HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: House Of Bourbon, Francophile, July Revolution
28 Mar 2014
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Lecture 6: revolutions of 1848 (reading: chapter 21, pp. Revolution of 1830"s: this is the stem for revolutions in 1848. This is the end of the bourbon dynasty. The outcome: restored moderate ideals and constitutional monarchy, same political/press freedoms, although not extended to everyone, did very little for workers in the end. Still the rich benefitted because most moderate liberals were upper class. Francophilia: france is the leader of ideas and inspires revolt elsewhere, belgium, german states, young italy (secret societies: mazzini, magyar revival. In this way the revolutions were brought about by hunger more than anything, as well as a difference in the desires of the middle and lower classes. This made maximum work hours and national workshops to relieve the unemployed. 1848 reforms were too fast created by the february coalition. The moderate liberals were fine stopping at universal male suffrage and did not want to continue.
