European Revolution Of 1848 Research Paper

In the nineteenth century, there was a wave of revolution across Europe known as the Revolutions of 1848. The revolutionary wave began in France. These wars began when unhappy citizens in France, Germany, Italy, and Austria began to rebel against their monarchies. Each of these revolutions failed, they were begun by universal factors that pushed oppressed citizens to the point of rebellion. Peasants throughout Europe were forced to fend for themselves during an extended period of poor grain harvests and resulting diseases, such as Typhus fever, that are induced by hunger.

The springtime of peoples sparked revolutions all over Europe. “The revolutions of 1848-1849, (sometimes referred to in the German lands as the Völkerfrühling or the Springtime of Peoples), can perhaps be seen as a particularly active phase in the challenge populist claims to political power had intermittently been making against the authority traditionally exercised by the dynastic governments of Europe." European Revolutions of 1848.” The European Revolutions of 1848. There were many reasons that caused the wave of revolutions in 1848. "The first is the overall discontent in Europe at the time. The second is the large tide of liberalism in Europe, and the third is the large sense of nationalism created by foreign rule and hopes of unification." “The Causes of the 1848 Revolution.” CivFanatics Forums, Camikaze, 27 Dec. 2008. …show more content…
Poor governance was also a cause of the 1848 revolutions. What really sparked the 1848 revolutions was the enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, people began to question the concept of monarchy as well as the union of church and state. People became discontent with the fact that absolute monarchs ruled them and thought they should have more freedom. The absolute monarchies of Britain, the colonies, France, and others caused unrest that led to