Question

Who was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in January 1871?

Answer 1

Kaiser William, I was proclaimed as the German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles.

In 1848, the nationalist feelings were widespread among the German middle-class who tried to unify different regions of the German confederation into a nation-state. They expected this nation-state to be ruled by an elected Parliament.

Otto von Bismarck was the architect of the German unification process. He carried out this process with the help of bureaucracy and the Prussian Army.

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