Were They Really Failures?

The revolutions of 1830  and 1848 were considered by most historians failures. While in fact they where failures, they weren't complete failures. The countries France, Hungary, Poland, and Russia rebelled against the monarchy's at that place in time, All in which failed in the end. These rebellions have gone down as insignificant rebellions that had no affect on the world at all. All of the rebellions fought for what they believed in, even if they did fail it wasn't for nothing.

The Frankfurt Assembly of 1848 was indeed a failure, but not entirely. The assembly had additionally met to discuss reforms in the German government.The assembly wanted national unity and liberal reforms, and to make Germany a united state with Austria with the Prussian king in charge. The German people wanted  unity and property for their country. The only problem was the upper class and conservative forces, and the Prussian Army. King Fredrick said "No Piece of Paper will come between Myself and My People.” He wouldn't let a piece of paper take away his divine right. In the end hundreds of people were killed and many more sent to prison. Plus many Germans left their homeland, King Fredrick was offended, he denied the assemblies request for a constitutional monarchy in his Proclamation of 1849. King Fredrick rejected the offer because it came from the people and not the German princes. Using the Prussian military he shut down the assembly and other conservative forces. All in all the rebellion was classified as a near failure, but not quite. The rebels may have been squashed, but there ideas lived on.

Poland was Poland was a country sick of not having there own government. They wanted to separate from there mother country Russia. Poland was a nationalist country they wanted full independence from Russia. Russia had already granted Poland a constitution in 1815, but that did not satisfy them. The Polish wanted liberty and freedom. Poland's opponent in there rebellion was the Russian government and military. Poland was disgusted by being seen as being weak and enslaved, this anger built up over years and was put towards Russia. When the fighting started the Polish were able to hold off Russia, sadly though they were defeated. When the Russians took Warsaw the revolution was over and Poland had lost. The polish were defeated but the nationalist idea lived on in the people hearts. In the end the rebellion was a failure, but the ideology never died.

The Hungarian revolution of 1848 was ultimately a failure. The goals f the rebellion were to have an independent government, end serfdom, and to create a constitution to protect basic rights. The only problem for the revolutionaries was Austria. The majority of these revolutionaries were students who had bought into the idea of liberalism. In the early stages of the rebellion Austria agreed to the reforms, but it was only temporary. With the help of Russia, Austria defeated the rebels and took back full control over Hungary. During the revolt Metternich fled and was never heard from again. Rated on the scale the Hungarian revolution was as low as possible because the revolutionaries didn't gain anything and there was a lot of bloodshed.