HIST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Industrial Revolution
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The concert of europe (russia, prussia, and austria) Their political process is traditional and locked into the ways of the past. Still had the structure of the past, small elite and small rural farms that aren e cient enough for everyone. They want to discuss the ruling systems of european countries. England has their constitutional monarchy and france wants absolute monarchy back. Louis the 18th, nephew of the last king, accepts constitutional limits on his power. It"s not a successful rebellion but more a reminder that these ideas will not go away. These countries do not want industrial revolution because it will give power to the middle class. Piecework labor, individuals working in small spaces, same general living conditions as england working class. By the 1830s there was a sizable working class in france, this led to the june rebellions, aka les mis. This is the e ort of the middle class to speak for the working class.