The Frankfurt Parliament

• National Party that would draw up a constitutin for a united Germany

The Parliament would:

• Meet in Frankfurt
• Consist of one representative for every 50,000 inhabitants
• Should be elected by citizens who were of age and 'economically independent'

• Elections carried out peacefully and successfully
• Met in May 1848
• Vast majority were middle class
• Essentially moderate and lIberal
• Intended to establish a united Germany under a constitutional monarch who would rule through an elected parliament

Hope to agree a series of 'Basic Rights…