UNIFICATION OF ITALY · Part 8

that the French people preferred a monarchy, but rather that they longed for peace. The monarchists were hopelessly divided and hence for almost four years a definite decision as to the form of government could not be taken. Finally, in January , the National Assembly decided on a republican form of government. This signaled the establishment of the Third Republic in France. Danzig W E S T P R U S S I A P O S E N ( P O S N A N I A ) E A S T P R U S S I A Konigsberg BALTIC SEA NORTH SEA EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA RUSSIAN EMPIRE BERLIN G E R M A N E M P I R E B R A N D E N B U R G D E N M A R K SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN Hamburg MECKLENBURG- SCHWERIN LUBECK Bremen M ü nster Cologne Coblence PALATINATE FRANCE Strasbourg B A V A R I A Stuttgart Nürnberg B O H E M I A Dresden Leipzig Kassel Breslau G A L I C I A Posen P O L A N D Hanover Stettin T H U R I N G I A HESSE Frankfurt SWITZERLAND N A S S A U S A X O N Y S I L E S I A A U S T R I A Munich HOHENZOLLERN WURTEMBERG LUXEMBURG W E S T P H A L I A OLDENBURG NETHERLANDS H A N O V E R P O M E R A N I A L O R R A I N E A L S A C E B A D E N B E L G I U M L I T H U A N I A vistula Elba Rhin oder Danube