WRITTEN BY. JIN SEO ! JUNE 27TH 1848 Journaux de France June Days Uprising Les journées de Juin As the heat of summer reaches its peak, so does the voices of France. General Cavaignac The street of Paris did not bourgeoise, while the lower class seem to calm down. The heat of had to continue to su"er from harsh summer and voices of lower living and working conditions. With working class has filled the streets the fear of continuous revolution, of Paris once again. After several King Louis Philippe has abdicated numbers of revolutions, such as to England, leaving the citizens with the July Revolution, which started the French Second Republic. They with the issue of unbalanced seemed to have started o" great, but attention of King Louis Philippe does this June days uprising indicate to the lower class citizens. He something? certainly extended the rights of King Louis Philippe NATIONAL WORKSHOPS Several improvements were made to Paris. the workshop for help. This idea was introduced They introduced Universal adult su"rage, giving by a French socialist politician, journalist, and the right for everyone over 21 to vote and started historian, Louis Blanc. On June 21st, the the National Workshops. The aim of these government asked the National Workshops to workshops were to provide jobs for the close down and required the provincials to return unemployed to help them supply the money to their provinces gave a choice for young men to needed to live. These jobs were aimless, but the join in the army. huge number of unemployed workers came to ! PAGE 1 WRITTEN BY. JIN SEO ! JUNE 27TH 1848 The sudden closure of for the weak lower class workshops has irritated the workers to fight back to. This sensitive workers su"ering fight ended with harsh from starvation. They shouted consequences. Over the whole to save their democratic and entire protest (June 22nd-June social republic. On the 26th), about 1,500 workers government’s side, by order of were killed and nearly 12,000 minister of War Cavaignac the were arrested. military were forced to Without being able to suppress the uprising. achieve their main goal for the With huge number of protest, the voices disappeared military forces involved, the after the conflict o&cially protest ended up as an ended unfair game for the yesterday, rebellions. There were June 26th. 30,000 regular troops, The cry for 80,000 members of the help from National Guard and desperate 25,000 gardes mobiles to workers, wage war on workers. have once Top: Workers at the workshop Also, the weapons again been Bottom: Workers of the National that the soldiers had in muted. workshops attending the celebration of their hands were to Concorde dangerous and powerful LET THE VOICE OF THESE CITIZENS BE HEARD! ! PAGE 2.