Question

Why in the years after 1848, the autocrats of central and eastern Europe began to introduce the changes that had already taken place in Western Eupore before 1815 ? Explain. (at least 3 points)

Answer 1

The autocrats of central and eastern Europe began to introduce changes because:

a. Events of February 1848, France influenced the liberal middle class who combined their demands for nation unification and constitutionalism, there was growing unrest among them.
b. Rise of political associations, groups among women and growing demand for suffrage and political rights.
c. Though conservatives were able to suppress liberal movements in 1848,Monarchs realized that the cycles of revolution and repression could only be ended by granting concessions to the liberal-nationalist revolutionaries.
d. In the years after 1848, the autocratic monarchies of Central and Eastern Europe began to introduce the changes that had already taken place in Western Europe before 1815.
e. Serfdom and bonded labour were abolished both in the Habsburg dominions and in Russia.
f. The Habsburg rulers granted more autonomy to the Hungarians in 1867.