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Long story short, because France declared war on Prussia and not the other way around, the defensive alliances that Prussia had with Baden, Wuettemberg and Bavaria were activated and since none of them were willing to break them, they joined the war on the Prussian side.

At this point most of the southern states had drifted from their historically good relations with France, and looked more and more towards Prussia for leadership, so the choice wasn't a hard one.

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