Between 1815 and 1851 there was a rise in conservative demands and ideals across Europe. Three nations fit this model exceptionally well, one of which is Prussia. The other nation that best shows how conservative ideals achieved their goals is France and how it changed after the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. The third nation is Austria and how the rulers handled the discontent of different minority groups within its borders. Prussia had for a while been a relatively conservative nation with the monarch as the central point of power, and Fredrick William did not want to change that. in general, he spent years passing constitutions and electing representative bodies to maintain control. When the rebellion began in Berlin in 1848, to avoid upsetting many, he refused to send troops hoping that the rebellion would be resolved. He also made concessions in their liberal favor and allowed a re-election. Since the rebellion did not subside, a few days after the announcement of his concessions, he sent troops to clear the square, which ended in the killing of some people. When angry demonstrators surrounded the palace, Frederick William IV showed respect for those who had died in the square the day before and made further concessions by allowing an assembly to be formed. However the assembly soon revealed that it was full of strong liberal radicals and he soon dismissed the assembly and filled it with other conservatives, demonstrating how deeply conservative Fredrick William was and how unwilling he was to change. When Charles X came to power after the death of Louis XVIII, the leader of the ultra-royalist faction came to power. Charles This also helped demonstrate how paranoid the government was about a potential rebellion against them and how pragmatic they were. Then during 1848 there were a multitude of rebellions and when the situation calmed down it looked like the Austrian government was going to lose, it managed to get back up and fight back with the help of the Russians and regain control for the conservatives. By the end of 1851 Austria managed to remain a strong conservative dual monarchy, a concession made to please the Magyars, but their king still had to report to the Austrian king. In the period 1815-1851 there were many calls for more liberal reforms and strong opponents of conservatism, but at the end of 1851 Austria, Prussia and France were still some of the few nations where conservatism was able to achieve its goals and remain at the candies..
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