What laws did William II create?

In 1890, he asked the dominating Bismarck to resign. He resisted efforts to introduce democratic reforms.

His government provided services, from programs for social welfare, to cheaper transportation and electricity. An Excellent system of public schools that began under Bismarck taught students obedience to the emperor along with reading, writing, and mathematics.

William II lavished funds on a German military machine, already the most powerful in Europe. He also launched an ambitious campaign to expand the German navy and win an overseas empire to compete with those of France and Britain.