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TheRevolutions
Of 1848“The Springtime of Peoples”
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The turning point at which history failed to
turn.--- George Macaulay Trevelyn
[1937]
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Pre- 1848 Tensions: Long- TermG Industrialization
Economic challenges to rulers. Rapid urbanization. Challenges to the artisan class.
G Population doubled in the 18c
Food supply problems MalthusG Ideological Challenges
Liberalism, nationalism, democracy, socialism.G RomanticismG Repressive Measures
Carlsbad Decrees [Prus.] Six Acts [Eng.] Secret police created in many European
states.
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Pre- 1848 Tensions: Short- TermG Agricultural Crises
Poor cereal harvests• prices rose 60% in one year.
Potato blight Ireland• Prices rose 135% for food in one year!
G Financial Crises Investment bubbles burst railways,
iron, coal. Unemployment increased rapidly [esp.
among the artisan class].
Working & middle classes are now joined in misery as are the urban and agricultural peasantry!
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Prince Metternich
1815: We have redrawn Europe’s map for eternity.
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Not Really: Centers of Revolution in 1848
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No Coherent Organized Revolutions
G Many different reasons for revolutionary activities. Reactions to long- and short-term
causes.G Competing ideologies in different
countries.G Different revolutionary leaders, aims,
and goals in different countries.G Some countries had no revolutions:
England. Russia.
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FRANCE: The Giant Sea Snake?
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FRANCE
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Louis Philippe, “The Pear,” 1848
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Prince Louis: Not Too Steady!
Victor Hugo & Miguel de Girardin try to raise Prince Louis upon a shield. [Honoré Damier’s lithograph published in Charavari,
December 11, 1848].
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The February Revolution Problems: bread prices, unemployment The government’s unwillingness to consider
reform led to Louis Philippe’s abdication on February 24, 1848.
The revolutionaries quickly established the Second Republic Headed by a ten-man executive committee universal male suffrage Freedom of all slaves in the colonies Abolition of death penalty 10-hour workday
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The February RevolutionG Working class & liberals
unhappy with King Louis Philippe, esp. with his minister, Francois Guizot[who opposed electoral reform].
G Reform Banquets used to protest against the King. Paris Banquet banned. Troops open fire on peaceful protestors. Barricades erected; looting. National Guard [politically disenfranchised]
defects to the radicals. King Louis Philippe loses control of Paris and
abdicates on February 24.
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Alphonse Lamartine
G A poet & liberal, he believed in the “Rights of Man.” To vote, to free
speech, to property, & to a secular education.
G Declared a new Provisional Government. Conservatives &
liberals are suspicious of republicanism• Reminiscent of the
Reign of Terror.
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Louis BlancG A Social Democrat.G He believed in the
“Right to Work.” National Workshops.
• Provide work for the unemployed.
G Financial Crisis Flight of capital. Stock market crashes
[55% decline]. New 45% increase of
taxes on the peasants.
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The Coalition Splits: Mar.- MayG The conflicts between liberals & socialists
over: The timing of elections to the Constituent
Assembly. The costs of government social programs.
• Did they violate laissez-faire? The question of whether you could have
liberty for all men and still have a system based on private property.
G Growing social tensions between the working class & the bourgeois middle class regarding: The nature of work. The right to unionize. Pay levels.
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April ElectionsG Resulted in a conservative majority
in the National Assembly. They began debating the fate of social
programs [like the National Workshops].
G The conservative majority wanted the removal of radicals like Blanc from the government. In early June, the National Workshops
were shut down.• This heightened class tensions!
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The “June Days”G Socialist worker groups in Paris rose
up in insurrection. They said that the government had
betrayed the revolution.• Workers wanted a
redistribution of wealth. Barricades in the streets.
• Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables was based on this event.
G A new liberal-conservative coalition formed to oppose this lower class radicalism.
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Paris: To the Barricades Again!
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The 2nd French Republic (1848- 1852)
G General Louis Cavaignac assumed dictatorial powers & crushed the revolt. 10,000 dead. A victory for
conservatives.G Nov., 1848 a new
constitution provided for: An elected President. A one-house
legislature.
The Republicby
Jean-Leon Gerome
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Result
FailureFebruary coalition of middle and working
classes became locked in mortal combat Louis Napoleon – Napoleon’s nephew –
voted as leader/president in December 1848Ultra - conservative
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President Louis Napoleon G The December election:
The “law and order” candidate,Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,defeated Cavaignac.
This was a big shift in middleclass opinion to the right!
G The New President: Purged the govt. of all radical officials.
• Replaced them with ultra-conservative and monarchists.
Disbanded the National Assembly and held new elections.• Represented himself as a “Man of the People.”
His government regularly used force against dissenters.
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1851 Coup d’Etat
G President Louis Napoleon declared a hereditary 2nd
French Empire.G A national
plebiscite confirmed this.
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TheHAPSBURG
EMPIRE
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The Austrian Empire: 1830
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G The nature of the AustrianEmpire: Very conservative monarchy
[liberal institutions didn’texist].
G Culturally and racially heterogeneous.
G Social reliance on serfdomdooms masses of people to a life without hope.
G Corrupt and inefficient.G Competition with an increasingly powerful
Prussia.
Ferdinand I (1793-1875)
Therefore, the Empire was vulnerable to revolutionary challenges.
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Austrian Students Form a Militia
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G The “February Revolution” in France triggered a rebellion for liberal reforms.
G March 13 rioting broke out in Vienna. The Austrian Empire
collapsed.• Metternich fled.• Constituent Assembly
met.• Serfdom [robot] abolished.
The revolution began to wane.• The revolutionary government failed to govern
effectively.
Vienna, 1848: The Liberal Revolution
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Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894)G Hungarian revolutionary
leader.G March laws provided for
Hungarian independence.G Austrians invade.
Hungarian armies drove within sight of Vienna!
G Slavic minorities resisted Magyar invasion & the Hungarian army withdrew.
G Austrian & Russian armies defeated the Hungarian army.
G Hungary would have to wait until 1866 for autonomy.
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The Hungarian Revolution
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o Emperor Ferdinand I and the aristocracy regained nerve and reasserted strength
o Austrian army crushed all revoltso Francis Joseph (nephew) crowned
emperor of the Austrian Empire in 1848, but Hungary still not under control
o Nicholas I of Russia – troops subdued the country
Result
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The New AustrianEmperor Franz Joseph I [r. 1848- 1916]
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Tsar Nicholas I (r. 1825-1855)
G He raised an army of 400,000 in response to a request from Franz Joseph. 140,000 put
down the Hungarian revolt.
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Bohemia, 1848G Bohemia was split
between Pan-Slavs& Pan-Germans.
G Prague Conference: Developed the idea
of Austro-Slavism.• A constitution &
autonomy within the Habsburg Empire.
G The Austrian military ultimately attacked Prague, occupied Bohemia & crushed the rebellion.
The Prague Barricades
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Revolution in Romania
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Italy
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Upheaval in Italy, 1848G Italian nationalists
and liberals sought to end foreign domination of Italy.
G Milan, Lombardy &Venetia wanted to expel their Austrianrulers.
G Bourbon rulers in Kingdom of Two Sicilies.
G House of Savoy in Sardinia-Piedmont grant liberal constitutions. Sardinia-Piedmont declared war on Austria.
G Beginning in May, revolutions suppressed.
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Italy, 1848
G Giuseppe Mazzini established a Roman Republic in 1849 protected by Giuseppe Garibaldi.
G Pope Pius IX forced to flee.G Austrian General Radetsky crushed
Sardinia-Piedmont.G French troops take back the Papal
States.G Victor Emmanuel II takes the
throne in Sardinia-Piedmont.
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Reasons for Failure in Italy
G Rural people did not support the revolutions. Revolutionaries focused mainly on urban
middle classes.
G The revolutionaries were not united. Fear of radicals among moderates lead
to the collapse of the revolutions.
G Lack of leadership and administrative experience among the revolutionaries.
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TheGermanStates
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Germania - 1848
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CRAZY!! Anti-liberal Relied on Junker
support. Prussia in the mid-19c:
Efficient. Good economy. Strong military. Strongest of the 38
states in the German Confederation
Frederick William IV of Prussia(1840-1861)
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The Germans Follow the FrenchG After the February French revolutions,
there were many riots in minor German states.
G Austria and Prussia expected to intervene to crush these revolts, BUT: Vienna Revolution led to the fall of
Metternich. Berlin riots
• Prussian army efficiently suppressed the revolutionaries.
• King Frederick William IV withdraws the troops and hand the Prussia liberals a big victory!
• Other Princedoms collapse when Prussia’s nerve fails.
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Revolution
Goal – liberal constitutional monarchy, which would lead the 38 states of the German Confederation into a unified nation
Frederick William IV caved in after the March protestGranted requests
Revolutionaries can’t uniteWorkers – socialist demandsMiddle-class – want more rightsAristocracy – no liberalism, rally around
King
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The Frankfurt Assembly
German National Assembly established in Frankfurt Composed of middle class men – write a new
constitution for a unified German state Battle with Denmark over Schleswig and
Holstein – mostly Germans Rallied nationalistic feelings, but preoccupied
the revolutionaries March 1849 – liberal constitution, King
Frederick William of Prussia as emperor of the new German national state
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The Frankfurt Assembly
G German liberals are overjoyed!G German National Assembly established in
Frankfurt: Universal suffrage. Delegates mostly from the middle class. Debate over the nature of the state
monarchy of Habsburgs or Hohenzollerns? They chose the Austrian Habsburg Archduke
John rather than the King of Prussia.• He was a well-known liberal sympathizer.• But they couldn’t guarantee the loyalty of the
Prussian Army.
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Frankfurt Assembly Meets
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Effects
Frederick reasserted authority –granted a conservative constitution Revolutionaries were too timid and
waited too long to act Russia and Austria forced Prussia to
give up unification goals German Confederation of 38 states re-
established
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The “Three Germanies”
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Prussian ResurgenceG The Prussian army moved to crush the new
Polish Grand Duchy.G The Prussian parliament disagreed with the
Frankfurt Parliament.G The Prussian army
invaded Schleswig-Holstein (at Frankfurt’s request). Horrified international
liberal opinion. Britain & Russia
threatened war with Prussia.
Prussia agreed to its own peace with Denmark.• The Prussian army abandoned the Frankfurt
government.
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Austria & Prussia Reassert ControlG Austria re-gained
control of Vienna.G Frederick William
deposed the Berlin parliament.
G The Frankfurt Assembly offered the emperorship to Frederick William. He declined. Radicals took to the
barricades again. The Prussian army crushed all resistance. April, 1849 the Assembly collapsed.
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A New German Confederation
G Frederick William IV of Prussia was still interested in ruling a united Germany.
G 1850 the German Confederation was re-established at Olmutz.
G But, Frederick was forced to accept Austrian leadership of Central Europe.
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Liberalism Discredited in Germany
G Little popular support.G The union of liberals and democrats
didn’t last.G Rule of force was the only winner!G There was a massive exodus of liberal
intelligentsia. Militarism, hierarchy, and statism were
triumphant! Capitalists followed suit.
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THEAFTERMATH
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Democrats Swept Out of Europe
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The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx Friedrich Engels
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Why did the 1848 Revolutions Fail?
G They failed to attract popular support from the working classes.
G The middle classes led these revolutions, but as they turned radical, the middle class held back.
G Nationalism divided more than united.G Where revolutions were successful, the Old
Guard was left in place and they turned against the revolutionaries.
G Some gains lasted [abolition of serfdom, etc.]G BUT, in the long term, most liberal gains would
be solidified by the end of the 19c: The unification of Germany and Italy. The collapse of the Hapsburg Empire at the end
of World War I.
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Pattern
Revolutionaries want more rights Revolutionaries gain power
Split – want different liberties, have different goals
Lose sight of initial goal – change! Old government (usually conservative)
gains power again Immediate results – nothing changes
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The Bottom Line
G It looked like the Conservative forces had triumphed.
G BUT… Things had changed forever. Economic/social problems continued to
be constant challenges to the ruling order.
Conservatives would have to make concessions in order to stay in power.
Many of the limited Liberal achievements remained permanent.