... and intrigue of a single ruler, parliament and constitution. Major differences amongst the states also paved a road against unification. Religious overlay was a problem, the people wanted to keep a grasp of their sovernty; thus exacerbating the current situation as: religion was of difference in the states: the north was predominantly protestant and thus gravitated towards Prussia. The south was predominantly catholic thus bonding with France and Austria, so to ... state this only exacerbated things and led to the failure of unification before 1860. The failure of the Frankfurt Diet and...

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