Answer:
True, Germany was founded in 1871.
Step-by-step explanation:
Until 1871, Germany consisted of a number of independent states of varying size and governance. The battles between the countries were many. A major cause was religious differences which, among other things, resulted in the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century. Another reason was shifting alliances with neighboring states, mainly France.
After the Napoleonic Wars, the German states united in 1815 in the German Confederation with Austria as the dominant power. Nationalism spread during the 19th century in Europe and so also in the German states. Ideas for a united German kingdom began to take shape and two competing models developed. One was called Grossdeutschland ("Greater Germany") and included the multi-ethnic empire of Austria-Hungary. The second, called Kleindeutschland ("Little Germany"), would exclude Austria, be dominated by Prussia and gain a clear German majority.
After Prussia's victory over Austria in the Unification War in 1866, the Little German solution won; Prussia took the dominant role in Germany and, on the verge of victory in the Franco-Prussian War, was able to proclaim the German Empire in Versailles on January 18, 1871.