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dukedoms, principalities, and cities—Kleinstaaterei (swarm of little states)—until consol-
idation began again under Prussian leadership.
Prussia and the North German Confederation
Let us put Germany…in the saddle!
You will see that she can ride.
— Otto von Bismarck, Speech to the Parliament of the North German Confederation,
1867
Figure 8.2. Map of Germany
Prussia, as the second largest German-speaking state in Europe, also had territorial am-
bitions. William I was its king, but its guiding political genius was Prince Otto von Bismar-
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