... excellent. The failures of 1845 and 46 helped to create a financial crash and a general slump in 1847. This problem was aided by the rapidly growing population - the harvest was poor yet there were still more mouths to feed and many people suffered as a result of this. But before this occurred there was already the underlying problem of political division in France. The revolutionary period had left France politically divided between republicans and royalists and by this time Louis Philippe faced opposition from republicans, socialists (who had growing support from the working class) and Bonapartists. Demands were being made for votes for the middle classes, there were very poor urban conditions and many more problems besides, yet King Louis Philippe and the government ignored all demands made of them and very few changes were made. It was the 1847 - 1848 economic and financial crises ...

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