Write a short note on frankfurt parliament in points
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On 18 May 1848,831 elected representatives marched in a festive procession to take their places in a Frankfrut parliament convened in the church of St.paul.
1)They drafted a constitution for a German nation to be headed by a monarchy subject to a parliament.
2) While the opposition of the aristocracy and military became stronger, the social basis of parliament eroded. In the end troops were called in and the assembly was forced to disband.
3)Women were only mute spectators to stand in the visitor's gallery.
4)The dominant middle classes resisted the demands of the workers and artisans, hence loss their support.
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The Frankfurt Parliament (German: Frankfurter Nationalversammlung, literally Frankfurt National Assembly) was the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany,[1]elected on 1 May 1848 (see German federal election, 1848).
The session was held from 18 May 1848 to 31 May 1849, in the Paulskirche at Frankfurt am Main. Its existence was both part of and the result of the "March Revolution" within the states of the German Confederation