1848 Flashcards
What are the 1848 revolutions known as?
The Springtime of the Peoples
What do European Liberals want?
- Civil Rights
- Constitutions to protect civil rights
- Free Press
- Regular Elections
What do Big N Nationalists want?
Unification
What do small n nationalists want?
Greater autonomy and acknowledgement of their cultures within their respective empires
Who is the exemplar for conservatism?
Metternich
Who said, “We are sleeping on a volcano”
Alexis de Tocqueville
What were the 4 social grievances leading to the 1848 revolutions?
- Population Rise
- Poor harvests (ex. potato blight)
- Starved populations move into cities
- Economic downturn of the 1840s
Who is the first to revolt in 1848?
Italy
Who is the first within Italy to revolt?
Sicily
What are the problems in Paris at the onset of 1848?
- Economic trouble
- Working class doesn’t have enough political representation
Who outlaws political organizations in France?
Francois Guizot
How do people get around Guizots banning of political organizations?
- They meet for banquets and discuss politics
What does Guizot do to stop the political banquets?
Guizot outlaws banquets
What was Guizots nickname?
The “Banquet man”
Which French king does Karl Marx vilify?
Louis-Phillipe
(He was a good king to start, but he starts to give more rights to the bourgeoisie)
Which king is overthrown in France in 1848?
Louis-Phillipe
How does the news of the 1848 French Revolution spread so quickly across Europe?
- Telegraph lines
What occurred in Vienna 1848?
- Students rise up
- They want Metternich (not the king)
What happens to Metternich when he is caught by the Vienna student mob?
- The mob is unarmed, so Metternich lives
- But, he is sent into exile in Britain
What was the general result of the 1848 revolutions?
- ## They pretty much all failed
Who is asked to take over the united German throne?
Frederick IV
Why does Frederick IV refuse to take the German throne?
“I’ll never accept a crown from the gutter, with the stink of revolution still on it”
What is the new triumvirate emerging after the 1848 revolutions?
France: Napoleon III
Prussia: Otto Von Bismarck
Austria: Franz Joseph
Who established Paris’ National Workshops?
Louis Blanc
Why didn’t the king put Louis Blanc at the head of his own National Workshops?
Because the king wanted it to fail, because it would spread liberalism, so he put someone incompetent at its head.
Explain the Paris outbreak of 1848
- Workers rise up because of the National Workshop failures
- The National Guard (middle class men) fired on the mobs and killed 1500 workers
- Revolt is suppressed
