Men and women of [[1]] in other parts of Europe where separate nation-states did not yet exist such as Germany, Italy, Poland, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire united their demands for constitutionalism with national unification.

the liberal middle classes

In other parts of Europe where independent nation- states did not yet exist _ such as Germany, Italy, Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Empire - men and women of the liberal middle classes combined their demands for constitutionalism with national unification.