Berlin revolts 1848 - this was a relatively prosperous year economically so therefore this shows the volkgeist and rural apathy they had!
This liberal working class revolt pushed many liberal middle classes into the more Junker regime.
More liberal Prussians insisted that ANY form of liberation came from the king and not via a revolt - King FW IV later set up a constitution in 1848. Many thought it was liberal, others thought it was authoritarian. Some of the things were:
- Freedom of religion
- representative assembly with two houses
- Voters divided into three classes, with the wealthy having more influence
- In an emergency the king could suspend civil rights.
As you can see, some of them were very liberal, others were very autocratic.
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