AHC: The 1848 revolutions lead to a German republic or a constitutional monarchy.
It needs to be in control of all or a large portion of Germany.
It needs to be in control of all or a large portion of Germany.
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Do you mean constitutional monarchy or real republic? The latter is ASB in 1848, because it was too unpopular even among the revolutionaries themselves, and even if it wasn't there is no force to enforce such a change.
Do you mean constitutional monarchy or real republic? The latter is ASB in 1848, because it was too unpopular even among the revolutionaries themselves, and even if it wasn't there is no force to enforce such a change.
The best I dare to hope for is that the Prussian or Austrian monarch accepts the OTL constitution with some extra competences added to the Emperor, and and more and more power is slowly transfered to the democratic institutions - a process that did happen IOTL but was all but complete in 1914.
Is it ASB though? I agree that the possibility is highly unlikely, but I would say the amount of variation in revolutionary views, where some factions did in fact support a real republic while others were dead-set on a constitutional monarchy, was a big part of the problem. At the same time, even in my own TL where the Frankfurt parliament is co-opted by radicals and a republican 'experiment', if you will, is launched, they have a very hard time gaining a lot of traction. So I would say very unlikely, yes; ASB, perhaps not.
Instead of surrendering to the demands of the Rioters, the Princes in the Rhinelands decided to fight. The rioters loot arsenals (that they already controlled) and are able to overthrow most of the West Germany City/States and the Prussian territory near Hannover.
Émigrés from France bolster the Republicans. A new republic takes hold in Colonge. Karl Marx emigrates to the new Republic and calls for a worker uprising. Wider worker risings sweep Germany and a Marxist Republic forms after fighting a war against Prussia. The new Republic would have borders similar to Modern Germany minus Bavaria and Potsdam. It would however control Eastern Belgium, and Luxembourg.