Editing Unification of Germany (section)

=== Problems of reorganization ===
[[File:Map-GermanConfederation.svg|thumb|upright=1.5|alt=map of Europe, showing territory of predominantly German-speaking population, and Austria's multi-national, multi-linguistic territory|Boundaries of the German Confederation. Prussia is blue, Austria-Hungary yellow, and the rest grey.]]
Problematically, the built-in Austrian dominance failed to take into account Prussia's 18th-century emergence in Imperial politics. This impractical solution did not reflect the new status of Prussia in the overall set-up. Although the Prussian army had been dramatically defeated in the 1806 [[Battle of Jena-Auerstedt]], it had made a spectacular comeback at Waterloo. Consequently, Prussian leaders expected to play a pivotal role in German politics.{{Sfn|Zamoyski|2007|pp=98–115, 239–40}} Ever since the [[Prince-Elector]] of [[Brandenburg]] had made himself [[King in Prussia]] at the beginning of that century, their domains had steadily increased through inheritance and war. Prussia's consolidated strength had become particularly apparent during the [[Partitions of Poland]], the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] and the [[Seven Years' War]] under [[Frederick the Great]].{{Sfn|Sheehan|1989|pp=398–410}} As [[Maria Theresa]] and [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph]] tried to restore Habsburg hegemony in the Holy Roman Empire, Frederick countered with the creation of the ''[[Fürstenbund]]'' (Union of Princes) in 1785. Austrian-Prussian [[German dualism|dualism]] lay firmly rooted in old Imperial politics. Those balance of power manoeuvers were epitomized by the [[War of the Bavarian Succession]], or "[[Potato War#Change in warfare|Potato War]]" among common folk. Even after the end of the Holy Roman Empire, this competition influenced the growth and development of nationalist movements in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Berenger |first=Jean |title=A History of the Habsburg Empire 1700–1918 |date=1997 |publisher=Longman |isbn=978-0-5820-9007-1 |location=New York |pages=96–97 |translator-last=Simpson |translator-first=C.A. |oclc=891447020 |ol=7879682M |author-link=Jean Berenger |orig-date=1990}}.</ref>