Editing History of Croatia (section)

==== Croats in revolutions of 1848 ====
In the [[the Revolutions of 1848 in Habsburg areas|Revolutions of 1848]], the Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia, driven by fear of [[Hungarian nationalism|Magyar nationalism]], supported the Habsburg court against Hungarian revolutionary forces.
[[File:Dragutin Weingärtner, Hrvatski sabor 1848. god.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Ban [[Josip Jelačić]] at the opening of the first Croatian civic Parliament (''Sabor'') whose deputies were elected on 5 June 1848. In earlier Sabors, members represented feudal estates rather than citizens. The Croatian tricolor flag can also be seen in the background. Dragutin Weingärtner, 1885.]]
During a session of the Croatian Sabor held on 25 March 1848, colonel [[Josip Jelačić]] was elected as Ban of Croatia, and a petition called "[[Demands of the Nation|Demands of The People]]" (''Zahtjevanja naroda'') was drafted to be handed over to the Austrian Emperor. These liberal demands asked for independence, unification of Croatian lands, a Croatian government responsible to the Croatian parliament and independent from Hungary, financial independence from Hungary, the introduction of the Croatian language in offices and schools, freedom of the press, religious freedom, abolishment of serfdom, abolishment of nobility privileges, the foundation of a people's army, and equality before the law.<ref>Macan, 144 -148</ref>

As the Hungarian government denied the existence of the Croatian name and nationhood and treated Croatian institutions like provincial authorities, Jelačić severed ties between Croatia and Hungary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holjevac |first=Željko |title=Hrvati i manjine u Hrvatskoj: moderni identiteti |url=https://www.azoo.hr/app/uploads/uvezeno/manjine/05.html |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=www.azoo.hr}}</ref> In May 1848, Ban's Council was formed which had all the executive powers of the Croatian government. The Croatian parliament abolished feudalism,<ref name=":5" /> serfdom and demanded that the Monarchy become a constitutional federal state of equal nations with independent national governments and one federal parliament in the capital of [[Vienna]]. The Croatian parliament also demanded the unification of the [[Military Frontier]] and [[Dalmatia]] with [[Croatia proper]]. Sabor also asked for an undefined alliance with [[Istria]], [[Slovene Lands|Slovene lands]] and [[Slavonia|parts of southern Hungary inhabited with Croats and Serbs]].<ref>Macan, 152</ref> Jelačić was also appointed the governor of [[Rijeka]] and [[Dalmatia]] as well as the "Imperial Commander of Military Frontier", thus having most of the Croatian lands under his rule. The breakdown of negotiations between Croats and the Hungarians eventually led to war.<ref>Macan, 154</ref> Jelačić declared war on Hungary on 7 September 1848. On 11 September 1848, the Croatian army crossed the [[Drava]] river and annexed [[Međimurje County|Međimurje]]. Upon crossing Drava, Jelačić ordered his army to switch Croatian national flags with Habsburg Imperial flags.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mijatović |first=Anđelko |title=Ban Jelačić |publisher=Mladost izdavačka radna organizacija |year=1990 |isbn=86-05-00528-9 |location=Zagreb |pages=55–65}}</ref>

Despite the contributions of its Ban [[Josip Jelačić]] in quenching the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Hungarian war of independence]], in the aftermath, Croatia was not treated any more favorably by Vienna than the Hungarians and therefore lost its domestic autonomy.