Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0925 short lesson, about 20 seconds
July 1830: Charles X Falls, the Citizen King, and Belgium
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The idea
Charles X disenfranchised most voters and gagged the press in July eighteen thirty; Paris rose, the army sided with the crowd, and the last Bourbon fled. Louis-Philippe, the citizen king, widened the electorate and freed the press. Belgium won a liberal monarchy the same year.
In practice
An accidental revolution, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The July Monarchy governed for the rich; unions stayed banned.
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