Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, failures or not?

           Their were revolutions everywhere in Europe for 1830 through 1848, such as in France, Poland, and Hungary. To represent these revolutions the class had to make a video presentation of the revolution that was assigned, me and my group had to do Hungary. The Hungarian Revolution was in 1848 and showed how even though that revolution failed, it lead to greater democracy for the country.
           The revolution of Poland in 1830 was a good example of a revolution that failed but lead to a greater democracy later. The Polish fought for freedom from Russia in 1830 and to riot the Poles used violence to threaten and kill the Russians. In the end the Russian army was to strong and stopped all attacks from the Poles. But this riot showed how that the Polish will go as far as murder to get their independence, inspiring future Polish to get freedom.
           The revolution of France in 1830 was a little different, the French successfully revolted against Charles X who restricted right to vote. This revolution was lead by Louis Philippe and was successful by having Charles X fleeing to England leaving Louis Philippe in power and wrote constitution for a new France.
            Louis Philippe wasn't the ruler the people in France were looking for. In 1848 Louis Philippe was starting to become like Charles X with decreased voting rights, but on top of that the economy of France was doing bad and everyone blamed Louis Philippe. After revolts Louis Philippe stepped down as leader and a democracy was almost formed with Louis Napoleon being voted in as president. But he started to rule like emperor making the revolution of 1848 a failure. But the French saw a future in the democracy and will fight till it happens!


The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Revolutions of 1848 (European History)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181144/Revolutions-of-1848>.