A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Victoria 514 FALL OF THE ORLEANS GOVERNMENT its growing unpopularity. Louis Philippe was charged withavarice. He caused his youngest son to marry the sister ofIsabella II. of Spain with the design of securing the Spanishcrown for his heirs. The dissatisfaction in France was in-creasing. Matters were brought to a crisis in February, length soldiers began to fraternize with the mob, and theKing, who showed no spirit or firmness, abdicated in favor ofhis grandson, the Count of Paris. Lamartine and the partyof order che
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . Victoria 514 FALL OF THE ORLEANS GOVERNMENT its growing unpopularity. Louis Philippe was charged withavarice. He caused his youngest son to marry the sister ofIsabella II. of Spain with the design of securing the Spanishcrown for his heirs. The dissatisfaction in France was in-creasing. Matters were brought to a crisis in February, length soldiers began to fraternize with the mob, and theKing, who showed no spirit or firmness, abdicated in favor ofhis grandson, the Count of Paris. Lamartine and the partyof order checked the ultra-republican and socialistic factions,and established a provisional government, Feb. 24. In April,and also in May, mobs of communists were suppressed bythe National Guards. Louis Napoleon, having been electeda member of the Assembly, was chosen first President of theRepublic under the new constitution for a term of four New Houses of Parliament (1840-1807) CHAPTER LXXVII EUKOPE, FROM THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 TO THEAUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (1866) Germany. — The effect of the French Revolution of 1848was felt like an electric shock throughout Europe. In thelarger as well as smaller states of Germany, the authorityof the rulers was subverted or shaken. Prussia and Austriahad to give way to the popular demands, enforced by mobsin Berlin and Vienna. There was a gathering at Frankfortof about five hundred Germans, who organized themselves asa provisional parliament (March 31). They resolved to call aNational Assembly, to be elected by the German people. TheConfederate Diet recognized the authority of the provisionalparliament. The National Assembly met on May 18, andcreated a new provisional central government, with the Arch-duke John of Austria as its head. The Confederate Dietceased to exist. But the division of parties in the Assembly,with respect to the system of government for united Germany,gave rise to
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