Failure or Success

This past week in class we have been learning about the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. We learned about the Decembrist, 1830 French revolution, 1848 French Revolution, Frankfort Assembly, and 1848 Hungarian Revolution. While analyzing these revolution we had one main question in mind, and that was “Were the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 really failures as many historians have concluded?” To help answer this question we split into groups and each group was responsible for a revolution. Each group made a survey with ten or more questions about their revolutions using survey monkey. Finally, everyone took every groups survey.

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My group was in charge of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.  The revolution all started when a revolt broke out in Vienna. This revolt forced Metternich, who was the head of Austrian government, to flee his own country. This revolt had a domino effect and then led to a revolt in Budapest, where a Hungarian nationalist Louis Kossuth led revolts to try and end serfdom, protect rights, and to create an independent government. In Kossuth’s declaration to the diet he said, “Our task is to found a happier future on the brotherhood of all the races in Austria for a union enforced by bayonets and police spies let us substitute the enduring bond of a free constitution.” This quote shows that Kossuth wants wants basic rights for all people of Hungary. Later at the Declaration Relative to the Separation of Hungary from Austria representatives of Hungary gathered in the Diet to show why the Hapsburg - Lorraine family should not be in power. In the end Hungary gained some ground against Austria but Austria then paired up with Russia, using the principle of intervention, to defeat the revolt. This picture shows that Austria and Russia paired up to defeat the monster which was the revolution. In the end I feel that this revolt was only a partial failure because Hungary did gain some ground on Austria for a while and some changes were made, but once Russia came in many revolutionaries were killed or arrested.

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One revolution we learned about was the Decembrist Revolt of 1825 and this was the only revolution that was a complete failure. The Decembrist Revolt was a complete failure because the rebels lacked organization, support, and Czar Nicholas swiftly took care of the rebels. The Frankfurt Assembly was started by university students in German States wanted liberal reforms. Also peasants in German States were frustrated with the economy and the lack of food. Then, delegates met in Frankfurt. The delegates wanted to debate between a republic or a monarchy. They decided to offer Frederick William IV the crown, but he rejected it. In the end the rebellion was crushed by conservatives, and many were killed. I would deem this a partial failure. Finally, in The French Revolution of 1830 when Charles X took over power he aggressively took away the power of the press, took away the power to vote, and limited the legislature. This furiated many French liberals. The liberals took over Paris and the king fled to England. Then, a constitutional monarchy was in place with Louis Philippe. I would consider this a partial success because the king was forced out of France. Overall, I feel that the revolutions were mostly a partial failure. In most cases the rebels gained some ground but in the end they were defeated.