Guide to the Materials for American History in Swiss and Austrian Archives (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Guide to the Materials for American History in Swiss and Austrian ArchivesFrench Directory. In 1803 Bonaparte, by the Act of Mediation, set up in place of this a federal constitution, partially modernized, with the addition of six new cantons. After his fall in 1814, there was a recurrence to a system resembling that which had prevailed before 1798. But with the new cantons added. Making twenty-two states instead of thirteen, and whereas before 1708 many portions of the Swiss territory were in somewhat abject sub ordination to the original states, now all cantons stood upon an equal basis in constitutional law. The Diet remained weak. The seat of government under it shifted every two years between Zurich, Bern, and Luzern (the three l'oforte). The cantonal governments became once more reactionary, but by 1848 most of them had been liberalized. In that year, as the result of the brief war of secession with the Sonderbund a new federal consti tution was adopted, instituting a strong central government, with its seat at Bern. The present, revised constitution, radically democratic, dates from 1874.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.