France is a country that has been shaped by revolution. The 1848 revolution is very unique in that it was probably the least bloody of all the revolutions in French history. Like most, if not all, the regimes before it the July Monarchy was toppled in 1848 because it became illegitimate in the eyes of the public. In his book Recollections, Tocqueville writes that the major cause for the revolution of 1848 was the animosity the working class …showed first 75 words of 2018 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2018 total…as the banquets, enrage the workers and give birth to a revolution. However if the animosity had not been harboring for some time before these accidents, then the revolution of 1848 may never have occurred. With this formula for revolution, as Tocqueville sees it, the accidents were the catlylist for, and not the causes of the revolution. Tocqueville clearly sees the animosity the workers feel for the bourgeoisie as the major cause of the revolution of 1848.