HIS103Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Schwarzenburg, Frankfurt Parliament, Thirty-Nine Articles
German Confederation at Vienna : unsatisfactory and unworkable compromise
Few changes
French Revolution of 1830 = 1830 revival of liberalism in Germany
Wanted constitutional government and German unity
Six articles asserting monarchical systems
Polish national revolt 1831 --> liberals gathered again
Those who opposed government were eliminated
Economic unity under Prussian leadership improved trade, encouraged industry,
construction of railways
Still predominantly agricultural
Increase in population, greater mobility
Zollverein : German Customs Union - 1834
Political change : participation of middle class in government, removal of trade restraints,
weakening of nobility
Catholic power on state
New education system : producing new class of enlightened paternal administration to reinforce
traditional Junker class and efficiency / loyalty create greater unified Germans
Weakening of Metternich System
Frederick IV : Christian - patrimonial state - ordered system of estates and corporations united
under benevolent Christian King --> traditional / medieval institutions
King wanted very different from citizens
1841 : Diets met : demands for constitutional change, freedoms
Growing discontent, desire for national unity
1848 Revolution : liberal middle class combined with Conservatives and regular armies to
suppress radical revolution
Prussia : constitution - basic rights of individual, King retains right to nominate / dismiss
ministers --> don't need the Diet
Frankfurt Assembly --> need Austria's support to unite
Secure Austria as a whole in German Confederation
King refuses Crown, end of Assembly and Constitution
Most small states had agreed
End of 1848 Revolution
King of Prussia elected hereditary Emperor at Frankfurt
Interim agreement : Prussia and Austria care for Germany until 1850 --> new constitution
Secured Hanover and Saxony --> Alliance of 3 Kingdoms
Schwarzenburg : assert Prussian leadership, win support from moderate liberal opinion
Bruck wants Austria to lead Zollverein - fails
Germans reply that Austrians are attacking Confederation
Radowitz fails with Diet
Radowitz : Diet at Erfurt - form new union
Schwarzenburg convinces to threaten sanctions against any state attempting to leave the
Confederation
Appeals to Diet to assist
Austria declares they will intervene to maintain the Confederation
Prussia wants to control Hesse --> strategic
Both Prussia and Austria send troops --> war is averted, defeated politically
Power given to states to decide
Prussia humiliated
Austria failed to take opportunity to renegotiated themselves into the Zollverein
1850 : Hesse-Kassel and Holstein
Constitutions becoming more Conservative
Prussia remains conservative
Prussia and the German Problem
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Document Summary
German confederation at vienna : unsatisfactory and unworkable compromise. French revolution of 1830 = 1830 revival of liberalism in germany. Polish national revolt 1831 --> liberals gathered again. Economic unity under prussian leadership improved trade, encouraged industry, construction of railways. Political change : participation of middle class in government, removal of trade restraints, weakening of nobility. New education system : producing new class of enlightened paternal administration to reinforce traditional junker class and efficiency / loyalty create greater unified germans. Frederick iv : christian - patrimonial state - ordered system of estates and corporations united under benevolent christian king --> traditional / medieval institutions. 1841 : diets met : demands for constitutional change, freedoms. 1848 revolution : liberal middle class combined with conservatives and regular armies to suppress radical revolution. Prussia : constitution - basic rights of individual, king retains right to nominate / dismiss ministers --> don"t need the diet. Frankfurt assembly --> need austria"s support to unite.
