Aftermath
In the end, the Fundamental Articles, despite Bohemian acceptance and wavering support from the Moravian Diet, were doomed to failure. Faced with mounting internal and external backlash, Emperor Franz Josef rejected the measures on 20 October 1871. Hohenwart and his cabinet, including Schäffle, were shuffled out of office shortly thereafter. Beust himself was forced out soon after, to be replaced by Andrássy, making the whole series of events a political coup for the Hungarian statesman. The failure of the Fundamental Articles marked the end of old-order Czech Federal aspirations within the Empire, and served to bring Austria-Hungary as a whole under the further influence of a strong Germany.
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