REV DE 1830 Y 1848

Post-Napoleonic France: The Restoration (1815-1830)
📌 The fall of Napoleon initiated the Monarchical Restoration, aiming to return absolute monarchs to the French throne.
👑 Louis XVIII wisely maintained a parliamentary monarchy to keep the bourgeoisie involved, as direct restoration was difficult after Louis XVI's execution.
⚔️ Charles X attempted a return to absolutism via the Ordinances of 1830, restoring privileges to exiled nobility and eliminating freedom of expression.

Revolution of 1830 and the July Monarchy
💥 The Ordinances of 1830 immediately triggered a revolution led by the high bourgeoisie, resulting in Charles X's exile.
🎩 Louis Philippe of Orléans (a duke ennobled by Napoleon) took the crown, re-establishing the parliamentary monarchy supported by the elite.
📉 This government favored only the high bourgeoisie that sustained it, leading to the dissatisfaction of lower classes over 18 years.

Revolution of 1848 and the Second Republic
📢 Lower bourgeoisie and peasantry mobilized using the "Banquet Campaign"—secret meetings disguised as business discussions—to demand social rights.
🇫🇷 The revolution led to the exile of Louis Philippe and the establishment of the Second Republic in France.
🗳️ Due to fears of the prior "Terror," the populace elected Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon's nephew) as president, favoring the Bonapartist party over the radical Republicans.

The Reign of Napoleon III and Foreign Policy
👷‍♂️ As President, Louis Napoleon established National Workshops to provide quick employment for the lower sectors, financed by the bourgeoisie.
🏗️ To satisfy the bourgeoisie who complained about the quality of workshop projects, public works like roads and theaters (e.g., the Opera House) were prioritized for better commerce and leisure.
🛡️ Napoleon III involved France in international conflicts, notably the Crimean War (against Russia, supporting the Ottoman Empire) to secure access to the Mediterranean via the Bosphorus Strait.
🇲🇽 French involvement in the Italian unification wars and the installation of Maximilian of Austria as Emperor of Mexico provoked backlash, particularly from the U.S. Monroe Doctrine.

The Fall of Napoleon III and the Third Republic
🇩🇪 Prussia, seeking unification, capitalized on France's dispersed military presence (in Italy and Mexico) to reclaim the resource-rich border territories of Alsace and Lorraine.
🛑 The French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, including the capture of Napoleon III, forced him to abdicate, leading to the proclamation of the Third Republic.
🔄 This timeline completes the cycle started in 1789, achieving the republican goals nearly 100 years after the first French Revolution.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The French political landscape cycled through absolute monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, and republic between 1789 and the Third Republic (1870).
➡️ Each revolutionary shift (1830, 1848) was driven by the exclusion of specific classes: the high bourgeoisie succeeding the nobility in 1830, and the lower classes succeeding the high bourgeoisie in 1848.
➡️ Louis Napoleon III's strategy utilized public works to both employ the poor and satisfy the financial interests of the wealthy bourgeoisie.

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