the German Confederation

The German states involved arranged the election of a North German parliament in February 1867. The parliament on the one hand, and the governments on the other, agreed on a constitution for the North German Confederation on 1 July 1867. This Confederation, a federal state, was expanded in 1870-71 with the south German states and became the German Empire. The August treaty of 1866, therefore, can be seen as the first legal