Revolutions in Europe

The essential question that our class had to discuss was were the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 really failures as many historians have concluded.  The essential question is asking if any of the revolutions in Europe were a success, and the people rebelling gained something they were seeking by rebelling. To learn about the different revolutions we read through articles regarding each revolution. Groups were made for each revolution and in every group quizzes were made so that we could understand each revolution.

   The Revolution that I covered was the Frankfurt Revolution. The people of Germany were trying to create a constitutional monarchy, some of the more radical revolutionists wanted a constitutional monarchy. This Revolution occurred in 1848 and was a failure because the people revolting got almost nothing out of it. Since the King was a conservative (Fredrick William IV) he refused requests that didn't agree with his own thinking of trying to create less of an imbalance between the upper and middle classes. The Prussian military also posed a huge threat to the revolution itself and  when the King refused their offer many moved to other countries. Others were killed in the act of revolting and many went to prison. King Frederick said  at the opening of the First United Landtag in Prussia(in 1848) “No Piece of Paper Will Come between Myself and My People,” This statement shows how he was not going to budge on any of the new ideas by those who were revolting.This is a poem is by Ernst Moritz Arndt "Where is the German's fatherland? Then name, oh, name the mighty land!" The poem shows how the revolutionists want a more unified Germany that is not separated by the classes and is more balanced between the middle and upper classes.

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I believe that the revolutions in Europe were a for the majority a failure. The Hungary, Decembrist revolts and the  Frankfurt assemble were failures. The Decembrist revolt wanted Constantine as king, but he did not take the thrown so instead Nicholas took over the crown. The people did not like him because he was not the liberal leader they wanted. They people got oppressed by Nicholas and no positives came out of the revolution. Next, The Hungary revolution was another failure. Even though they took control of Budapest for a short amount of time Austrian and Russian forces took Budapest back over and many were imprisoned, executed or forced into exile. The Frankfurt revolution was already explained and that too was a  failure which is why I believe that the European were a failure.