Images - Government and Administration: Authoritarian or Parliamentary/Constitutional Rule?

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1.	The Storming of Frankfurt's Main Police Station (April 3, 1833) On April 3, 1833, armed students (most of whom belonged to fraternities, Burschenschaften) stormed Frankfurt's main police station and attempted to free political prisoners. In doing so, they....
2.	Caricature: "Eyes Open!" (c. 1845) "Eyes Open!" – Neither the nobility, nor the clergy will oppress us any longer; they have broken the backs of the people for too long." In the Vormärz (or "pre-March") era, the name given....
3.	Opening of the First United Landtag (April 11, 1847) In 1847, King Frederick William IV convened the First United Landtag (state parliament) in Prussia. (It was called the United Landtag because Prussia’s eight provincial state parliaments....
4.	"Between Myself and My People ... " (1848) This 1848 caricature is titled, “No Piece of Paper Will Come between Myself and My People,” a statement made by King Frederick William IV at the opening of the First....
5.	"National Property" (March 18, 1848) On March 18, 1848, a crowd formed in the square in front of Frederick William IV’s palace on Unter den Linden. Although the citizens had gathered to cheer the king for conceding to another United....
6.	The Barricades at the Corner of Kronenstrasse and Friedrichstrasse (March 18-19, 1848) On March 18, 1848, it seemed as though the Prussian monarch, King Frederick William IV (1795-1861), would concede to popular demands for the withdrawal of Prussian troops called to Berlin to suppress....
7.	Barricade Fighting in Berlin (March 18-19, 1848) Barricade fighting in front of the Kölln city hall on Breite Straße on March 18-19, 1848. By early March, the revolution seemed to have triumphed in Prussia as well. But after shots were fired accidentally....
8.	An Announcement by Frederick William IV (March 21, 1848) Caption: "In the streets of his capital, His Majesty Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, announces the unity of the German nation." After ....
9.	Burial of the Fighters Fallen for Liberty (March 22, 1848) On March 18, after protesters and the government had reached an apparent understanding, soldiers fired upon a crowd that had actually assembled to thank Prussian King Frederick William IV for making....
10.	The Pre-Parliament in Frankfurt (March 30, 1848) In this lithograph, a procession of delegates to the pre-parliament moves toward St. Paul’s Church (Frankfurt) on March 30, 1848. The pre-parliament was a 500-member legislative body that determined....
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