6/20/2023 0 Comments Wolfram siemann![]() The Diet had appeared to endorse manhood suffrage, but in fact suffrage varied by locale, often to the exclusion of poor men. The Revolution subsequently failed, and the Parliament was unable to secure support for its constitution, in part due to liberal politicians' alienation of their popular base even the May 1848 parliamentary election seems to portend this. The Frankfurt Parliament, created to establish a united German state, also became its symbol. In March 1848, under the pressure of revolutionary turmoil, the Confederation Diet called for a National Parliament ( Nationalversammlung) to meet in Frankfurt and draft a national constitution. The liberal aim was constitutional government both in the separate German states and in a new national state. ![]() The German Revolution of 1848 received its popular energy from aggrieved peasants, artisans, and workers its political program, however, from the liberalism of the educated upper middle class. ![]() FRANKFURT PARLIAMENT political and social divisions ![]()
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