Revolt Monkey

         Recently in class, we studied the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. We broke the class up into 5 groups, by revolt, and each made a survey monkey asking 10-12 questions about each revolt. After we created the surveys, everyone in the class took them, using documents about the revolts to help us. Then as a class we went over the results of the surveys. The last question of everyone's surveys was something along the lines of, " Would you rate this revolution as a success, minor success, neutral, minor failure, or complete failure?" The last question answered the essential question which was, " Were the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 really failures as many historians have conduced?" 

          The revolution that my group studied was the Decembrist Revolt. After Tsar Alexander of Russia dies, there was confusion over who should take the throne. Constantine refused the throne leaving Tsar Nicholas to step up. The people of Russia wanted constitutional change, an end to serfdom and poverty and to remove Nicholas from the throne. The people wanted Constantine to be the Tsar, Tsar Nicholas said, "I approached them, wanting to stop the men and place them in formation, but when I called out “Halt!” they replied: “We’re for Constantine!”" (Tsar Nicholas Describes the Decembrists’ Revolt on 14 December 1825) In order for Nicholas to end the revolt, he had to take drastic measures. "At that point, seeing no other alternative, I ordered “Fire!” (Tsar Nicholas Describes the Decembrists’ Revolt on 14 December 1825) Nicholas fired on his own people, shutting down the revolt Many people understood the ideas of the Decembrist Revolt. The knew that the goal was constitutional change and to end serfdom, they knew that Tsar Nicholas had to fire on his own people to end the revolt, and they knew that this revolt was a complete failure.   (1) https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TV729JM (2) https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TVZCJPB

         Another revolution, the Frankfurt Assembly, was a partial success, the nationalists and liberals got what they wanted but there was still monarchy. The Hungarian revolt of 1848 was a neutral revolution because there was little change. Lastly, the French Revolution of 1848 was somewhat of a success too because they got some of the things they wanted while they didn't get all of them. I believe that the revolts of 1830 and 1848 are not complete failures like some people believe. The majority expressed a change and the people received what they were fighting for. Therefor they are all partial successes.