The German Revolutions where sparked off by the overthrowing of the French King Louis-Philippe. The news spread and sparked off revolutions in many small southwestern German states that gradually spread northwards. These revolutions received help with information from Vienna that Metternich was no longer in power. Peasants stormed castles, attacked their lords. Artisans destroyed machinery that was destroying their livelihood. Radical republicans attempted an armed uprising in Baden but this attracted little to no public support and was easily crushed by the Liberal government.…
