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Charles X becomes king
Charles X becomes King and tries to push back against constitutional rights angering liberals as an economic decline causes unemployment and hunger of Parisian workers. -
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Reign of Louis-Phillipe
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July Revolution
On July 6 a revolution springs up in Paris with liberals and workers united agaisnt Charles X. Bourbon rule in France ends and Louis-Philipe declared King of France. -
1848 Revolution
One of a wave of revolutions in 1848 Europe. Ends the Oleans monary and leds to the creation of the French Second Republic -
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Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis Napoleaon Bonaparte elected President of the Second Republic with largely peasant support. Four years later he suspendend the elected assembly and established the Second French Empire. -
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Second French Empire
Louis Napoleon becomes France's last monarch after he is forced to abdicate after French defeat to the Prussians in the Franco-Prussian War. The victory of the Prussians leads to the unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire.
