1. Why Did Germany Fail To Unite Before 1860?
... was in keeping their autonomy, this was special rights which enabled them to have their own tax systems, armies and rulers. Unification was impossible to establish as long as an Austrian controlled Bund existed, this was very unlikely to change as the members of the Bund were not prepared or supportive at all of trading autonomy for unification; they wanted to ... and authority to raise taxes etc. As a chance of mere coincidence Prussia being second in charge of the Bund protested and played a constant threat to Austria. Prussia had significantly a strong government, powerful army, trea...
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