Even the allegedly successful French Second Republic fell to a coup within a mere four years and the people of France were every bit as miserables as before.

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In 1848, the Second French Republic was proclaimed two days after the abdication of King Louis-Philippe.

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The French Re-revolution of 1848 that established the Second Republic spurred many imitators across Europe.

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