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Hi everyone,

I've got an alternate timeline going so far, and I'm looking to expand what's going on in Europe to the 1848 timeframe. I'm looking for a few things to transpire, and would appreciate any help to improve this general idea into a plausible timeline / sequence of events.

The rough events:
-German revolutions are a bit stronger (possibly due to the Göttingen Seven?) and Prussia doesn't expand west to claim Hanover or Rhineland. The German states end up a bit more republican in government, including Prussia, having popularly elected legislatures and the end of press censorship in a good portion of the country, if not all by the end of the century
-Austria and Hungary do not merge to Austria-Hungary, but Hungary creates its own Empire that is close to Austria and thus Germany
-Austria merges with Germany at some point in the 19th (or 20th) century, possibly sparking the Franco-Prussian War of this timeline, or could possibly spark a Great War in the late 19th, early 20th century if they merge later.
-Italy unites, without the Treaty of Turin.
-Netherlands remain united (Belgium and Netherlands) through today.
-after the European revolutions, there are still emigrations to the colonies as in OTL.
-some kind of push to get more Norwegians, Finns, Swedes to emigrate to the US and the British Empire (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British South America, Cuba, etc). Could some kind of war or threat of war with Russia in the late 1840s-early 1850s do this?

I'm not well versed in the person chosen to be the first king in the Netherlands, but I had Willem I start out as king. If there is someone else who would be better from the House of Orange, or elsewhere that would help united the two halves of the country, I can change that. Thank you in advance for any suggestions on how to make this work.
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