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Y214: France 1814–1870

The reign of Louis Philippe and the 1848 Revolution: Guizot and establishment of the Second Republic

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Overview

Recall questions on Guizot, social and economic developments and problems, opposition: liberal, republican, Bonapartist and socialist criticism, corruption, long and short-term political, social and economic causes of the 1848 Revolution, the establishment of the Second Republic.

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Key term

What was the economic crisis of 1846–47?

Evaluation

How did Bonapartism revive under Louis Philippe?

Numbers

How did the economy develop under the July Monarchy?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What was Guizot's answer to demands for electoral reform?

    Model answer

    He argued the franchise was open to anyone who acquired property, told the discontented to enrich themselves, and refused any lowering of the qualification, insisting the country was legally represented as it stood.

  2. 2

    How did the economy develop under the July Monarchy?

    Model answer

    Coal, iron and textile output grew and the railway law of 1842 planned a national network, with the state preparing the roadbed and private companies laying track and running the lines, but growth was slower than Britain's and left rapid urban expansion without decent housing or wages.

  3. 3

    What was the economic crisis of 1846–47?

    Model answer

    Potato blight and a failed grain harvest doubled food prices, which cut demand for manufactures, produced business failures and a stock market slump, and left industrial towns with mass unemployment as the political crisis broke.

  4. 4

    Who were the republican opposition and what did they want?

    Model answer

    Moderates around Le National wanted a republic with a wider franchise, while radicals around Ledru-Rollin and La Réforme wanted universal male suffrage and social reform for the working class.

  5. 5

    Summarise the socialist criticism of the July Monarchy.

    Model answer

    Louis Blanc called for state-funded social workshops to guarantee the right to work, and Proudhon attacked property itself, both insisting that political change without social change was worthless.

  6. 6

    How did Bonapartism revive under Louis Philippe?

    Model answer

    The Napoleonic legend was fed by memoirs, prints and the return of the Emperor's remains to the Invalides in 1840, and Louis Napoleon exploited it in failed risings at Strasbourg in 1836 and Boulogne in 1840.

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