto von Bismarck on the foundation of the North German Confederation
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'We have done enough for our generation'
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The alternative name for the Austro-Prussian War, given in lieu of the conflict's duration
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Seven Weeks War
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That Prussian Minister-President who relaxed the use of censorship, instead publishing government friendly articles to counter critical ones
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Otto von Manteuffel
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The appointed upper house of the German Parliament which could refuse consent to any legislation and - with the consent of William I - dissolve the Reichstag
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Bundesrat
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The dominant sector of the Austria economy through the 1850's
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Agriculture
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That war in which Austria allied with Prussia so as to quash nationalism and prevent Prussia from growing to powerful
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Second Schleswig War
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A customs union parliament with delegates from the North German Confederation and the four independent southern German states, intended to encourage cooperation between the two
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Zollparlament
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The two cities in which Otto von Bismarck was ambassador before becoming Minister President of Prussia, chronologically
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St. Petersburg and Paris
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Those two most significant countries, Prussia's railway network was superior to by the 1860's and 70's, in alphabetical order
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Austria and France
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An influential (particularly in Prussia) liberal nationalist political association of upper and middle class Germans promoting a kleindeutschland solution under Prussian leadership from 1859 to 1867
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Deutscher Nationalverein
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An 1863 conference of German rulers convened and led by Austria to re-organise the German Confederation though still under an Austrian presidency, which failed due to a Prussian boycott under Otto von Bismarck's advice
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Frankfurt Conference
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A large 1863-64 uprising in Russia aimed at restoring the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ultimately defeated despite French, British, and most importantly Austrian sympathies
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January Uprising
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The more liberal democratic constitution of the North German Confederation which gave all men over 25 the vote and ensured a division of powers though with Bundeskanzler Otto von Bismarck and Federal President William I having huge powers to dominate the confederation
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North German Constitution
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