04 LIBERAL REVOLUTIONS

1 THE RESTORATION IS OVERTURNED

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAVE OF 1830

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAVE OF 1848

After Congress of Vienna, there were three waves of antiabsolutist revolutionary movements

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAVE OF 1820

In 1822, there were revolutionary outbreaks in France and Russia

Democratic assembly declared Greece’s independence

Holy Alliance declined due to divisions among its members and to Great Britain’s criticism of its work.

Great Britain, Russia and France took part in the war in 1827

Holy Alliance took part in military interventions in Spain, Naples and Piedmont and reinstated absolutism.

After king abdication, parliamentary monarchy was established under Louis Philippe of Orleans

Belgians proclaimed independence from Netherlands Kingdom

In 1830, groups of intellectuals organised the July Revolution

Louis XVIII, was succeeded by Charles X

Charles X overthrow influenced nationalistic uprising in Poland

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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed the Second French Empire in 1851

Revolution of 1848 spread to cities in Austria, the German Confederation, Italy and Russia.

all led to a revolution in which Second French Republic was proclaimed

workers suffered the most from effects of an intense international economic crisis that began in 1845

LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE BY FERDINAND-EUGÈNE-VICTOR DELACROIX (1798–1863)

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2 THE CONSOLIDATION OF LIBERAL REGIMES

GREAT BRITAIN

PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA

political parties were organized to promote their ideas and interests.

THE UNITED STATES

democrats defended universal manhood suffrage under the principle of ‘one man, one vote’

ELLIS ISLAND

in 1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire was created

The North won under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln

became a symbol of great waves of European migrants arriving in U.S

Much of British success due to reforming its laws

For most of the 19th century, Queen Victoria was the monarch

Russia

1848 revolution led to establishment of censitary suffrage and constitutional texts in Prussia and Austria

had an absolutist political system

Today, it is a museum

45 million Europeans emigrated to young countries and colonial dominions

They also established racial segregation

the attempt to form an independent state led to the American Civil War (1861–1865).

Wyoming state was the first to recognise women’s suffrage

great territorial expansion to the west resulted in the submission of the indigenous population

Political stability attracted mass immigration from Europe

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FRANCE

regime was established that maintained universal manhood suffrage.

Instead of elections, the emperor called plebiscites or referendums

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