Why was the period of 1848 considered as phase of the revolution of the Liberals in Europe? Explain.
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⇛ Events of February 1848 in France had brought about the abdication of the monarch and a republic based on universal male suffrage had been proclaimed.
⇛ Germany, Italy, Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Empire - men and women of the liberal middle classes combined their demands for constitutionalism with national unification.
⇛ They took advantage of the growing popular unrest to push their demands for the creation of a nation-state on parliamentary principles - a constitution, freedom of the press and freedom of association.
⇛ In the German regions a large number of political associations whose members were middle-class professionals, businessmen and prosperous artisans came together in the city of Frankfurt and decided to vote for an all-German National Assembly.
⇛ The middle classes who resisted the demands of workers and artisans and consequently lost their support. In the end troops were called in and the assembly was forced to disband.
⇛ The issue of extending political rights to women was a controversial one within the liberal movement, in which large numbers of women had participated actively over the years.
⇛ Women had formed their own political associations, founded newspapers and taken part in political meetings and demonstration.
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⇛ Events of February 1848 in France had brought about the abdication of the monarch and a republic based on universal male suffrage had been proclaimed.
⇛ Germany, Italy, Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Empire - men and women of the liberal middle classes combined their demands for constitutionalism with national unification.
⇛ They took advantage of the growing popular unrest to push their demands for the creation of a nation-state on parliamentary principles - a constitution, freedom of the press and freedom of association.
⇛ In the German regions a large number of political associations whose members were middle-class professionals, businessmen and prosperous artisans came together in the city of Frankfurt and decided to vote for an all-German National Assembly.
⇛ The middle classes who resisted the demands of workers and artisans and consequently lost their support. In the end troops were called in and the assembly was forced to disband.
⇛ The issue of extending political rights to women was a controversial one within the liberal movement, in which large numbers of women had participated actively over the years.
⇛ Women had formed their own political associations, founded newspapers and taken part in political meetings and demonstration.