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Though France was proclaimed a republic in February 1848, independent status did not exist yet in other states such as Germany, Italy, Poland and Austro-Hungarian Empire. Men and women of liberal middle class combined their demand for constitutionalism and national unification in Germany. Taking advantage of growing popular unrest they pushed their demand for the creation of a nation-state, framing constitutional monarchy and freedom of press and association. In the German region middle class professionals, businessmen and prospers i artisans came together in the city of Frankfurt and decided to vote for an All-German National Assembly. On 18th May 1848, as many 831 elected representative marched to take their position in tin Frankfurt Assembly. They also drafted a constitution for a German nation. They proposed a constitutional monarchy headed by Wilhelm IV, the king of Prussia. The Frankfurt Parliament was thus greatly significant because it provided an opportunity for a peaceful change from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy. The effort of the people however failed because when the crown was offered to Wilhelm IV, the king of Prussia, he rejected it and joined other conservative monarchs to oppose the elected assembly. The hopes of people was thus belied.
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