Frederick William shared this view and was unwilling to potentially cause a war with such a powerful state. This caused the Frankfurt Parliament to fail because Prussia did not grasp the opportunity to unite and neither did the King, therefore Germany remained divided. Although he desired power, William IV was not willing to put himself and Prussia under control of the Frankfurt Parliament as he distrusted ‘the gentlemen of Frankfurt’. This meant that the Parliament had no real leader, and so lost support because people distrusted the parliament as an influential figure stated he would not be associated with them. This aided in causing the failure of the Parliament because with no real leader, no one could influence the masses or help to make decisions.
The articles of confederation was the first written form of this nations government though it had its usefulness in the area of the western migration it was weak in the areas of the economy and foreign relations it also left the country open to invasion because the articles did not have any form of national military and a very weak central government. In 1777 the Articles of Confederation were ratified and this new nation now had a form of government. Overall the articles of confederation were very weak the economy was in shambles and they had very little success in foreign relations. The economy had very little success because the United States government could not tax its people therefore the government itself had no income which made it possible for the British to maintain trade outposts in the Northwest territory. The British could stay there because the United States didn't have an army because the government didn't have any money.
It was often the cases of self interest that these two nations resorted too. In Manchuria, Britain and France were unwilling to send their armies nor fleets, in Abyssinia, they did not close the Suez Canal , which could have stopped Mussolini's invasion and they did not ban important war materials such as coal, oil and steel. The USSR was the only country powerful enough to send troops to force the aggressors into accepting the League's wishes, but they weren't in the League. Without the USA, the League was permanently weakened. Had the USA been in the league, Japan wouldn't have conquered Manchuria and Mussolini would have backed off Abyssinia.
Firstly there was lack of mass support since the Frankfurt Parliament was mostly made out of middle class people, with only one peasant and no workers. Therefore this overwhelming majority did not represent the people who were about 70% peasants. According thus to the demographics a revolution would fail because it would lack manpower, and instead of asking help from the peasants, the revolutionaries preferred to ask help from the rulers. Frankfurt Parliament has also been accused of wasting valuable time. Marxists argue that if the Parliamentarians, who were neither extreme nor violent, had taken faster action, Wilhelm IV and the other rulers would be unable to refuse the new state and its constitution.
He was generally described as a smart man with great manners however lacked those qualities of a practical man. He was believed to have said to his cousin that “I am not prepared to be a Tsar. I have never wanted to become one”. It can be said that the growth of internal opposition was in fact not that threatening to the Tsarist regime. For example, the use of Okhrana and their powers such as being able to intercept mail and check on activities within the factories, universities, army and state made it quite difficult for large groups to form and discuss possible opportunities to overthrow the Tsarist regime.
The nation was quite poor from the Revolution and had loans from the French that it was unable to pay back. This was because the Confederation did not have the power to tax, the states were supposed to donate money to the government and as a result, when other states realized that some were not donating money, they refused to as well. Despite the lack of taxing for the nation, the states placed taxes on goods being traded in or through their territory from other states. However, trade was complicated by the fact that there was no national currency. A Virginia dollar could be worth more than a South Carolina dollar, or worth less than a New England gold coin.
I don’t think that propaganda was the main reason for the lack of opposition because, although there was a lot of it, people could ignore it, they didn’t have to believe it. People could ignore it, they didn’t have to go to the cinema, or read posters. Although radios were made cheaper and the stations on it were limited they didn’t have to listen to it, they could turn it on so informers thought they were listening then go into a different room and not listen to it. Propaganda only showed what the Nazis wanted to show, nothing was
It also included no principles governing nature. The reason they may have took on Legalism is because the Hans probably could not think of their own way of governing. The Romans on the other hand, had senates, consuls and elections. They even shared politics to the patricians and showed interest in the people. One similarity they did have was that they both knew that their central government or emperor could not rule the amount of land conquered in their empire.
Also, despite the Reichstag having some control over the defence budget, the military was not actually accountable to the Reichstag and did not have full control over the budgets. Another weakness of parliamentary democracy within the Reichstag is the limited powers within legislation as its primary function was to debate, yet the only members that could debate were of a certain class as members were not paid so those of lower classes could not stand for elections. Therefore, it is highly debatable as to how democratic the Reichstag was as it seems to be inaccessible for those of lower
Paying off debuts of the revolution became a choice that most states opted out on because their was no force behind the request. This created the daunting task of forming a government that had power to enforce laws without creating a system of government such as parliament, creating a country where the people had a say in how laws and regulations were created and displayed. When George Washington created his presidential cabinet he choose two men who were far apart from seeing eye to eye. These two men being Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton did not believe a democratic government and was stated “It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government.