Revolutions of 1830 and 1848

The revolutions of 1830 and 1848 were mostly failures, but some success was accomplished. The revolution of France in 1848 was mainly a failure because their success only lasted for a short period. French citizens wanted to change their government and get rid of the monarchy. In Documents of the Revolution of 1848 in France, J. H. Robinson wrote, “Let us retain that old republican flag whose three colors made with our fathers the circuit of the globe.” France got what they wanted by kicking Louis Philippe out of power, however shortly after that Louis Napoleon used his popularity to become emperor and changed things back to how they used to be in France.

            The Decembrist Revolt in Russia in 1825 was a complete failure because the conditions of people became worse. Liberals were going against the conservative Russian government and Tsar Nicholas I. John Etty describes Tsar Nicholas I in The Decembrist Revolt, Russia 1825 by saying, “As such he had never been expected to become Emperor of Russia, and therefore received no preparation for the role. Appointed to his first post in the army at the age of four months, he grew up to admire military discipline and believe passionately in notions of duty, order and honor.” The Russians wanted a constitution and a political reform. By the end of the revolution, the revolutionaries were crushed and the monarchy remained the same. This revolution was violent and conditions decreased by the end of the revolution.

            The revolution in Germany got some success, but only for a short time, just like in France. Germans fought against Fredrick William IV and the conservative Prussians for a constitutional monarchy and to unite Germany. It is written in the background for History of the Frankfurt Assembly, 1848, “Finally, the assembly offered Prussia's Frederick William IV the crown of a united Germany. To their dismay, the conservative king rejected the offer.” For a year, Germans got a monarchy but then Fredrick William IV shut it down. The constitution was rejected and many Germans were killed or imprisoned.

 

 

French Revolution of 1848:

 

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