POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: July Revolution, Alexis De Tocqueville, Moral Majority
3 Apr 2018
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1815 end of napoleon and restoration of monarchy (louis xviii, 1824 charles x) 1830 censorship/suffrage restrictions lead to revolution (louis-philippe citizen king) 1848 monarchy overthrown by reformist demands (louis napoleon) 1851 end of 2nd republic and return to monarchy (louis napoleon crowns himself. 1830 revolution: he thought that the revolution would end up democratic like the usa. 1830-1 travel to america: he was scared because he was an aristocrat and would lose his privileges to he went to america to study the democracy. 1839 elected deputy (during the restored monarchy) 1856 ancien regime and the revolution: centralization and exploitation of the countryside. 1857 last visit to london: left england because he thought it was a moderately liberal monarchy and would avoid the turmoil of france. Government (v1/p2/ch1: appoint law makers and executives, directly nominate their representatives and choose them annually, the opinion, bias, passions and concerns of the people influence the day to day of society, people ultimately rule.
