... nor fully democratic. The unification of Germany started with the Austro-Prussian War in which the German states were in a political stalemate as Austria and Russia blocked Prussian king Frederick William IV's attempt to unify Germany. Since Austria wasn't included in the Zollverein, it caused a little bit of a feud. Prussia's leading role in the Zollverein gave itself an advantage over its ... with Austria. Prussia emerged in 1848 with a weak parliament but over time they wanted the parliament to hold all the power in the nation. It came into the eyes of William I and he was convinced ...

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... Charles Anthony). However when the news of this private acceptance of the candidature became known to the French authorities and population, there was a national outcry in France which led to William I persuading Leopold to withdraw to prevent a war. The "French arrogance" (as Bismarck called it) however, caused assurances to be demanded of King ... William by a French ambassador, which he was not prepared to give. The resulting telegram sent to Bismarck by the King from Ems gave Bismarck the ammunition he needed to unite Germany. ... French resistance and the King's determination to ...

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... , a parliament of middle class representatives from all over the German states met in Frankfurt, the home of the Confederation Diet, and even got as far as forming a constitution. King Frederick William IV of Prussia and other German nobles were determined not to allow the threat of the lower classes to persist, as a successful revolution would spell an end to their powers ... man was more influential during the later stages of the unification of Germany than Otto von Bismarck. A man of Prussian Junker background, Bismarck already had substantial political experience when King William I ...

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... contribute to Weimar's stability. However, the political problems of Weimar were fuelled by mounting economic worries. "The Republic was burdened with economic problems arising out of the war- came from William Carr a British Historian. Germany was exhausted by four years of war and industry had to re-adjust to peacetime working against a background of falling world trade and limited demand at ... the mark, replacing it with a new currency called the Retenmark. Under Stresemann the Dawes Plan of 1924 was established, Germany signed the Locarno Treaties and joined the League of Nations. ...

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... gave Austria and Prussia time to recover and start their opposition to the movement. When a decision was agreed to create a unified state the title of Kaiser was offered to Frederick William IV the King of Prussia. Believing the role to be beneath him as he would be appointed by the people and not God he declined the offer and the Frankfurt ... of uniting Germany. The 1848 revolution failed and lessons had to be learnt and changes needed to be made if nationalism was to achieve unification in future. In 1849 Frederick William IV belatedly changed his mind and told the other German state...

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... to prepare for this "unification". After disagreements between Prussia and Austria, Prussia tried to unify Germany under their kliendeutsch plan. In 1848, the Assembly finished the constitution, appointed King Frederick William as the first emperor of Constitutional Germany. Frederick immediately cancelled the Constitution and declared his divine right to rule. While the princes cancelled the concessions made to the liberals in ... he needed to unify Germany. After the war, he won the consent of German princes to unite Germany. In January 18, 1817, in Versailles the king proclaimed the ...

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... step to German Unification was to go to war with France, one of the greatest powers. Again, he sent an offensive telegram about France that was supposed to be from William l. This made the French extremely upset and they (Napoleon III) declared war just as Prussia had hoped. This war was the end of all wars because this gave Bismarck the ... ...

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... century nearly destroyed France and sparked murderous conflict in the Netherlands and Germany. Many feared that Europe was becoming ungovernable. The massacres of Catholic Henry III of France 1589, Protestant William the Silent of the Dutch Republic 1584, and Protestant turned Catholic Henry IV of France 1610 after 19 failed attempts, as well as countless massacres and wars provoked by religious ... ...

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... document in person. All-contact between other ministers and the Kaiser was strictly prohibited. If ministers of independent mind, they were dismissed, and this, combined with his overwhelming influence over William I, gave Bismarck an unprecedented position of authority in Germany. The Constitution and Parliament -, Bismarck's position of authority was safeguarded in the constitution of the Empire. The Empire was a federal state ... ...

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... up the constitution to his own advantage. As the chancellor, he answered only to the Kaiser. This posed Bismarck no threat as he held great influence over the "easily convinced- William, and "had the upper hand in all decision making."" The Bundesrat was made up of representatives from each state. It had various powers, but Bismarck still maintained control as 14 ... ...

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