POL218Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Basic Law For The Federal Republic Of Germany, Weimar Constitution, German Empire
6 Apr 2020
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Germany and japan were both protagonists in ww2 so they only became liberal democracies after their defeat (so. Pol218 s1 l6 germany part 3 they were late in development compared to others). The absolute monarchs experienced relatively weak political pressure from the bottom than it was experienced in. Britain and france probably because capitalism came later in germany, commercialization of agriculture, and feudal forms over agriculture still existed within germany much longer than britain and france; which is why they developed much later. Germany is the classic case of what tilly talks about. Until 1871 is subdivided into many small territorial units and it took germany much longer to consolidate their territory. After the end of treaty of westphalia and the 30 year war. Kings of prussia in the 1700"s begin to consolidate the territory of germany under their control but it is not done until 1871; and germany was finally united as the second reich under bismarck in 1871.
