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    "The drive for unity was tied into the drive for democracy" is true only to some degree, you may want to modify this statement. Bismark and Wilhelm-I would have disagreed strongly. The true story is that the drive for unity came from two forces, liberal and conservative. Commented Jul 5 at 20:14
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    In addition to the Napoleonic wars, the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine_crisis showed in 1840 that French expansionism was still a threat and fuelled German nationalism.
    – Pere
    Commented Jul 5 at 21:16
  • @MoisheKohan, edited, even if the question seems to be why people in smaller countries wanted in.
    – o.m.
    Commented Jul 6 at 4:20