Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mihail Kogălniceanu, Nicolae Bălcescu da sauran shugabannin juyin juya halin 1848 a Moldavia da Wallachia sun bukaci 'yancin' yan kasuwa da kuma haɗin kan manyan masarautun biyu, amma sojojin Rasha da Ottoman sun murkushe tawayen su. Masu juyin juya halin Wallachian sune farkon waɗanda suka ɗauki launin shuɗi, rawaya da ja mai launin ja uku a matsayin tutar ƙasa. A Transylvania, yawancin 'yan Romania sun goyi bayan gwamnatin daular a kan 'yan tawayen Hungary
bayan da Diet ya zartar da doka game da ƙungiyar Transylvania da Hungary. Bishop Andrei Șaguna ya ba da shawarar haɗa kan 'yan Romaniya na daular Habsburg a cikin wani yanki daban, amma gwamnatin tsakiya ta ƙi canza kan iyakokin cikin gida.