Other German unification notes: initial period

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Who were the Middle Union?
A rival customs union to the PCU
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What percentage of the population actually lived in towns?
Only 10%
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Where did the other 90% live?
In rurual lands
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They weren't very..?
Industrial
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A problem for unity in German was regarding non-germans ..?
Living within the Confederation
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Also, a lot of non-Germans ruled over some states, which states and by whom?
Hanover - Britain; Luxemburg - Netherlands; Holstein - Denmark
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During the Vienna Settlement, the vast majority of German land went to prussia - their population increased from 5 million to what?
10 Million
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The reason German became a confederation is because?
The Austrian's favoured it
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Who did Austria think should be in charge?
The Habsburg family (Austrian)
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Austria were also a large country, bigger than Prussia with a population of?
25 Million
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Metternich had a large influence in?
The Diet
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In the Diet, laws were allowed to be passed with a __ majority:
2/3
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The Zollverein actually encouraged what?
Co-operation between states
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Nationalist organisations were formed, one example is?
Burscharschaften
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Who organised these groups?
Students
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Strangely enough, the organisations were going on while who was in university?
Bismarck
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Nationalist demonstrations were held, one example being? When was this?
Wartburg in 1817
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What did these students do?
Through reactionary books into a large bonfire
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Also, speeches about?
A fatherland
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However, with both of these demonstrations and protests by the students, one thing was lacking?
Focus on uniting Germany
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What percentage of the population actually lived in towns?

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They weren't very..?

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A problem for unity in German was regarding non-germans ..?

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