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Revolutions of 1848

Revolutions of 1848. Cliff Notes of French Leadership. Bourbon Kings Henry IV-Louis XVI (1589-1793) First Republic 1792-1804 Napoleon I (1804-14) First Empire Bourbon Kings Louis XVIII-Charles X (1814-1830) Orleans King Louis Phillipe (1830-48)

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Revolutions of 1848

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  1. Revolutions of 1848

  2. Cliff Notes of French Leadership • Bourbon Kings • Henry IV-Louis XVI (1589-1793) • First Republic • 1792-1804 • Napoleon I (1804-14) • First Empire • Bourbon Kings • Louis XVIII-Charles X (1814-1830) • Orleans King • Louis Phillipe (1830-48) • Provisional Government (Constituent Assembly) • Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1848-1852) • Second Republic • Napoleon III (1852-1870) • Second Empire

  3. Revolutions of 1848 • International revolutionary movement • Constitutional government • Independence/unification • End to serfdom/manorial restraints • Only Russia & GB escaped revolution in 1848 • Failure • Succumbed to military repression • Strengthened conservatives that were threatened • Results • Satisfied some aims; limited constitutional gov’t and unification with realism • Legacy of class conflict – realism -- Marxism

  4. EUROPE 1848

  5. France 1830; 1847-48 • July Monarchy-1830 • Charles X run out of town…abdicates • Louis Phillipe- “July Monarch” • Promised to rule to constitution of 1814 • Becomes corrupt; separated from classes • Began to oppose any changes • February Rev of 1848 • Republicans riot/protest in Paris – • Louis Phillipe flees and abdicates • Provisional Government steps in (Constituent Assembly)

  6. France 1848 • Constituent Assembly • Elected by universal male suffrage • More “political” republicans than “social” republican • Lose support of workers • “June Days” • National workshops dissolved • Protests and riots • “Bloody June Days”-class war in Paris • Constituent Assembly gains control • Implements new republican constitution • Power to a President-elected by universal male suffrage • Louis Napoleon Bonaparte elected in landslide with no real agenda

  7. France 1848 • Louis Napoleon Bonaparte • President of the Second Republic (when was the First?) • President and Assembly worked to rid socialism and republicanism • Suppressed socialist groups • Rescinded male suffrage • Focused his monarchists against socialist rather than promoting their own personal gains • “People’s Friend” • Dec 2, 1851-coup d'état-dissolved Leg Assembly and instituted universal male suffrage • Re-elected in landslide and named himself Emperor Napoleon III of the Second Empire

  8. Napoleon III • Napoleon III • 1848-1870 • Autocratic ruler • Improved infrastructure • Roads, canals, railroads • Popular • Subsidies to businesses • More jobs • Bad foreign affairs

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