R EVOLUTIONS OF 1830 AND 1848 By: Emma Bunting, Bree-Anna Brown and Jason Graham

F RENCH R EBELS W IN IN 1830 When Charles X suspended the legislature, limited the right to vote, and restricted the press, liberals and radicals grew extremely angry Citizens threw up barricades and pelted soldiers with stones, causing them to soon be in charge of Paris and the revolutionary tricolor that flew from the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral represented this Charles X stood down from his power and fled to England.

T HE “C ITIZEN K ING ” R ULES F RANCE Although the radicals wanted to set up a republic, the moderate liberals decided that the would have a constitutional monarchy where Louis Philippe, Charles X’s cousin, would be king He was known as the “citizen king” because he owed his thrown to the people He dressed like the bourgeoisie and would occasionally greet them on the streets Liberal politicians filled his government

T HE “C ITIZEN K ING ” R ULES F RANCE Under Louis’s rule, the upper bourgeoisie flourished and Louis only extended the right to vote to wealthy citizens, while the majority did not have this right The middle class was favored at the expense of the workers

R EVOLUTIONS S PREAD It spread to Belgium and Poland Revolts in Paris inspires outbreak up uprisings elsewhere in Europe “When France sneezes, Europe catches cold” Metternich said this quote basically meaning that France stands above all other countries in Europe and influences them Most of the uprisings were suppressed by military force but some rebels did make changes. Even when they failed to make changes, revolutions frightened rulers badly enough to encourage reform.

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B ELGIUM W INS S UCCESS The one notable success took place in 1830 in Belgium. In 1830 news of uprising ignited a revolutionary spark in Belgium Belgium gained independence.

R EBELS F AIL IN P OLAND Nationalists in Poland also stage and uprising in Unlike the Belgians the polish failed to gain independence The people who rebelled were students, army officers, and landowners.

T HE F RENCH R EVOLT A GAIN IN : the Revolution started because of the recession the factories shut down and people had lost their jobs. The harvest started to decline and as a result of that bread prices started to raise. The newspapers blamed the government officials for the problems that they were having. With these problems the period was like 1789 and the lead to another revolution.

T URMOIL S PREADS D URING "F EBRUARY D AYS " They took liberty in silencing the critics and prevent public meetings. People didn't like this and blocked the streets A number of demonstrators and troops were killed. As turmoil spread Louis Philippe renounced his place on the throne and he lasted from

W ORKING C LASS LOSES OUT DURING “J UNE D AYS " By June, upper and middle class took interest and had won control of the government. They had seen the work shops as a waste of money and shut them down. The workers again took their anger to the streets. However, this bourgeoisie liberals turned against the protester people were killed before the government crushes the rebellion. The middle class feared and distrusted the socialists, while working class had deep hatred for the bourgeoisies

R EVOLUTION S URGES T HROUGH E UROPE The revolts in Paris in the year 1848 caused a revolution to begin across Europe Middle-class liberals wanted a larger share of political power for themselves and wanted the male citizen’s rights to be protected Workers wanted relief from miseries that they gained in the Industrial Revolution Nationalists wanted to throw off foreign rule

R EVOLTS IN I TALY Uprisings also erupted in the Italian states. Nationalists wanted to end Hapsburg domination and set up a constitutional government. From Venice in the North to Naples in the south, Italians set up Independent republics.