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The political revolutions of the 19th century.
The revolutions of 1848
1848 marked a more radical phase of the 19th-century revolutions
The petite bourgeoisie and workers advocated democratic principles that would give them access to political power.
After Louis Philippe abdicated in 1848, the Second Republic was established.
In France, the petite bourgeoisie and workers were successful in securing democratic objectives, in particular universal manhood suffrage.
These revolutions failed everywhere except in France.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was elected president. He staged a coup and proclaimed himself emperor in 1852.
He ruled France as Napoleon III until 1870, although he maintained universal manhood suffrage.
Were based on liberalism, nationalism and democracy.
The political revolutions that took place during the 19th century finally brought an end to absolute monarchy.
THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE 1820s
In Spain and Portugal there were liberal revolutions that aimed to establish constitutional monarchies.
Greece wanted independence from the Ottoman Empire, and in 1821 a liberal-nationalist revolution began.
THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE 1830
During the Restoration in France, the Bourbons had returned to the throne.
Belgium wanted independence from Holland, with which it had been united to form the Netherlands as a result of the Congress of Vienna. (Leopold I of Saxe-Coburg became Belgium's constitutional monarch.)
After Charles X's abdication's, the assembly voted for a new king. They chose Charles X's cousin, Louis Philippe of Orleans, who ruled as a constitutional monarch (from 1830 to 1848).
