During the unification of Germany, why did so many German states agree to join the new German Empire and give up their sovereignty? They weren't all conquered.
>>18578346I suppose the nationalist sentiment was so strong that they didn't care.
>>18578346In most cases the local nobility had a degree of autonomy and vast personal fortunes so didn't need to care about politics.
>>18578346Well, they try.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphic_LegionWhile other.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionism_of_Risorgimento
Why did Qi surrender to Qin and give up their sovereignty?
>>18578346Because many german states were already closely connected and integrated with the Kingdom of Prussia well before the founding of the German Empire. The German Customs Union equalized much of the different economic hurdles and boundaries (different customs, different currencies, different units of measurement, etc.) that were faced by Germany as a whole and all this occurred under the leading role of Prussia. The next step was the founding of the North German Confederation. There the member states were even closer integrated into the prussian system of governance.>They weren't all conquered.But most of them were beaten during the course of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. There Prussia was able to annex a great deal of territory in northern Germany, which made it the de facto hegemon over Germany. Couple that with the close economic and civil integrations that occured before and after 1866 and then it becomes clear that nearly all states were in some form or another already in a prussian dominated union.>pic relMap of the German Customs UnionBlue = Founding Members of 1834Green = Accessions until 1866Yellow = Accessions after 1866>>18578360This as well. Every german state had a sizeable amount of people who demanded a united german state.>>18578371And this. Nearly every non prussian monarch/prince got some amount of Reserve Rights for their respective territories - be those special offices within the German Empire, the right to levy special taxes or the right to keep their own (monetised) train systems.
>>18578752What if Duchy of Warsaw switch side before Napoleon reach Moscow? They together Kingdom of Saxony joined the German Customs Union, rivalry Prussia.
>>18578825That's a really large "what if" question as the dissolution of the Duchy of Warsaw and the partition of the Kingdom of Saxony post 1815 were such large and influential events. However a personal union (in this case between the Kingdom of Saxony and the Duchy of Warsaw) doesn't mean that two states merge. Both would retain their individual statehood and it is possible that the Duchy of Warsaw would not join the German Customs Union for whatever reason.
>>18578860>it is possible that the Duchy of Warsaw would not join the German Customs Union for whatever reason.To add to this, while Austria was not part of the Customs Union, it was part of the German Confederation, but the Habsburg territories outside of Germany and Bohemia were not. So this is in fact quite plausible(though the idea Warsaw would have switched sides to begin with is less so)
>>18578875Parts of the Kingdom of Prussia also weren't part of the German Confederation. But that doesn't matter as the German Customs Union and the German Confederation were distinct organisations with different ways to gain membership.
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