[In the Wake of Revolution]
Before class
* Read Palmer, 445-469
* Key terms
Joseph Mazzini Peterloo
Grimm’s Fairy Tales Six Acts
G. F. Hegel congress system
Slavic Revival Decembrist revolt
Metternich July Revolution
Alexander I Louis Philippe
Charles X Catholic Emancipation
Burschenschaft Reform Bill
Carlsbad Decrees Ten Hours Act
Corn Laws Anti-Corn Law League
* Key concept: nationalism
* Key questions
1. Why was nationalism inherently revolutionary in this age? Why the preoccupation with
nationalism in Germany and in eastern Europe?
2. Summarize the domestic policies followed by most European countries immediately after
1815.
3. Explain the origin of the congresses the great powers held in the years after 1815. Why
did the congresses after 1815 fail to make progress toward an international order?
4. Explain the background, nature and results of the revolt in Russia after Alexander's death.
5. What accounted for the July Revolution in France? Which classes benefited from the
revolution? Which groups remained dissatisfied?
6. Describe the events that led to the passage of the British Reform Bill of 1832 and the
major accomplishments of the bill. How close to revolution was Britain between 1830
and 1832?
7. Summarize the reforms introduced in Britain after 1832. Of what significance for the
British economy was the repeal of the Corn Laws?
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