Reform and Revolution

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1 Revolution,1848

2 Reform and Revolution The Hungry Forties and the Revolutions of 1848 The poor harvests of the early 1840s Food prices doubled Bread riots Cyclical industrial slowdowns and unemployment

3 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 July Monarchy under Charles X seemed little different from that of Louis XVIII Political crises Republican disillusionment Republican societies proliferate Rebellions in Lyons and Paris

4 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 The banquet of February 22, 1848 The French government banned the meeting The revolution began Louis Philippe abdicates Provisional government A combination of liberals, republicans, and socialists A new constitution based on universal male suffrage

5 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 Tensions between middle-class republicans and socialists The National Workshops A program of public works in and around Paris Planned to support twelve thousand workers Unemployment reached 65 percent Workers streamed in to join the Workshop Sixty-six thousand (April), one hundred twenty thousand (June)

6 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 Popular politics Provisional government lifted restrictions on freedom of speech and political activity Women s clubs and newspapers appeared The end of the National Workshops French assembly decided the Workshops were a financial drain May closed the Workshops to future enrollment June 21 the government ended the program

7 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 The June Days (June 23 26): Parisian workers barricade the streets Repression three thousand killed, twelve thousand arrested The government of Louis Napoléon Bonaparte ( ) Spent most of his life in exile Used his position to consolidate his power

8 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 Permitted Catholics to regain control of the schools Banned meetings, workers associations Asked the people to grant him the power to draw up a new constitution (1851) The Second Empire of Napoléon III ( ) Significance of the 1848 Revolution in France Its dynamics would be repeated elsewhere

9 Reform and Revolution The French Revolution of 1848 The pivotal role of the middle classes Many saw the June Days as naked class struggle Shattered many liberal aspirations Middle-class and working-class politics were more sharply differentiated

10 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 What makes a nation? Germany in 1848 The German Confederation Created at the Congress of Vienna Loose organization of thirty-eight states, including Austria and Prussia Intended to provide common defense but no executive power

11 Map 21.1 German Confederation, 1815 Western Civilizations, 17th Edition Copyright 2011 W.W. Norton & Company

12 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 What makes a nation? Germany in 1848 Reforms Imposed from above The reconstitution of the army Officer recruitment based on merit (still drawn from the elites) The abolition of serfdom and the estate system (1807)

13 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 What makes a nation? Germany in 1848 Expanded facilities for primary and secondary education University of Berlin founded Prussia Tried to establish itself as the leading independent national power

14 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 What makes a nation? Germany in 1848 Zollverein (1834) Established as a customs union Established free trade among German states Uniform tariffs By the 1840s, it included all German states except Austria A potential market of 34 million people

15 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 What makes a nation? Germany in 1848 Political clubs Students and other radicals joined with middle-class reform groups New demands for representative government Attacked autocracy and bureaucratic authority

16 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 What makes a nation? Germany in 1848 Frederick Wilhelm IV ( , r ) Made gestures toward the liberal cause His regime reverted to authoritarianism Crushed revolt of Silesian weavers Openly opposed constitutionalism Shaken by violence, the Kaiser finally capitulated

17 Nationalism and Revolution The Frankfurt Assembly and German nationhood Most delegates represented the professional classes Most were moderate liberals in 1848

18 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 The Frankfurt Assembly and German nationhood Desired a constitution for a liberal, unified Germany Problems No resources, no sovereign power, and no single legal code

19 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 The Frankfurt Assembly and German nationhood The nationalist question The Great German position and Small Germany The Assembly accepted the Small Germany solution Left out all lands of the Habsburgs In April 1849 offered the crown to Frederick Wilhelm IV, who refused it

20 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 The Frankfurt Assembly and German nationhood Kaiser wanted the crown and larger state on his terms alone The delegates left the Assembly disillusioned Perhaps liberal and nationalist goals were incompatible Many delegates fled to the United States

21 Nationalism and Revolution in 1848 The Frankfurt Assembly and German nationhood Popular revolution Peasants ransacked tax offices and burned castles Workers smashed machines Formation of citizen militias Newspapers and political clubs

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