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1848: Year of revolutions

1848: Year of revolutions. Casey Winter. France: The causes. Poor harvests in 1846 and 1847 Led to: High food prices Unemployment Leadership Louis Philippe and his minister Guizot Ineffectual Liberals gained momentum. France: What happened. Working-class liberal supporters force change

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1848: Year of revolutions

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  1. 1848: Year of revolutions Casey Winter

  2. France: The causes • Poor harvests in 1846 and 1847 • Led to: • High food prices • Unemployment • Leadership • Louis Philippe and his minister Guizot • Ineffectual • Liberals gained momentum

  3. France: What happened • Working-class liberal supporters force change • Louis Philippe abdicates- Guizot flees • Liberals seize control • Working-class pushes for social revolution as well as economic • Strong church influence still felt • Feminism in France • Women’s clubs become popular • Voix de Femmes • Daily feminist newspaper in Paris • The Vesuvians • Named after the Italian volcano • Stated that women’s demands needed to erupt like lava

  4. France: the aftermath • Louis Napoleon Bonaparte • Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew • Named president in 1848 • Eventually named Emperor Napoleon III by plebesite

  5. Habsburg empire: the causes • Proximity to Paris • Government rejection of liberal institutions • Borders crossed national lines • Perpetuated serfdom • Previous reform attempts

  6. Habsburg empire: Vienna • In March there were calls for the independence of Hungary • Students led a series of rallies in Vienna • Army failed to restore order • Emperor Ferdinand promised a moderately liberal constitution • Liberals are not appeased • Ferdinand is forced to flee • Habsburgs feared serf uprisings in the countryside • Abolished serfdom

  7. Habsburg empire : Czech Nationalism • Nationalist movements in Bohemia and Moravia- demanded status similar to Hungary • Conflicts between Germans and Czechs • Pan-Slavic Congress in Prague • Diverse group attended • Goals included: • National equality of Slavs in the Habsburg Empire • Massive, united Eastern European Slavic State • As the Congress drew to a close, uprising sparked in Prague • The radicals were suppressed- Germans in those regions approved

  8. Italy • Austrian occupation had Italian nationalists turning to Pope Pius IX • Pius IX had a liberal reputation • Liberal minister of the Papal States assassinated • Pope forced to flee to Naples • Republican nationalists flocked to Rome with the intent to unite Italy • Requested support from King Charles Albert of Piedmont • His defeat at the Battle of Novara meant that he could not provide support • French troops crushed the rebellion and Pope Pius IX was restored to power

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