THE SITUATION IN PRUSSIA Flashcards
(31 cards)
What was the Prussian constitution made up off
Liberals and absolutist
How was the representative house made
Two houses an upper and lower
Who made up the upper house
Owners
Who made up the lower house
Male sufferage
What did the constitution gaurentee
The Prussian freedom of religion
What did the king control
The army
How were voters divided
Into three classes depending on how much tax they paid
Who appointed and dismissed the ministers?
The king
What did the constitution confirm
For the king they confirmed “divine rights of king” belief while limiting his freedom to act
What could the king do in an emergency
Could suspend civil rights and collect taxes
What Prussian troops told to do with revolutionaries
Execute any caught in 1849
What was a result of suppressing revolutionary actions
Improved Prussia’s position in Germany
What happened in 1849
Rebels declared an Baden government
What was the Baden government
Revolutionary
What happened to the liberals in Prussia
They were defeated
Situation in Prussia in 1850s
There was no change it was as if the revolutions had never happened
August 1848
The leuge for the protection of landed property met in Berlin
What happened in October 1848
2000, people died in Vienna as government forces regarded control of the Austrian forces
Who and when abdicated
The Austrian emporer was forced to abdicate in December
What was Fredrick William IV charector
Sensitive, cultural also moody- was later declared insane
What was the fate of the German revolution dependent on
Outcome of the power struggles in Austria
Who did the Austrian forces crush in 1848
Revolutions in Prague and northern Italy
What did Fredrick William believe in
The dive rights of king
What did he originally appear as
A reforming monarch
