July Revolution of 1830
In the July Revolution of 1830, protests over Charles X’s imposition of restrictive ordinances led to his abdication. The event was significant, in part, because it led to the absolute monarchy being replaced by a constitutional one, heavily influencing Mill’s beliefs about the British electoral system when the Reform Bill was introduced only a few years later. In fact, he notes in his text that the French Revolution of July “roused my utmost enthusiasm, and gave me, as it were, a new existence. I went at once to Paris…after my return I entered warmly, as a writer, into the political discussions of the time” (Mill 94-95), suggesting it was a pivotal point in his development as a political theorist.
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