Title: The Revolutions of 1848 Facts, Worksheets, Features & Outcomes
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The Revolutions of 1848 Facts & Worksheets
The Revolutions of 1848 facts and information activity worksheet pack and fact file. Includes 5 activities aimed at students 11-14 years old (KS3) & 5 activities aimed at students 14-16 year old (GCSE). Great for home study or to use within the classroom environment.
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Features of the Revolutions of 1848
The upsurge of uprisings across Europe
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Content: Whilst they were poorly coordinated, they had in common a rejection of traditional, autocratic political structures in the 39 independent states of the German Confederation and demands for a German national unity, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly. Swift reform from local princes was carried out in the provinces. Revolts in Berlin forced Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to accept the creation of a united Germany with a constitutional monarchy in Prussia. This encouraged the middle class civil servants, lawyers, and intellectuals dedicated to liberal reform to join together and frame a constitution at the Frankfurt Assembly. However, after the Kaiser was offered the crown and boundaries were drawn for a German state, he changed his mind and imposed his own new constitution in 1849. This happened with the split of the middle and working classes. The March Revolution was defeated by the conservative aristocracy. In Austria, revolutionary movements fueled by nationalism became a threat to the Habsburg Austrian Empire who ruled from Vienna and encompassed a multitude of ethnicities and cultures. The desire for nationalism was made increasingly difficult as the wide range of ethnic groups began to demand their own government or political agenda. The revolution in the empire was sparked by an independence movement of a radical Hungarian Magyar group in Budapest in March.