... ; not to a united German state this only exacerbated things and led to the failure of unification before 1860. The failure of the Frankfurt Diet and the 1848 Revolution influentially and undoubtedly suppressed a great bearing on the failure of unification before 1860. The failure of the Diet introduced inter-state rivalry to a head. The distrust of Prussia, the refusal to cede autonomy and the decline of liberalism and the sinicism over a constitution ensured a halt ... was an equally important factor of lack of foreign support; there was no initial enthusiasm from Britain and France eve...

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