HISTORY OF EUROPE

PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.

SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, BART., D.C.L.

Author of the "History of Europe from the Commencement of the French
Revolution, in 1789, to the Battle of Waterloo," &c. &c.

VOL. V.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

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CONTENTS OF VOL. V.

CHAPTER XXVII.

CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF GERMANY, FROM THE TERMINATION OF THE WAR OF

LIBERATION IN 1814 TO THE GREAT CONVULSIONS OF 1848.

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1. Peace necessary to Germany after the efforts of the war,

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2. Extreme moderation of the German demands on the peace,

2

3. Dangers to German independence on the dissolution of the Empire,

3

4. Sage constitution and immense strength of the German Confederacy,

5. Military forces of the Confederacy,

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6. External and internal peace and great prosperity this has secured to

Germany,

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after the peace,

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14. Universal expectation of liberal institutions which prevailed in Germany

15. Evidence from public acts of the promise to give Germany constitutional

government,

16. Delay in performing these promises on the part of the German govern-

ments,

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ib.

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17. States established in Hanover, Würtemberg, and Baden, but not in

Prussia,

18. Tardy promises of the Prussian government,

Confederation,

19. Important resolution of the Diet regarding the internal affairs of the

20. Great effect of these provisions,

21. Effect of the Spanish and Italian revolutions of 1819 and 1820 on Ger-

22. Resolution of the Diet on the propositions of Austria,

24. Assassination of Kotzebue,

25. His execution, and immense sensation it created,

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