Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: With Prussia 's victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 , the members of the Confederation were organised by Otto von Bismarck into the German Empire , with Wilhelm I as its Emperor .
Simplified: When Prussia beat France in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 , the Confederation was turned into the German Empire by Otto von Bismarck , with Wilhelm I as its Emperor .