examine the nation state building process in Germany after 1848
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1. The nationalist sentiments among the middle-class Germans forced them to unite different regions of the German Confederation into a nation-state (governed by an elected parliament) in 1848.
2. This initiative of nation-building was however repressed by the combined forces of monarchy and the military, supported by large landowners of Prussia.
3. Following these repressive measures, Prussia took on the task of national unification. Otto Von Bismarck was the chief architect of this process, along with the Prussian army and the bureaucracy.
4. Three wars fought over seven years - with Denmark, France and Austria ended in Prussian victory and thus completing the unification process. The Prussian King, William I, was thereafter proclaimed the German emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles.
5. The new state in Germany further went on to initiate a strong emphasis on modernising currency, banking, legal and judicial systems.
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1. Nationalist feelings were widespread among middle-class Germans, who in 1848 tried to unite the different regions of the German confederation into a nation-state governed by an elected parliament.
2. Prussia took on the leadership of the movement for national unification.
3. Its chief minister, Otto von Bismarck, was the architect of this process carried out with the help of the Prussian army and bureaucracy.
4. Three wars over seven years – with Austria, Denmark and France – ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of unification in January 1871.
5. the Prussian king, William I, was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles.
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