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Speech to the Frankfurt Assembly
An assembly is held to determine the future ruler of the German states. The two candidates are Prussia and Austria but Prussia is by far favored and is talked about in a very positive light -
Proclomation of Friedrich Wilhelm IV
Friedrich Wilhelm IV the king of Prussia does not accept the invitation to rule the German states and tells them that they do not have the right to elect a leader without the consent of the German government -
Letter to Minister von Manteuffel
Otto Van Bismarck states that Germany is not big enough for both Prussia and Austria to rule and that a war between the two countries is unavoidable -
Otto Van Bismarck's post war comment
States he wanted to avoid wounding Austria too severely in the war effort to avoid a feeling of revenge was needed -
Imperial Proclomation
Prussia states that it now is in full control of the German states and the German people state all of the things that Prussia is expected to uphold