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Reign of Louis Philippe.  The chambers of deputies offered the crown to _Louis Philippe_, Duke of Orleans. He was descended from the regent; his father had been one of the democratic party in the Revolution, and, when titles were abolished, had called himself Philip _Egalité_ (Equality). REIGN OF LOUIS PHILIPPE THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OFFERED THE CROWN TO LOUIS PHILIPPE DUKE OF ORLEANS HE WAS DESCENDED FROM THE REGENT HIS FATHER HAD BEEN ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE REVOLUTION AND WHEN TITLES WERE ABOLISHED HE CALLED HIMSELF PHILIP IGALITY EQUALITY
with delight, and Louis was forced to flee to Ghent. However, the Allies immediately rose in arms, and the troops of England and Prussia crushed Napoleon entirely at Waterloo, on the 18th of June, 1815. He was sent to the lonely rock of St. Helena, in the Atlantic, whence he could not again return to trouble the peace of Europe. There he died in 1821. Louis XVIII. was restored, and a charter was devised by which a limited monarchy was established, a king at the head, and two chambers--one of peers, the other of deputies, but with a very narrow franchise. It did not, however, work amiss; till, after Louis's death in 1824, his brother, _Charles X._, tried to fall back on the old system. He checked the freedom of the press, and interfered with the freedom of elections. The consequence was a fresh revolution in July, 1830, happily with little bloodshed, but which forced Charles X. to go into exile with his grandchild Henry, whose father, the Duke of Berry, had been assassinated in 1820. 2. T HOWEVER THE ALLIES IMMEDIATELY ROSE IN ARMS AND THE TROOPS OF ENGLAND AND PRUSSIA CRUSHED NAPOLEON ENTIRELY AT WATERLOO ON THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN HE WAS SENT TO THE LONELY ROCK OF SAINT HELENA IN THE ATLANTIC WHENCE HE COULD NOT GAIN RETURN TO TROUBLE THE PEACE OF EUROPE THERE HE DIED IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY ONE LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH WAS RESTORED AND A CHARTER WAS DEVISED BY WHICH A LIMITED MONARCHY WAS ESTABLISHED A KING AT THE HEAD AND TWO CHAMBERS ONE OF PEERS THE OTHER OF DEPUTIES BUT WITH A VERY NARROW FRANCHISE IT DID NOT HOWEVER WORK AMISS TILL AFTER LOUIS'TH IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY FOUR HIS BROTHER CHARLES THE TENTH TRIED TO FALL BACK ON THE OLD SYSTEM HE CHECKED THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND INTERFERED WITH THE FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS THE CONSEQUENCE WAS A FRESH REVOLUTION IN JULY EIGHTEEN THIRTY HAPPILY WITH LITTLE BLOODSHED BUT WHICH FORCED CHARLES THE TENTH TO GO INTO EXILE WITH HIS GRANDCHILD HENRY WHOSE FATHER THE DUKE OF BERRY HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY
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