Why did the 1848 revolutions fail Lesson Aim

Why did the 1848 revolutions fail? Lesson Aim: To apply knowledge to write an essay on the failure. TASK: Mini whiteboards 1. How did the revolutions start? 2. What was the Vorparliament? 3. What was the Frankfurt Parliament?

2. REVOLUTIONS IN GERMANY IN 1848 -9. • WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE REVOLUTION ON WHO CONTROLLED THE CONFEDERATION? • The Erfurt Union: Following the failure of the Frankfurt Parliament the Prussian Army General von Radowitz proposed the setting up of the Erfurt Union, a ‘kleindeustchland’ led by Prussia with ‘special links’ to Austria. • Set up in May 1850, 28 states joined. • Austrian Chief Minister Schwarzenberg saw the Erfurt Union as an attempt by Prussia to take over the control of Germany. He summoned a meeting of the old Confederation Diet and proposed a ‘Grossdeutschland’ under the leadership of Austria. • A Revolution in Hesse-Cassel broke out and they turned to the Diet for help in sorting out their problems. However, it was a member of the Erfurt Union. Austria and Prussia therefore conflicted who should help and it led to small scale fighting between the two in October 1850. • The Olmutz Declaration: anxious to avoid war the Prussian Minister President Manteuffel agreed to abandon the Erfurt Union at Olmutz on the 29 th November 1850. • However, Prussia confirmed its economic control after Austria attempted to set up a rival Customs Union to the Zollverein called the Zollunion. Its failure meant: • PRUSSIA KEPT ECONOMIC CONTROL V AUSTRIA KEPT POLITICAL CONTROL.

Essay Q Planning…. .

Why did the 1848 revolutions fail? Failure of Frankfurt Parliament Conservative Success Impact of revolution Other reasons for failure

Italy revision? Make revision for up to the end of 1848