Not So Revolutionary

Essential Question: Were the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 really failures as many historian have concluded?

In class, we split into groups and were assigned a certain revolution to research. We were given sources to take notes on. Then after we did that, we make a survey for our classmates to take. Then were all displayed the results to the class. Taking the surveys helped everyone understand the revolutions better. 

Our revolution, France 1848, was about the lower class people who wanted more jobs. In the section "February Days", the government stopped the protesters. They finally went head to head and my of the civilians were killed. As the turmoil spread, their leader, Louis Phillipe abdicated.the civilians finally took control over the government and many workshops went up for business.  In "June Days", the upper and middle class people wanted the workshops to shut down, so then the government shut them all down because they thought it was a waste of money. By the end of 1848, the National Assembly allowed 9 million men to vote instead of the normal 200,000. Those are some of the basic things to know about the revolution: France 1848. 

The Frankfurt assembly was a great example of a failed revolution. The delegates debated on whether or not Germany should be a republic or a monarchy and if they should include Austria in the united German state. After this debate, they finally offered Prussia's Frederick William IV the crown of a united Germany. The conservative king rejected the offer because it cam directly from the people no the princes. In 1830 France, the people didn't get what they really wanted. The results of the revolution was he upper bourgeoisie prospered. Louis extended suffrage, but only to the wealthier citizens. The vast majority of the people still couldn't vote and the King's policies favored the middle class. The outcomes of these revolutions are mostly failures in my opinion. The people did not get what they were revolting for. So I do think that the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 were failures as many historians concluded.

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