1848
Europe's revolutionary springtime
1848 refers to the year of widespread revolutionary uprisings across Europe, when popular movements challenged monarchies and demanded liberal reforms, constitutional governments, and national independence.
The revolutions ultimately failed but marked a turning point in European political consciousness.
In American history, 1848 saw the end of the Mexican-American War and the beginning of the California Gold Rush.
Structures preventing passage
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- republicanismGovernment by elected officials
suffrage · democracy · insurgents · uprising · rebellion · suppression · counterrevolution · reactionary
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
radicalism · anarchism · egalitarianism · republicanism · fraternity · bourgeoisie · proletariat · abolitionism
West coast megastate
- WisconsinMidwestern dairy state
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- forty-niners1849 gold rush migrants
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
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Structures preventing passage
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
republicanism · suffrage · democracy · insurgents · uprising · rebellion · suppression · counterrevolution · reactionary · Garibaldi
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
nationalism · radicalism · anarchism · egalitarianism · republicanism · fraternity · bourgeoisie · proletariat · abolitionism
California
West coast megastate
- WisconsinMidwestern dairy state
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- forty-niners1849 gold rush migrants
Garibaldi
Italian nationalist general
Assembly reshaping post-war Europe
1850s · Restoration · counter-revolution · 1852 · ancien régime
18481849
Mid-nineteenth century date
1851 · Second Empire · 1984 · authoritarianism · counterrevolution
18481789
Late eighteenth century
1917 · 1989 · 1776 · French Revolution · American Revolution