Frederick William IV
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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FREDERICK WILLIAM IV
BY:ELIJAH TUCKER
In 1848, a wave of revolutions tore through Europe in a manner perhaps foreshadowing the ongoing Arab Spring.
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France went from monarchy to republic again, but the revolutionaries did not execute the abdicated king the Libyans with Muammar Gaddafi.
In the Germanic Confederation, rather than overthrow a monarch, the revolutionaries actually hoped to elevate an existing king to position of German emperor.
Instead of accepting his honor Frederick Williamdismissed it as a “crown from the gutter”, thereby denying Germans a chance to unify earlier than they actual would.
Germany would've unified under a Prussian king in 1849,instead it fought wars against Denmark, Austria, and France that resulted in thousands of deaths before finally creating a German Empire under a Prussian king in 1871.
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