Revolution of Austria Flashcards
What did the constitution of Austria near 1848 do when they were worried about being a political uprising?
- Banned Freedom of the Press
- Banned university activities
- Banned fraternities
What were the March laws and what did they allow?
- Allowed 2 ministries to be created, finance and defense ministry
- Nobles lost their privileges, had to pay taxes
- Slavery ended
- Freedom of the press
- Right to meet for political discussions
- Created National Guard
- Transylvania was brought under Hungarian rule.
What did the Hungarian revolutionaries do on March 15th?
- Stormed the Buda fortress
- Released political prisoners
- Bathyany became chairman
- Kossuth became minister of finance
When did the Czech Republic have a meeting to discuss independence?
June of 1848
When was Batthyany forced to resign?
September of 1848
When did riots break out in Hungary?
March 15th,1848
What did Kossuth do when he took full control of the Hungarian government?
- Created a Hungarian army
- Tried to establish Maygar as the new official language
When did the Ferdinand send his troops to Hungary after the Serbo-Croatians asked for his help to prevent Maygar to become the official language?
October 6th,1848
When did the Austrian-Croatian army storm Vienna?
October 31st,1848
How did Franz Joseph get rid of the March Laws?
By arguing that he hadn’t been the one to sign them, therefore he shouldn’t have to follow them
What did Franz Joseph do when he was put in charge?
- Argued that he shouldn’t have to allow or follow the March Laws as he hadn’t been the one to sign them
- Forced the revolutionaries to surrender by invading Hungary with the help of Russia
Why and what did the Hungarian revolutionaries do when the Austrian troops were supposed to leave Vienna to overthrow Kossuth? What happened because of that? “Uprise in Vienna”
The Revolutionaries prevented the Austrian troops from leaving Vienna on October 6th. Because of this, fighting broke out in Vienna and the emperor and his court fled to the area now known as the Czech Republic.
When was Franz Joseph put in power?
December 2nd,1848
