Title: The German Revolutions of 1848 | History of Western Civilization II
Headings: The German Revolutions of 1848
The German Revolutions of 1848
24.4.3: The German Revolutions of 1848
Learning Objective
Key Points
Key Terms
Unrest Spreads
Uprisings: Austria and Prussia
Failures of the Revolutions
Attributions

Content: Key Terms
Frankfurt Assembly
The first freely elected parliament for all of Germany, elected on May 1, 1848. The session was held from May 18, 1848, to May 31, 1849, in the Paulskirche at Frankfurt am Main. Its existence was both part of and the result of the “March Revolution” in the states of the German Confederation. After long and controversial debates, the assembly produced the so-called Frankfurt Constitution. Forty-Eighters
Europeans who participated in or supported the revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe. Disappointed at the failure of the revolution to bring about the reform of the system of government in Germany or the Austrian Empire and sometimes on the government’s wanted list because of their involvement in the revolution, they gave up their old lives to try again abroad. Many emigrated to the United States, England, and Australia after the revolutions failed. Zollverein
A coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories. It was the first instance in history in which independent states had consummated a full economic union without the simultaneous creation of a political federation or union. The revolutions of 1848 in the German states, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution, were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.