1830s and 1840s
Terms
• July Revolution (1830)
• Louise-Philippe
• Irish Potato Famine
• Corn Laws
• Nationalism
France: 1830s and 1840s
• Louis XVIII - Conservative but realizes cannot
undo totally what the French Revolution had
created.
• Charles X – Extreme conservative
• Louis-Philippe – “King of the French” 1830
– July Revolution
Industrialization on the Continent
• Coincides with the building of the railway
system
• Cottage Industry still remains alongside
factories
• Less factories per square mile
• Similar reforms to Britain, but less
enforcement
Famine of the 1840’s:
Ireland
• Fungus that only attacks potatoes
– Hits Europe and Ireland by 1845
• By 1846- complete failure of the potato crop
• By 1847 – 1 million dead, 1 million emigrated to
USA
• 1847-1855 – another 1 million emigrated
• 1848 Irish population = 8 million,
– 1855 Irish population = 5 million
– 2014 Irish population = 6 million (including Republic of
Ireland and Northern Ireland)
• Ireland never fully recovered
Ireland and the UK
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14/1500s – Plantation system
1688 – subdued by William III (of Orange)
1801 – Act of Union, Irish Parliament dissolved
Early 1800s – Corn Laws
1845-1852 – Irish Potato Famine
1849 – Repeal of Corn Laws
Famine of the 1840’s:
The Continent
• Bad weather early 1840s
• Droughts 1847/1848
• Confiscation of grain stores by government
Nationalism
• 17th and 18th century definition – How we are
different from others
• 19th century definition – not only how are we
different from others, but how are we the
same
– Language (huge, particularly in Central Europe),
cultural similarities, ethnicity