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An assembly is held to determine the future ruler of the German states. The two candidates are Prussia and Austria but Prussia is by far favored and is talked about in a very positive light
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Friedrich Wilhelm IV the king of Prussia does not accept the invitation to rule the German states and tells them that they do not have the right to elect a leader without the consent of the German government
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Otto Van Bismarck states that Germany is not big enough for both Prussia and Austria to rule and that a war between the two countries is unavoidable
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States he wanted to avoid wounding Austria too severely in the war effort to avoid a feeling of revenge was needed
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Prussia states that it now is in full control of the German states and the German people state all of the things that Prussia is expected to uphold