A YEAR OF CHANGES IN EUROPE (1830)

The French revolution and the Napoleonic Empire were dominant elements in the European history during a long period of time, and the consequences of these processes were lasting and hard to destroy. The political reaction after Napoleon's defeat was to return to the past government. The progressive development of a better understanding of the new ideas and its natural spreading throughout Europe, as a consequence of Napoleonic conquers, produced a social movement strong enough to …

…demand their freedom as a nation. <Tab/>The revolutions of 1830 were nationalist rising led by military group. They were liberal revolts led by the middle classes. They were protests against the government and the conservative policies adopted since 1815. They all had in common that they desired for a better society. The July revolution was no comparable mass movement of the industrial laboring class, and the Belgian revolution was seeking for independence.