what did the german revolution lead to?
German Democratic Republic
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 The surge of German nationalism , stimulated by the experience of Germans in the Napoleonic period and initially allied with liberalism , shifted political , social , and cultural relationships within the German states . In this context , one can detect its roots in the experience of Germans in the Napoleonic period . The Burschenschaft student organizations and popular demonstrations , such as those held at Wartburg Castle in October 1817 , contributed to a growing sense of unity among German speakers of Central Europe . Furthermore , implicit and sometimes explicit promises made during the War of Liberation engendered an expectation of popular sovereignty and widespread participation in the political process , promises that largely went unfulfilled once peace had been achieved . Agitation by student organizations led such conservative leaders as Klemens Wenzel , Prince von Metternich , to fear the rise of national sentiment ; the assassination of German dramatist August von Kotzebue in March 1819 by a radical student seeking unification was followed on 20 September 1819 by the proclamation of the Carlsbad Decrees , which hampered intellectual leadership of the nationalist movement . 

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 German unification had also been viewed as a prerequisite for the creation of a European federation , which Giuseppe Mazzini and other European patriots had been promoting for more than three decades : 

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 Under the hegemony of the French Empire ( 1804 – 1814 ) , popular German nationalism thrived in the reorganized German states . Due in part to the shared experience , albeit under French dominance , various justifications emerged to identify " Germany " as a single state . For the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte , 

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 = = = November 1918 : A German Revolution = = = 

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 Revolutions spread throughout Europe in 1848 as the result of a widespread economic crisis . Throughout the year , Victoria and Albert complained about Foreign Secretary Palmerston 's independent foreign policy , which they believed destabilised foreign European powers further . Albert was concerned for many of his royal relatives , a number of whom were deposed . He and Victoria , who gave birth to their daughter Louise during that year , spent some time away from London in the relative safety of Osborne . Although there were sporadic demonstrations in England , no effective revolutionary action took place , and Albert even gained public acclaim when he expressed paternalistic , yet well @-@ meaning and philanthropic , views . In a speech to the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Labouring Classes , of which he was President , he expressed his " sympathy and interest for that class of our community who have most of the toil and fewest of the enjoyments of this world " . It was the " duty of those who , under the blessings of Divine Providence , enjoy station , wealth , and education " to assist those less fortunate than themselves . 
