HIS241H1 Lecture 16: lecture 16
Document Summary
There were a lot of economic troubles at this time however they alone were not enough to push revolutions and revolts. People were too busy protesting for economic freedoms instead of political ones. The overthrow of the july monarchy in france was the spark needed to push the people in other countries into revolution. The monarch established by the revolution of 1830 was caught between royalists who wanted to return to the old form of government and republicans who wanted popular i did seventy. People gathered at large banquets to criticize the monarchy (the pear) Crowds later gathered in the streets and louis philippe abdicated in hopes that the national assembly would put his grandson into power, however it was too late, and the people declared the second french republic. Francois guizot was the prime minister under louis philippe who banned the banquets. The new government was unable to deal with the massive unemployment that struck france.
