Revolutions of 1830 & 1848

1. The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 took place in order to gain democracy. Many of the countries wanted simple rights that were not going to be met with a king as ruler. These rights included the right to vote and freedom of speech. In class we were split up into groups of three or four and each were given one specific revolution. We were told to describe the revolution and explain why it was successful or unsuccessful. My group had the privilege of studying the Polish Revolution of 1830.
https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/polish-revolution/26855333/?s=QyshQE&ref=app this is the link to my tutorial.

2.For the project we were supposed to answer the question "Were the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 really failures as historians have concluded or should they receive some credit for progress in the struggle toward greater democracy?" I said that the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 were a success even though many countries didn't receive the independence they wanted. For example the Polish Revolution and the French Revolution of 1848. In the Polish Revolution of 1830 many Poles wanted independence for Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The Poles were not happy with the laws and restrictions against the Poles and they were ready to take a stand for democracy, but when the Russian forces started to invade the Poles could not keep up and lost the Revolution. The French Revolution of 1848 was also a failure because after Louis Phillippe became king he did write a constitution, but as soon as the country faced economic struggles he took those rights away from the people. The people of France were not happy with Phillippes decision  and he fled. After he fled the people of French elected Napoleon as President. Napoleon made good decisions for France but as years passed Napoleon took more control and eventually named himself emperor. The Revolution of 1848 was unsuccessful because France did not gain a democracy. Even though both of these revolutions were unsuccessful they were still a step toward the struggle of democracy because the people of Poland and France know what they did well and not so well during the revolution, so if they work of their weaknesses they will come back stronger and more experienced than they were before. For some Revolutions the countries did gain democracy for example the French Revolution of 1830. Charles X ruled as an absolute monarchy and the people of France wanted more rights. When they started to dislike Charles X he fled because he was overthrown by the country. Louis Phillipe then became ruler of France and wrote a constitution. The people of France were very happy with the results of the Revolution because they were successful.

http://forquignon.com/history/global/france/1830and1848/index.htm