The European Revolutions of 1848 were a series of political problems that led to the first European collapse of traditional authority. The Revolutions of 1848 were quickly and violently put down but their influence was long lasting throughout Europe’s history. The Revolutions of 1848 are considered a major turning point in European political and social history due to the long lasting impacts. The government had to rebuilt from the ground up and change political system forever, social and economics were affected drastically in the process.
Political Revolutions were caused because they wanted a republic rather than a monarchy and socialists believed there was an urgent need for reorganization of society. Karl Marx the father of socialism believed that the downfall of capitalism was inevitable, and that it would be replaced by communism. Marx believes that all classes conflicted which lead to the creation of The Communist Manifesto. The new leadership was made up of well meaning and inexperienced academics, and they were unable to meet demands for higher wages, cheap food or economic stability. Terrible problems emerged. Workers
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This was important but it affected the society because they all stuck together and refuse to bond and meet other people with different nationalism. This action affected Europe which lead to revolutions for multiple reasons. The revolutions occurred in France, because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy. Austria suffer because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire and were joined by the urban poor looking for employment. In Prussia, because the artisans and factory workers joined with the middle-class liberals to rebel against the monarchy and eventually, Prussia became a constitutional