Naval laws

• First naval law agreed that seven more battleships would be built over the next three years

  1898
• They already had twelve battleships
• The second naval law

  1900
• In the span of ten years they troubled the power of their navy
• Naval laws

  • Created lots of jobs, like building the ship (positive)
  • Caused debt and raised tax rate (negative)
  • Made other countries worry
  • Sparks the naval race with Britain (two-power standard)
• Britain had the largest navy and it had to be at least the size of the next two largest navy's combined
• Britain launches a battleship called the dreadnought
• Germany is forced to build even more ships
• Aim one


  Total control in Germany
• Aim one


  Upset at higher taxes
• Aim two


  Build empire
• Aim two

  • Stronger Navy
  • Naval Race
• The Naval Laws affected

  1. First aim

  2. Taxes raised to pay for ships

  3. Upset people of Germany

  4. Wanted more social democrats instead of Kaiser

  5. People did not want to obey Kaiser Wilhelm II

  6. Kaiser lost control in Germany
• The Naval Laws also affected

  1. Second aim

  2. Navy three times stronger than before

  3. Stronger navy meant could fight other countries easier

  4. Made other countries more afraid of Germany

  5. Made Germany a more important country

  6. Brought Kaiser Wilhelm closer to Weltpolitik goal
• Pensions where extended
• Sundays where made days where you could not work
• Sick days
• Wilhelm's reactions


  • Does not like any of these changes whatsoever
  • Temper problem
  • Weakening his empire
• Kaiser is blocking social democrats
• The Kaiser agrees to the reforms


  In return for the social democrats to pay more taxes to the navy
• Wilhelm


  • Small man
  • Doesn't like that he has been forced into these reforms
• Wilhelm


  • Attacks the social democrats
  • Accuses them of treason
• Wilhelm raids their offices and throws them in jail
• Wilhelm threatens to kill the people still in parliament
• The Kaiser says that anyone who goes on strike will be sent to prison
• Wilhelm doesn't like the left wing government trying to take his role as Kaiser
• Growth of the Economy

   

  Year

  Marks

  1880

  2,977

  1890

  3,410

  1900

  4,753

  1910

  7,475

  1913

  10,097

   

  This happened because of the industrial revolution (before if they produced half the amount of steel as the UK, but after they produced double)

  More taxes. The government has more money to spend.