HIST 220 Lecture Notes - French Second Republic, Second French Empire, National Workshops
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Hist 220: january 16, 2014 1848 revolutions. Louis philippe (king of the french from 1830-1848, july monarchy) abdicates the throne. There was general, agricultural and commercial distress added with unemployment which created public unrest. During the period of unemployment, national workshops were created by the provisional. Government (french second republic) in an attempt to stimulate the economy. Government provided jobs for the unemployed who were paid minimally (dead end jobs) Land taxes were put in place to support the project, but the peasants did not pay these taxes. A new conservative government elected to stop the national workshops as there was not enough money leads to the june days uprisings. The june day uprisings resulted in the liberals prevailing over the radical republicans. Following the victory, louis napoleon was elected and rules the second french. Early romantic thinkers were rousseau, goethe, herder. Felt that the enlightenment had gone too far in this mechanical approach.
