The Revolutions of 1848

1. Background

1.1. Napoleon falls; allied nations attempt to impose new monarchy in France .

1.1.1. Materials

1.1.2. Personel

1.1.3. Services

1.1.4. Duration

1.2. Increase in population = more demand for food, housing, employement

1.3. Growth in industrialization brought significant displacements in unemployment

1.4. Wages, working conditions fall; no social security from government

1.5. People were falling ill and unemployment grows. Frustration mounts.

2. Austria

2.1. Revolution in Austria had a highly nationalistic character

2.2. Major causes: Economic recession, agricultural conflicts, noble uprising.

2.3. 3/13/1848: Prince Metternich resigns from State Chancellor position.

2.3.1. Included

2.3.2. Included

2.3.3. Excluded

2.4. Revolution rages but eventually ends; monarchy counters and reasserts its power.

2.5. Overall successful in reshaping government and increased nationalism.

3. France

3.1. Major point of the 1848 revolutions

3.2. Louis Phillipe's monarchy had few supporters

3.2.1. Schedule

3.2.2. Budget

3.3. Public opinion: excluded from opportunity of wealth, lost sense of glory of the former era.

3.3.1. KPI's

3.4. 2/24/1848: Louis Phillipe abdicates the throne

3.5. 2/25/1848: Socialists march, promote new provisional government, workers' rights

4. Germany

4.1. German states pressured for public change and reform

4.2. Turbulences mount in 1848; King responds by calling for change.

4.3. Federal Diet of German Confederation declares need for constitutional revisions.