Revolutions

1848 Revolution

Paris => Berlin => Vienna => Budapest => Prague

Paris: Economic Depression 1846-1847
People created banquets in order to be able to meet freely
Riot happened when police tried to dissolve a banquet

Parliament - right to vote on the constitution
The French king ran away – Louis Philipe

The Revolution Failed
Reasons: 1) They splitted into different parties
2) Parliament: Unexperienced people
3) Ignored Interest of lower classes

1848-1851 Second Republic in France
-all back to normal (king, queen etc)
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Germany
Berlin: Political demands and unification attempt for Germany => Failed
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Prussia
King gave parliament and constitution for the people.
500 delegates from the German states of Austria and Bohemia

Debates for united Germany
 Small Germany (without Austria – Bohemia)

The king of Prussia disagreed on becoming the king of Germany
Reason: Other nations would not accept the unification and might react.

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Austria
Mostly in Vienna – Prague – Budapest
 Political demands from minorities for more autonomy
- right to vote, freedom of press, religion etc
2 official languages existed, they demanded for more

Hungarians started the complains, minorities followed their demands

Kossuth (Hungarian nationalist) => “Only one parliament for all”

Metternich resigned -> His son Franz-Joseph on the throne

Romanians tried guerilla warfare against Hungarians when their demands were turn down

1849 Russian army of 100,000 men entered Hungary to end the revolution

Results (SOS):
-Right to vote
-Parliament
-Constitution