... to support revolts, a King that was initially willing to attempt to unite Germany, yet the revolution failed. The revolutions affected each country similarly in trying to bring down the long-standing monarchy, however outcomes of each were distinctly different. When revolution in France broke out, it was an example set for the rest of Europe. French revolutionaries were eager for a republic, and when Louis Philippe abdicated, they got one; however it was not a stable or united body. Like France, the majority of the Austrian Empire was still ruled by monarchy and the Metternich System that was "preserving medieval feudal privileges over peasantry"1. Hungarian rebel, Louis Kossuth saw the French Revolution as an opportunity to voice his opinion. Kossuth and his followers demanded that Magyar should be the language of the Hungarian Diet. They wanted an end to serfdom and the privileges that nobilities were given. The Habsburgs agreed to ...

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