World War I: Germany's Bloodless Revolution

With the failure of WWI, the Germans needed to do something to turn their country around. Germans wanted to overthrow their Kaiser as they believed that he was to blame for these treacherous events. The Kaiser was to be replaced with multiple workers. This idea was not the Germans but the Russians as they had already carried out this process. (-- removed HTML --)

Germany’s economy was suffering and Germans were struggling through brutal fuel and food shortages. Many had decided that the sections were still controlling many cities. Generals recommended a new civilian government and Germany was soon turned into a parliamentary democracy. The power of the army and navy were handed over to Reichstag by the Kaiser, Wilhelm II. The goal of

Berlin had two major issues, armstice and the abdication of the Kaiser. They also decided to have a reformation of their constitution. Prince Max was pressured to secure the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Prince Max was presented with a list of demands from the Socialists. These demands were that they wanted a greater representation of the SPD in cabinet, changes in the Prussian cabinet in line with majority parties in Reichstag, freedom assembly, and the abdication of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince. The navy ended up taking on Berlin and caused Germany to become a republic. The navy launched assault against allies and exchanged fire with the military leading them to be removed from

The name “Weimar” comes from the town Weimar where Germany’s new government formed after the abdication on the Kaiser. The Weimar Republic was based around the Weimar Constitution signed into law by President Friedrich Ebert and stated the following: “the German Reich is a Republic, the government is made of a president, a chancellor and a parliament (Reichstag), representatives of the people must be elected equally every four years by all men and women over age 20, the term of the President is seven years, all orders of the President must be endorsed by the Chancellor or a Reich Minister, article 48 allows the President to suspend civil rights and operate independently in an emergency, two legislative bodies (the Reichstag and the Reichsrat) were formed to represent the German people, all Germans are equal and have the same civil rights and responsibilities, all Germans have the right to freedom of expression, all Germans have the right to peaceful assembly, all Germans have the right to freedom of religion; there is no state church, state-run, public education is free and mandatory for children, all Germans have the right of private property, all Germans have the right to equal opportunity and earnings in the workplace.”(Weimar