1. R e v o lu t io n a r y M o v e m e n t s in t he E a r ly 19 c

2. Features
● Revolts led by liberal
people ,military men
trying to put a
definitive end to
ancient Regime
● A liberal nationalism
in Greece
● The uprisings of
Spanish colonies
● Russian revolts

3. Th e D e ce m b r is t U p r is in g - 18 2 5

4. Thee 1830 Revolutions
Th 18 3 0 R e v o lu t io n s

5. Louis Philippe The “Citizen King”
● The Duke of Orleans
● Relative of the Bourbons
● His life was absolutely bourgeois
● The number of readable
voters was doubled thanks to his
reduction of the amount of property
required.
● He abolished press censorship
● He ruled by the will of the citizens, not
will of God
● The french flag became tricolor
● Now the wealthy middle class
controlled the government

6. Belgian Independence, 1830

7. A Stirring of Polish Nationalism -
1830

8. The Results of the 1820s-1830
Revolutions?
● Europe recovered from the long years of wars and
revolutions.
● All the reforms weren´t reversed by the absolutists .
● Liberalism challenged (retar) their absolutist plan for
Law ,Peace and Order.
● The support( apoyo) of both the population and
wealthy middle class made these revolutions succeed
only in West Europe
● However,one class, the brave fighting workers, won
nothing, except dissatisfaction and false promises.

9. Pre-1848 Tensions: Short-Term
G A g r ic u lt u r a l C r is e s
 Poor cereal harvests
• p r ic e s r o s e 6 0 % in o n e y e a r .
 P o t a t o b lig h t  I r e la n d
• P r ic e s r o s e 1 3 5 % f o r f o o d in o n e y e a r !
G F in a n c ia l C r is e s
 I n v e s t m e n t b u b b le s b u r s t  r a ilw a y s , ir o n , c o a l.
 U n e m p lo y m e n t in c r e a s e d r a p id ly [ e s p . a m o n g t h e
a r t is a n c la s s ] .
W o r k in g & m id d le c la s s e s a r e n o w j o in e d in m is e r y a s a r e t h e u r b a n a n d
a g r ic u lt u r a l p e a s a n t r y !

10. Prince Metternich

11. Centers of Revolution in 1848

12. The “June Days”
G W o r k e r g r o u p s in P a r is r o s e u p in in s u r r e c t io n .
 T h e y s a id t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t h a d b e t r a y e d t h e
r e v o lu t io n .
• W orkers w anted a
r e d is t r ib u t i o n o f w e a lt h .
 B a r r ic a d e s in t h e s t r e e t s .
• V ic t o r H u g o ’s L e s
M is e r a b le s w a s b a s e d
o n t h is e v e n t .
G A n e w lib e r a l- c o n s e r v a t iv e
c o a lit io n f o r m e d t o o p p o s e t h is lo w e r c la s s
r a d ic a lis m .

13. The 2nd French Republic (1848-
1852)
G G e n e r a l L o u is C a v a ig n a c a s s u m e d d ic t a t o r ia l
p o w e r s & c r u s h e d t h e r e v o lt .
 1 0 ,0 0 0 d e a d .
 A v ic t o r y f o r c o n s e r v a t iv e s .
G N o v ., 1 8 4 8  a n e w c o n s t it u t io n p r o v id e d f o r :
 A n e le c t e d P r e s id e n t .
 A o n e - h o u s e le g is la t u r e .

14. President Louis Napoleon
G T h e N e w P r e s id e n t :
 P u r g e d t h e g o v t . o f a ll r a d ic a l o f f ic ia ls .
• R e p la c e d t h e m w it h u lt r a - c o n s e r v a t iv e a n d m o n a r c h is t s .
 D is b a n d e d t h e N a t io n a l A s s e m b ly a n d h e ld n e w e le c t io n s .
• R e p r e s e n t e d h im s e lf a s a “ M a n o f t h e P e o p le .”
 H is g o v e r n m e n t r e g u la r ly u s e d f o r c e d a g a in s t d is s e n t e r s .

15. 1851 Coup d’Etat
●
President Louis
Napoleon declared a
hereditary 2nd French
Empire.
●
A national plebiscite
confirmed this

16. T h e C o m m u n is t M a n if e s t o
Karl M arx F r ie d r ic h
E n g e ls