Conflict and cooperation both help a nation to grow or improve from failures. Liberals went through conflict with Prince Clemens von Metternich and other strong leaders to fight for liberty and equality. The battles the liberals faced allowed them to form alliances with other nations that also believed in gaining equality and independence. Without conflict a nation has no foundation to improve upon and without cooperation or alliances, a nation can’t stand it’s ground forever.
In Europe, powerful rulers sought to suppress revolutionary ideas and preserve their own power. They felt that revolutionary ideas not only threatened them and their power, but also undermined the values of the old social order. (www.britannica.com/revolution-of-1848) …show more content…
They had also exchanged land which resulted in Europe having many empires. These empire, though, contained many nationalists who started demanding their own states. They thought if they separated from Europe they would have a sense of identity and an independent homeland. There were negative effects to this though. It bred intolerance and persecuted many ethnic or national groups. Rebellion broke loose and several Balkan people and Greek people revolted against the Ottoman people. Balkan people such as Serbians soon gained a degree in autonomy in the Ottoman empire and kept close ties with Russia. The Greeks process of gaining independence, however, took much longer. Britain, France and Russia worked with the Greeks and forced the Ottoman people to grant the Greeks independence in which they later did, but it came at a cost. Greece had to accept Otto von Wittelsbach, a German prince, as their king. (www.softschools.com) This only lead to many revolutions from 1830 to 1848. Demands for reform also spread and many nations won and lost independence. (www.britannica.com/july-revolution) By 1850 the rebellions started to fade and the revolution as a whole failed. It didn’t have enough support and opposing goals divided liberals who wanted moderate political reforms, and workers, who sought radical economic change. Strong rulers, however, stopped at nothing to crush the uprising. Metternich’s system remained even after he had died, but there was still hope that liberalism, nationalism and socialism would win successes not through revolution but through political activity in the near
In Europe, powerful rulers sought to suppress revolutionary ideas and preserve their own power. They felt that revolutionary ideas not only threatened them and their power, but also undermined the values of the old social order. (www.britannica.com/revolution-of-1848) …show more content…
They had also exchanged land which resulted in Europe having many empires. These empire, though, contained many nationalists who started demanding their own states. They thought if they separated from Europe they would have a sense of identity and an independent homeland. There were negative effects to this though. It bred intolerance and persecuted many ethnic or national groups. Rebellion broke loose and several Balkan people and Greek people revolted against the Ottoman people. Balkan people such as Serbians soon gained a degree in autonomy in the Ottoman empire and kept close ties with Russia. The Greeks process of gaining independence, however, took much longer. Britain, France and Russia worked with the Greeks and forced the Ottoman people to grant the Greeks independence in which they later did, but it came at a cost. Greece had to accept Otto von Wittelsbach, a German prince, as their king. (www.softschools.com) This only lead to many revolutions from 1830 to 1848. Demands for reform also spread and many nations won and lost independence. (www.britannica.com/july-revolution) By 1850 the rebellions started to fade and the revolution as a whole failed. It didn’t have enough support and opposing goals divided liberals who wanted moderate political reforms, and workers, who sought radical economic change. Strong rulers, however, stopped at nothing to crush the uprising. Metternich’s system remained even after he had died, but there was still hope that liberalism, nationalism and socialism would win successes not through revolution but through political activity in the near