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Discontents, however, began to arise, on the one hand from those who remembered only the successes of Buonaparte, and not the miseries they had caused, and on the other from the working classes, who declared that the _bourgeois_, or tradespeople, had gained everything by the revolution of July, but they themselves nothing. DISCONTENTS HOWEVER BEGAN TO ARISE ON THE ONE HAND FROM THOSE WHO REMEMBERED ONLY THE SUCCESSES OF BONAPARTE AND NOT THE MISERIES THEY HAD CAUSED AND ON THE OTHER FROM THE WORKING CLASSES WHO DECLARED THAT THE BOURGEOIS OR TRADESPEOPLE HAD GAINED EVERYTHING BY THE REVOLUTION OF JULY BUT THEY THEMSELVES NOTHING
had been obliged to flee and lead a wandering life, at one time gaining his livelihood by teaching mathematics at a school in Switzerland. He had recovered his family estates at the Restoration, and, as the head of the Liberal party, was very popular. He was elected King of the French, not of France, with a chamber of peers nominated for life only, and another of deputies elected by voters, whose qualification was two hundred francs, or eight pounds a year. He did his utmost to gain the good will of the people, living a simple, friendly family life, and trying to merit the term of the "citizen king," and in the earlier years of his reign he was successful. The country was prosperous, and a great colony was settled in Algiers, and endured a long and desperate war with the wild Arab tribes. A colony was also established in New Caledonia, in the Pacific, and attempts were carried out to compensate thus for the losses of colonial possessions which France had sustained in wars with England.  THE REIGN OF TERROR AND HIS SON HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO FLEE AND LEAD A WANDERING LIFE AT ONE TIME GAINING HIS LIVELIHOOD BY TEACHING MATHEMATICS AT A SCHOOL IN SWITZERLAND HE HAD RECOED HIS FAMILY ESTATES AT THE RESTORATION AND AS THE HEAD OF THE LIBERAL PARTY WAS VERY POPULAR HE WAS ELECTED KING OF THE FRENCH NOT OF FRANCE WITH A CHAMBER OF PEERS NOMINATED FOR LIFE ONLY AND ANOTHER OF DEPUTIES ELECTED BY VOTERS WHOSE QUALIFICATION WAS TWO HUNDRED FRANCS OR EIGHT POUNDS A YEAR HE DID HIS UTMOST TO GAIN THE GOOD WILL OF THE PEOPLE LIVING A SIMPLE FRIENDLY FAMILY LIFE AND TRYING TO MERIT THE TERM OF THE CITIZEN KING AND IN THE EARLIER YEARS OF HIS REIGN HE WAS SUCCESSFUL THE COUNTRY WAS PROSPEROUS AND A GREAT COLONY WAS SETTLED IN ALGIERS AND ENDURED A LONG AND DESPERATE WAR WITH THE WILD ARAB TRIBES A COLONY WAS ESTABLISHED IN NEW CALEDONIA IN THE PACIFIC AND ATTEMPTS WERE CARRIED OUT TO COMPENSATE THUS FOR THE LOSSES OF COLONIAL POSSESSIONS WHICH FRANCE HAD SUSTAINED IN WARS WITH ENGLAND
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