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A few event in German history according relations with other nations during the early modern time.

EDIT: I'll change that canadian flag tomorrow!!! "ORZ
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1. During the early modern times, France was one of the most innovative countries in Europe. The German nobles sometimes weren't even able to talk German anymore, since they were raised in French and were talking French amoung each other. Not only that the state system of the absolutistical France was a lot more structured than the state-conglomerate of the German states inside the Holy Roman Empire, culturally and philisophically „Germany“ practically copied everything that France did. Even the growth of a national consciousness was a reaction on the national movement in France.

2. England and Germany...or more specifically Hannover and England was a kind of onesided lovestory. The English didn't really like the Welfs...probably also because the first Welfish King didn't even talk English and tried to reign the British Enpire talking French and German. ^^“
...but the Hanoveranians found the English kind of cool. At that time the region was still mostly populated by people that spoke „Platt“, so understanding English wasn't that difficult and being in a personal union with England, meant that Hannover was more than just a little province city. Like a lot of German states a lot of the military instructors in the „King's German Legion“ were Swedish, btw.
During the American Revolutionary War there fought German soldiers on both sides. The Hanoveranians fought of course for England. I decided to take the KGL for my drawing, because of the name and because it shows the kind of „counsin-like“ relationship, little Germany seemed to have towards England. C:

3. Sweden fought under Bernadotte on side of the Napoleonic Army in the Battle of Leipzig. The Germans didn't all fought against France. Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemburg for example were fighting for France at some times. The KGL was also involved this time, but not in their function as English military but as a Hannoveranian group inside a conglomerate of the military of diverse smaller and bigger german States.
The Swedish military have earned a lot of respect in the early modern times, they held territories in northern Germany and were known as very disciplinated soldiers with a strong work ethic. Also the Swedish steel was very good.
In Germany „being behind Swedish curtains“ (hinter schwedischen Gardinen sein), means that you're in jail. (the „curtains“ are the bars)
The battle of Leipzig is also said as the first time the German flag colours are used. The so called „Freicorps“, groups of voluntary fighters, used Black uniforms, golden brass buttons and red scarfs as identification symbol. After the war ended student corps kept using these colours in their banners. Students were one of the big groups fighting for unification, human and civil rights, so little by little these colours became a symbol for the national movement in the German States.

4. In the 1830ies and '40ies in a lot of the German states there were fights for a unificated Germany. Many frontiers with a lot of taxes and tolls made traveling and trading very difficult and expensive, which was bad in the middle of industrialisation. A unificated Germany also promised a bigger possibility of security and peace.
And: the French had a unified nation, so of course the Germans wanted it too. :I
Not only the Germans were fighting in Prussia, which was a multiethnical state, the other ethnican groups, like the Polish, Czech, Lithuanians and Sorbians were fighting too.
They had a lot of problems with streets battles , and so the nobles gave in for the time being.
But the problems were too big and so the Revolution in 1848 was a failure...among other reasons because of the small militarical the paliarment was able to control and because of the question if Austria should be part of Germany or not.
But how ever, it was a fight were the different ethnical groups, and Polish and German were the biggest, as far as I know, were fighting together for their rights.
After the failed revolution ca. 6 Million Germans went to America.

5. The Northern German Confederation, which was the political precursor organisation of the German Empire, had only one real action outside of their own territory as a political institution. They fought against Belgium when it was trying to annect Luxembourg. °3°“

6. We just reached the unification wars.
7. The Danish-German War took place in 1864. After the war, which was lost by Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein belonged to the German states again. They were protectorates of Austria and Prussia.

8. Austria fought against Prussia which had the leading position in the Northern German Confederation in the year 1866. Austria lost, so they lost their requirement of a leading position in the later German state, Bismarck was planning to establish.
I just noticed that I made Roddie a lefty.

9. The German unification was a result of the Franco-German War 1870/71 which forced the southern States to become members of the Northern German Confederation, which leaded to the foundation of the German Empire in Versailles 1871.

10. While Russia still was a extremely strong and potential deadly country, which made Germany fear him a bit, both of them had a relatively good relationship. The Russian Czar and the prussian Emperor were closely related and several Prussian Princesses became Czarinas of the Russian Empire.

11. While Germany had by far not as many colonies as other western Countries and was acutally not a strong „over-seas nation“ there were still a few territories that belonged to Germany. Cameroon was one of them.
In Germany we don't talk much about German colonial history...we are too focused on what we did in certain twelve years a few centuries later...and actually there is often a little stubbornness, that we won't make a big deal out of it until the „big colonialists“ make a big deal out of it and plead guilty what they did in their over-seas territories. ._.“

Description
A few event in German history according relations with other nations during the early modern time.

EDIT: I'll change that canadian flag tomorrow!!! "ORZ
_________________________________________________
1. During the early modern times, France was one of the most innovative countries in Europe. The German nobles sometimes weren't even able to talk German anymore, since they were raised in French and were talking French amoung each other. Not only that the state system of the absolutistical France was a lot more structured than the state-conglomerate of the German states inside the Holy Roman Empire, culturally and philisophically „Germany“ practically copied everything that France did. Even the growth of a national consciousness was a reaction on the national movement in France.

2. England and Germany...or more specifically Hannover and England was a kind of onesided lovestory. The English didn't really like the Welfs...probably also because the first Welfish King didn't even talk English and tried to reign the British Enpire talking French and German. ^^“
...but the Hanoveranians found the English kind of cool. At that time the region was still mostly populated by people that spoke „Platt“, so understanding English wasn't that difficult and being in a personal union with England, meant that Hannover was more than just a little province city. Like a lot of German states a lot of the military instructors in the „King's German Legion“ were Swedish, btw.
During the American Revolutionary War there fought German soldiers on both sides. The Hanoveranians fought of course for England. I decided to take the KGL for my drawing, because of the name and because it shows the kind of „counsin-like“ relationship, little Germany seemed to have towards England. C:

3. Sweden fought under Bernadotte on side of the Napoleonic Army in the Battle of Leipzig. The Germans didn't all fought against France. Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemburg for example were fighting for France at some times. The KGL was also involved this time, but not in their function as English military but as a Hannoveranian group inside a conglomerate of the military of diverse smaller and bigger german States.
The Swedish military have earned a lot of respect in the early modern times, they held territories in northern Germany and were known as very disciplinated soldiers with a strong work ethic. Also the Swedish steel was very good.
In Germany „being behind Swedish curtains“ (hinter schwedischen Gardinen sein), means that you're in jail. (the „curtains“ are the bars)
The battle of Leipzig is also said as the first time the German flag colours are used. The so called „Freicorps“, groups of voluntary fighters, used Black uniforms, golden brass buttons and red scarfs as identification symbol. After the war ended student corps kept using these colours in their banners. Students were one of the big groups fighting for unification, human and civil rights, so little by little these colours became a symbol for the national movement in the German States.

4. In the 1830ies and '40ies in a lot of the German states there were fights for a unificated Germany. Many frontiers with a lot of taxes and tolls made traveling and trading very difficult and expensive, which was bad in the middle of industrialisation. A unificated Germany also promised a bigger possibility of security and peace.
And: the French had a unified nation, so of course the Germans wanted it too. :I
Not only the Germans were fighting in Prussia, which was a multiethnical state, the other ethnican groups, like the Polish, Czech, Lithuanians and Sorbians were fighting too.
They had a lot of problems with streets battles , and so the nobles gave in for the time being.
But the problems were too big and so the Revolution in 1848 was a failure...among other reasons because of the small militarical the paliarment was able to control and because of the question if Austria should be part of Germany or not.
But how ever, it was a fight were the different ethnical groups, and Polish and German were the biggest, as far as I know, were fighting together for their rights.
After the failed revolution ca. 6 Million Germans went to America.

5. The Northern German Confederation, which was the political precursor organisation of the German Empire, had only one real action outside of their own territory as a political institution. They fought against Belgium when it was trying to annect Luxembourg. °3°“

6. We just reached the unification wars.
7. The Danish-German War took place in 1864. After the war, which was lost by Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein belonged to the German states again. They were protectorates of Austria and Prussia.

8. Austria fought against Prussia which had the leading position in the Northern German Confederation in the year 1866. Austria lost, so they lost their requirement of a leading position in the later German state, Bismarck was planning to establish.
I just noticed that I made Roddie a lefty.

9. The German unification was a result of the Franco-German War 1870/71 which forced the southern States to become members of the Northern German Confederation, which leaded to the foundation of the German Empire in Versailles 1871.

10. While Russia still was a extremely strong and potential deadly country, which made Germany fear him a bit, both of them had a relatively good relationship. The Russian Czar and the prussian Emperor were closely related and several Prussian Princesses became Czarinas of the Russian Empire.

11. While Germany had by far not as many colonies as other western Countries and was acutally not a strong „over-seas nation“ there were still a few territories that belonged to Germany. Cameroon was one of them.
In Germany we don't talk much about German colonial history...we are too focused on what we did in certain twelve years a few centuries later...and actually there is often a little stubbornness, that we won't make a big deal out of it until the „big colonialists“ make a big deal out of it and plead guilty what they did in their over-seas territories. ._.“