Life in the Revolutionary Era. Between 1830 and 1848, crowds stormed public areas to force political change in many parts of Europe. Here Louis Phillipe, crowned French king in 1830 in response to popular unrest, leaves Versailles for the Paris City Hall to greet the people. The tricolor republican flag of the revolution that he has just accepted goes before him. (Châteaux de Versailles, France/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library)