The Revolution of 1848 and its Lessons

It refers to the bourgeois democratic national revolutions that mainly occurred in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary and other European countries from 1848 to 1849.

The 1848 revolution occurred in Europe. It was a struggle between civilians and aristocrats. It was mainly European civilians and liberalism. The European 1848 revolutionaries fought against the armed revolution of monarchy and dictatorship.

The first launch location was Sicily, Italy.

The affected countries cover almost all of Europe, with only Russia, Spain and a few countries in Northern Europe unaffected.

Generally speaking, although this revolution caused turmoil in the monarchy and aristocratic systems of various countries, all revolutionary actions ended in failure.

However, this revolution indirectly led to the unification movement of Germany and Italy.

This revolution was the inevitable result of Europe's socio-economic and political development.

At that time, on the one hand, the industrial revolution was expanding, capitalism was developing rapidly, and Europe had begun to enter the stage of large-scale industrial production; the economic power of the industrial bourgeoisie in various countries had been strengthened, but politically the industrial bourgeoisie in most countries was still in a powerless position or had just begun to take control.

regime; liberalism and nationalism are on the rise in Europe.

On the other hand, most countries in Europe are still under feudal rule or oppressed by other nations. Although a few countries have established bourgeois regimes, feudal remnants still hinder the development of capitalism. The Congress of Vienna established in Europe

The reactionary feudal system still exists.

The contradiction between capitalism and feudalism became increasingly acute, making revolution inevitable.