Ulrich Ochsenbein heads the committee of constitutional…

Ulrich Ochsenbein heads the committee of constitutional revision that directs the reorganization of the federal system through February and April 1848, and later this year, in the new bicameral Diet, he presides over the Nationalrat (national assembly).

Kern joins with Henri Druey of Vaud in drafting a new federal constitution modeled after that of the United States, which is established in 1848.

Sovereignty is divided among the cantons and the federal state.

Representatives to the federal government are elected either by a majority of the country's population or by the canton, thereby providing national representation for the small cantons.

A common foreign policy is finally possible.

In addition, the state now regulates customs, currency, weights and measures, and the postal service.

It also provides for the protection of the rights and liberties of all citizens and for the promotion of the national welfare.

With political stability, the Swiss can now spend a greater portion of their time and efforts developing industry, agriculture, and communications.