Quick Facts -
FRENCH REVOLUTION
The February Revolution ended the Orleans monarchy and led to the creation of the French Second Republic.
The June Days Uprising were an unsuccessful but bloody rebellion by Paris workers against the Republic's new conservative stance.
The February revolution established the principle of the "right to work".
GERMAN STATES REVOLUTION
Germany was at the time made up of 39 states loosely joined together as a confederation.The demands for political reform included freedom of the press, self-organization of the universities and a parliament representing German citizens, instead of the federal council representing only the monarchs of the German states.
Series of republican revolts against European monarchies. The revolutions began in Sicily and spread to France, the German and Italian states, and the Austrian Empire. In France the revolution established the Second Republic, and in central Europe liberal political reform and national unification appeared likely. However, the armies loyal to the monarchies soon reestablished their power and rescinded most of the promised reforms. The revolts eventually ended in failure and repression, and they were followed by widespread disillusionment among liberals.
The stage was set when the unrest caused by the economic effects of severe crop failures in 1846-47 merged with the discontent caused by political repression of liberal and nationalist aspirations. In the German states, popular demonstrations and uprisings (Feb.-Mar., 1848) led to the dismissal of unpopular ministers and the calling of a national parliament to draft a constitution for a united Germany. While the constitution was debated at length, rulers of the German states were able to recover their authority
