Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 - Were they really complete failures?

In history class this week, we were discussing the true outcomes of the numerous revolutions that occurred between 1830 and 1848.  In groups, we were each assigned a revolution to research and find information on. Our group was assigned the Decembrists revolution, which was labeled as one of the few complete failures of the time. To learn more about the other revolutions, the groups were told to create online quizzes that helped us to uncover more information about the revolutions. During the quizzes, we were allowed to view the primary sources of the revolution that gave us crucial information to determine whether or not these revolutions were complete failures or not. 

Our group was assigned the Decembrist revolt. In this revolt, roughly 3000 people rose up against Tsar Nicholas I. Nicholas's views were not what the people he ruled wanted. After the predecessor Tsar Alexander I's death, the people expected his older brother, Constantine, to take his position. However, Constantine did not want the throne, Therefor putting Tsar Nicholas at the throne. To Tsar Nicholas's misfortune, the people revolted on the first day of his ruling. Seeing no other alternative to protect his throne, Nicholas I fired upon his people, killing a large majority of them. This yielded a brutal failure of a revolution.

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In the end, not all of the revolutions were complete failures. On that list were the revolutions and revolts of 1848 in both Hungary and Frankfurt, and 1830 in France. In my opinion, there were very few complete failures that the Historians mentioned. Many of them were partial successes actually, with the people actually getting some things they wanted from the government. In conclusion, the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 were not all complete failures.