The Rise of Democracy in Europe: The 1848 Revolutions in Europe
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American Journal of Humanities and Social Science (AJHSS)
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The European Revolutions of 1848 were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe. It
was the first Europe-wide collapse of traditional authority, but within a year reactionary forces
had won out and the revolutions collapsed. This revolutionary wave began in France and
immediately spread to most of Europe. Over 50 countries were affected, but there was no
coordination or cooperation among the revolutionaries in different countries. The purpose of this
paper is to describe the revolutionary upheavals of 1848 which swept across Europe. The
specific objectives gravitated around the context which prevailed at the time of the revolutions.
The reasons which prompted the occurrence of the revolutions were explored together with the
course of the revolutions. The revolutions were wiped out hence justified the need to explain
what prompted their failure, to describe the significance and contribution of the revolutions
towards the development of democracy in Europe.
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Democracy