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... In 1815 Germany was nothing more then a compilation of thirty-nine autonomous states under the Germanic Confederation. ... Otto von Bismarck realized the need for unification and began this process by engineering the Seven Weeks’ War. This war enabled Bismarck to oust Austria, the major opponent to German unification from the Confederation. With the newly formed North German Confederation, under Prussian rule, Bismarck was able to constitute a fair and working constitution to govern the members of the North German Confederation. In 1871 the member-states adopted this constitution and the unified German Empire was born.
The German Confederation was a loose arrangement of German states. The Confederation was formed in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna. The German Confederation had the same boundaries as the Holy Roman Empire. ... However, unlike the Holy Roman Empire, the member states of the German Confederation were fully sovereign. The confederation consisted of thirty-nine sovereign states and four free cities. The five large kingdoms of the German Confederation were Austria, Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, and Wuerttemberg.
Approximate Word count = 829
Approximate Pages = 3.3
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