What factors, old and new, led to the widespread outbreak of the revolutions in 1848?  What role did liberals and nationalists play in the revolutions? This post will close on January 27 at 5:00 PM.  

The French Revolution began as a movement to establish a constitutional monarchy on the model of the English Revolution of 1688, but ultimately became even more radical and violent than the American Revolution.  Why did this happen? This post will close on January 10, at 5:00 PM.