Revolutions of 1848

1. austria

1.1. Student marched for liberal reform

1.2. ordered soldiers to withdraw from barracks

1.3. soldiers were unliked on the streets

1.4. abolished censorship of the press

1.5. authorities imposed many liberal amendments

1.6. imperial family was forced out of vienna

1.7. currency plummeted and unemployment rose

2. origins

2.1. poor grains harvest

2.2. the disease in the potatoes

2.3. bad economic state

2.4. new political attitude(liberalism)

2.5. info spread fast with new telegraph

3. france

3.1. only a 170000 could vote

3.2. people disliked Louis Philipe's liberal monarchy

3.3. political participants would change the government

3.4. louis dismissed his prime minister

3.5. new government was better for all

4. germany

4.1. demands

4.1.1. freedom of press

4.1.2. constitutional government

4.1.3. german parliament

4.2. colors were associated with liberalism and nationalism

4.3. delegates were invited to discuss reform

5. hungary

5.1. only 40% population was magyar

5.2. nationalist kossuth also wanted magyar tongue

5.3. magyar created 12 demands

5.4. serbian interest defined hapsburg authorities