HISTORY
NATIONALISM AND THE SPREAD OF DEMOCRACY
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He attacked Spain.
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He ran from the position of president.
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He freed the slaves of Haiti.
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He abdicated his throne.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Faced with insurrection, Louis-Philippe abdicated on February 24, 1848, in favour of his grandson the comte de Paris. With Queen Marie-Amélie he escaped to Honfleur and thence to England.
Detailed explanation-2: -As economic conditions worsened in France, Philippe was forced to give up his crown after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848. Food shortages and widespread, unemployment brought the population of Paris out on the roads.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ferdinand (I), also called Ferdinand the Benign, German Ferdinand der Gütige, (born April 19, 1793, Vienna, Austria-died June 29, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary), emperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848, when he abdicated his throne.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 9 August 1830, after the July Revolution, Louis-Philippe was proclaimed king of the French, but not of France; he was rather the king of the People. He was not like the monarchs before the French Revolu-tion, he had to be held accountable before the members of Parliament.
Detailed explanation-5: -The economic conditions in France deteriorated and the king failed to bring in the much-needed reforms. As a result, another revolution broke out in 1848 and it turned violent. Thus, king Louis Philippe was forced to flee. The revolutionaries declared France-Republic for the second time.
Detailed explanation-6: -Louis-Philippe himself was forced to abdicate in 1848 and lived in exile at Claremont House, Esher, in England, until he died in 1850.