The major result of the war was a shift in power among the German states away from Austrian and towards Prussian hegemony. It resulted in the abolition of the German Confederation and its partial replacement by the unification of all of the northern German states in the North German Confederation that excluded Austria and the other southern German states, a . The war also resulted in the Italian annexation of the Austrian realm of Venetia.
The major result of the war was a shift in power among the German states away from Austrian and towards Prussian hegemony It resulted in the abolition of the German Confederation and its partial replacement by the unification of all of the northern German states in the North German Confederation that excluded Austria and the other southern German states a  The war also resulted in the Italian annexation of the Austrian realm of Venetia.