SOW chapter 7

by Debra
                 Marquis de Lafayette wanted France to become a republic again,but to end the revolution he decied to agree to a constitition manarchy. That was where they would have a king, but he would have to obey a set of laws.
                 In 1848 the new king fled France, so they began a second republic, and wrote a new consititution. This stated that France could vote for a president. The first winner was Louis-Napoleon Bobaparte, the nephew of Napleon.
                  On December 2,1851 he arrested 70 french leaders who disagred with his plans. He helped France write a new constitution, that made him president for 10 more years.This republic lasted only 5 years, now the second empire begun.
                  States were a German confericy, not a country, Otto Von Bismarck was determind to make Prussia the ruling sate of the German confederficy. He wanted Germany to become a country.
                  It was soon clear  that Bismarck was stronger than than the king of Prussia.
                  The German state of Austria attacked Benmark capururing the southern part. Prussia wanted to own this land, but when Austria disagreed they attacked them. Prussia won, Prussia also claimed the Northeats corner of France.
                  The second Reich was destructive.