In 1848, a series of republican revolts broke out against the European monarchies. These revolts happened in France, Italy, Prussia, and Austria-Hungary. Ending in failure, the revolutions were followed by widespread frustration among the liberals. Each major country that partook in the revolutions had specific leaders that wanted to get their nations change. Each of the nation’s revolts had different outcomes and degrees of “success”. With the help of their leaders, revolutions in Italy, France, Prussia, and Austria-Hungary ended with small pieces of success, but mostly in failure. The French Revolution as a whole had a large impact on all of Europe and there were several different causes and goals throughout. A large part of the cause of …show more content…
France’s revolution was called the February Revolution, because it began in February. The revolution started so France could try to fix voting restrictions, political corruption, and the poor economic conditions. A large cause of France’s revolution was with the voting. Before the revolution, only a thirtieth of adult males could vote. France’s leader, Louis Philippe, was strongly against changing the standards for voting. Although he did not want voting changes, most of France did which then resulted in the revolution. France’s population was aiming for universal male suffrage so that all males could vote even if they were not highly educated. To get what they wanted, the working class put up barricades in the street. They also sent a mob to Louis Philippe in order to scare him into abdicating. They got the male suffrage they wanted, and Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was elected. Bonaparte claimed to be liberal but did not follow what he said and ended up making himself emperor. After getting Louis abdicated, France’s people set on helping unemployment. Radical Republicans got the government to pass socialist programs which led to the creation of National Workshops. The National Workshops were establishments where workers were guaranteed work, yet it left workers unhappy because the government did not take them very seriously. This led to violence in Paris and very unhappy …show more content…
The March Revolution, a nationalist movement, began mainly because of the want for a constitution. Prussia’s leader, Frederick William IV, was afraid of giving them a constitution because he was weak. He was a bad leader since Prussia’s success was only because of the work of administrators in the government, and they were the ones favoring a constitution. The March Revolution had some success because in response to the revolts, Frederick William IV allowed a Prussian assembly to be created. The ones elected wanted to unite with Germany to challenge Russia. The March Revolution’s little success was later squashed because Frederick changed his mind and got rid of the whole assembly. Along with the Prussian revolution was the German revolution since they wanted to unite. The goals for the German revolution, discussed at the Frankfurt Assembly, was to unify a Liberal Germany that was governed with a constitution. The German Revolution had some success because a Declaration of the Rights of German People was created. It gave rights to just the Germans and not all of mankind. On the other hand, the German revolutions did not have success because Frederick William IV did not agree to rule over and unite Germany. Frederick realized that it would start a war with Austria and make him a constitutional monarch which he did not want to do or be. Everything in Germany went
The French Revolution was a drastic time for the people of France. In 1789, the majority of people were living in poverty and dealing with terrible conditions. People were split into three estates: the first, second, and third, the first being the wealthiest. Political, economic, and social situations were what contributed to people’s desire for change. The three main, or biggest causes of the French Revolution, were taxes, inequality, and lack of reform.
While the revolution exemplified the people's feelings and desires to meet such goals, they were never met. France was promised change and the release from monarchy and oppression. Nonetheless, the revolution left France with no leadership
The liberals and radicals grew enraged, because once again their government did not think about the people, they thought of themselves. When Louis-Napoleon became the emperor he did it for one reason, human nature. He was greedy, he wanted to show everyone that he could be the greatest, and that he could receive the most power. Unfortunately, he failed to realize that along the way he offended those whom he needed most support
According to the document, the natural rights of men are that they are born free and have equal rights. These views were directly opposed by the French government before the revolution took place. Many people in the lower estates were not treated equally, whether it be with money or with the people's quality of life. (Document 8) This document proves it could have sparked rebellion because it showed French citizens that they could have freedom and that the government did not have complete control over them.
Revolutions were a common occurrence in many parts of the world. The 17th century was miserable. Between 1790 and 1848 many different people in Europe, Central America, the Caribbean, and other areas of the world struggled to gain freedom and independence from oppressive and dictatorial regimes. While the the French and Haitian Revolutions, inspired by the American Revolution, were alike in many areas such as social class struggles, economic inequities, and personal freedoms. In spite of their similarities the revolutions in France and Haiti were more different than similar because pitted While France struggled with it’s
The French, Haitian, and American Revolutions were all sparked from the minds of the colonists, slaves, or lower classes who were treated with inequality by their own governments. In each location, there was a noticeable trend of mistreatment between government and people. In Haiti, slaves brought over by the French who captured the island, and forced them into brutal labor in what was the most valuable and wealthy are at the time. The government and leadership in France was corrupt as they were in much debt. King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette lived in Versailles far from the other forms of government, abusing the country wealth.
Due to these uprisings in different parts of the world, it had a varying political objective, but it appears to be that it was roused by the Enlightenment's radical
The French Revolution was a dramatic event in history with lots of rebillions and bloodshed. Historians argue over the fact on how it was caused, however these are the three most likely reasons. The American Revolution, the price of bread that has risen and the unequal distribution of taxes. As it states in document 5 and document 8, the American Revolution was a huge reason for the start of the French Revolution.
Unit 2: Absolutism and Revolution Portfolio In this unit, you examined the American and French Revolutions. The American Revolution, sparked by conflict over British rule and influenced by Enlightenment ideas, broke colonial ties with a monarchy and yielded a new nation. The French Revolution, inspired by the American Revolution as well as the Enlightenment, freed French citizens from an absolute monarchy and secured equality before the law for all male citizens.
Around this time, the expansion of railroads would have been a great way to create new jobs for the people. Instead, King Philippe create a small group of elite bankers and industrials. Republican parties began to become more powerful and increased in numbers thus
The French Revolution all began after people in France decided it was time to fight for their rights and freedom and escape the tyranny that took place and give the people more power. At the time King Louis XVI was the French king and had power from 1774 to 1792 and was later executed in 1793. In France, the people were divided into three separate social estates, clergy, nobility, and the commoner as the lowest and the highest above all of course would be the king. The Enlightenment was a movement by intellectuals who promoted reason and science, and they began to question the system in place at the time in France and they began to spread revolutionary ideas that got people thinking about change. The “French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals” and when the ideas began to spread people were newly educated about something they never thought about, and after
Both the French and Russian Revolutions had radical wings that got in the way of the original purpose of the Revolution. The Petrograd Soviet’s radical reforms angered the people just as the radical Mountain angered the people. Additionally, the failure of the original revolutions called for one person to stand up and overthrow the preexisting government to establish a new one. In the case of France, Napoleon staged a coup which eventually led to him crowning himself emperor and maybe in even some ways acting as a dictator. In Russia, Lenin had to step up with Trotsky’s help to overthrow the provisional government and establish his dictatorial socialist government.
France had many political and economical declines during the time of 1830-1848. Louis Philippe was in reign when many liberals saw his government as a soon to be a corrupt government. In February of 1848, revolts started to take place. There were many overturned carts and many royal troops were killed in a massacre of angry crowds ( pg. 220). The mobs attacked the Tuileries ( doc 1).
The revolution only had success in France. In Austria, the ministers of the new regime
Due to the fact that in most cases the revolutions managed to overthrow their ruling systems, it seems logical to argue that the revolutions were successful. This is certainly the case in the short term. Mike Rapport argues however that these governing systems, though temporarily reformed were “not entirely levelled” . This is because it took only a few years for the majority of governments to regain control. Only in France was the only rule completely trampled out, though to be replaced by an empire ruled by Napoleon.