HY 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Nicholas I Of Russia, Limited Voting, Princess Sophie Of Bavaria
The Revolutions of 1848
1. A Democratic Republic in France
1. Pre-Revolutionaryī outbreaks occurred all across Europe (revolution in
Paris)
2. Louis Philippeās ībourgeois monarchyī was characterized by stubborn
inaction
1. Lack of social, legislation, and politics was dominated by corruption
2. The kingās chief minister in the 1840s, Francois Guizot, was
personified and satisfied with the electoral system were only rich
could vote for deputies
3. Barricades went up on the night of February 22, 1848 and by February
24, Louis Philippe had abdicated in favor of his grandson but refusal led
to the proclamation of a provisional republic, headed by a ten-man
executive committee supported by public
4. A generation of writers had praised the First French Republic and
revolutionaries were firmly committed to a republic as opposed to any
form of constitutional monarchy and they immediately set about drafting
a constitution for Franceās Second
1. Government truly wanted the forces of the common people (could
reform society)
2. Revolutionary compassion and sympathy for freedom were
expressed in the freeing of all slaves in French colonies, the
abolition of the death penalty, and the establishment of a ten-hour
workday for workers in Paris
5. The revolutionary coalition were the moderate, liberal republicans of the
middle class
1. They viewed universal male suffrage as the ultimate concession; but
they opposed any further radical social measures but on the other
hand, were radical republicans
2. The radical republicans were committed to socialism (various
degrees)
6. Worsening depression and rising unemployment raised issues
7. Louis Blanc represented the republican socialists in the provincial
government
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