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Revolution and Reimposition of Order 1848-1870. Chapter 12. France. The Revolution started when Louis Phillipe attempted to forbid demonstrations in the streets. Issues: expansion of suffrage , social supports for working classes
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France • The Revolution started when Louis Phillipe attempted to forbid demonstrations in the streets. • Issues: expansion of suffrage, social supports for working classes • Groups vying for power were royalists (two), republicans, and social republicans. • The result was a new Napoleon.
Austria • The Revolution started when the Magyars in Hungary revolt and riots in Vienna and Berlin follow. • Issues: nationalism, liberalism • Groups vying for power were the various nationalities and liberal intellectuals. Along with the existing Austrian government. • Victory for reaction: The Bach system
Prussia and the rest of Germany • Riots in Berlin, Frankfurt • Issues: nationalism, liberalism • The existing governments, intellectuals, those who supported a united Germany • The status quo is maintained, though Frederick William IV will produce a somewhat progressive constitution in 1850
Key Themes • The success or failure of change depended on who the military supported. • The governments that survived emerged more astute in ruling. They kept people busy and economically progressing to counter social unrest. This appealed to the bourgeoisie. (realpolitik) • Radicals went underground and many republicans and liberals became disenchanted with the idealistic approach to change (realpolitik)