Documents of German Unification, 1848-1871

Johann Gustav Droysen, speech to the Frankfurt Assembly (1848)

These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.

Original wording

“The German question is not a constitutional question, but a question of power…”

Adapted · about grade 4

Droysen said uniting Germany is about power, not about writing a constitution.

Adapted · about grade 7

The German question is not about a constitution; it is a question of power.

Adapted · about grade 10

The German question is not a constitutional question, but a question of power.

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