The Revolution of 1848 in the cities of the Outer Curvature of the Carpathians

The revolution of 1848 allowed the clarification of the national program, which essentially provided for the union of the principalities, the modernization of society and the economy, the affirmation on the international political scene. In the cities of Buzău and Focșanii Munteni, the revolution took place with energy, driven by personalities such as Scarlat Turnavitu, Captain Nicolae Șonțu, Scarlat Voinescu. They tried to apply the provisions of the Proclamation of Islaz and the decisions of the revolutionary government. If in Moldova, the revolution was prepared in a hurry and could not mobilize the masses wide of the population, in Wallachia the situation it was different. They tried to apply the provisions of the Proclamation of Islaz and the decisions of the revolutionary government. Through the programs his, the revolution deepened the idea of national unity. On the European level, it led to the emergence of a current of opinion favorable to the Principalities, visible once with the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty of March 1859 and the Paris Convention of 1858. The two counties of Wallachia from the Outer Curvature of the Carpathians, Buzau and Slam-Râmnic had important contributions to the unfolding of the revolution and the propagation of ideas it in the great mass of the inhabitants.