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Prussia and Austria were the two most powerful German states.
Following the explusion of Austria from Germany in 1866, Prussia annexed several German states that had supported Austria. Prussia dissolved the German Confederation in 1866 and established the North German Confederation in 1867.
Because a revolution did not cause German unification. German unification was a long process that involved Prussia, which is now part of Germany, taking control of the other states of Germany through various means- treaties, confederations, and even occasionally wars. The process was completed in 1871 when Prussia and a few other German states defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War.
Prussia.
the small German states domination by Prussia
Prussia was the biggest of the German states from 1871-1934 (when the states were abolished by the Nazis).
Prussia and Austria.
to gain control of german states
By dominating the German states via wars and diplomacy created a path of a union of states known as the North German Confederation and later the German Empire.
Prussia and Austria were the two most powerful German states.
German liberals were part of Europe's 1848 revolutions. In the German areas the goal was to end autocratic rule. With some initial success, a liberal assembly was convened in Frankfort convention with democratic ideas. The king of Prussia was offered the position of becoming the emperor of the German States under the democratic policies of the 1848 assembly. The liberals lacked military power, and the King of Prussia, who refused the offer. Conservative power was then restored to the German "States". Without liberal support from Prussia, the 1848 revolution failed. As an aside, however, it caused many Germans to seek a new home in the United States.
Austria.