Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin karni na 19, tsarin zamantakewa ya canza sosai. Wani rukuni na manoma masu zaman kansu ya kafa kanta bayan gyare-gyare ya ba da damar manoma su sake sayen ƙasarsu, amma yawancin manoma marasa ƙasa sun kasance. Hakanan an haɓaka ƙarancin birane da ƙarancin rinjaye na Latvian. Ƙungiyar matasa na Latvian () ta kafa harsashin ƙasa don kishin ƙasa daga tsakiyar karni, da yawa daga cikin shugabanninta suna neman Slavophiles don tallafi a kan tsarin zamantakewar da Jamusawa ke mamayewa. Haɓaka amfani da yaren Latvian a cikin adabi da zamantakewar jama'a ya zama sananne a matsayin Farkawa ta Farko. Rushewa ya fara a Latgale bayan da 'yan Poland suka jagoranci Janairu
a 1863: wannan ya bazu zuwa sauran abin da yanzu Latvia ta 1880s. The Young Latvians sun kasance da yawa da New Current, mai zurfin hagu na zamantakewa da siyasa, a cikin 1890s. Rashin jin daɗin jama'a ya fashe a cikin Juyin Juya Halin Rasha na 1905, wanda ya ɗauki halin kishin ƙasa a lardunan Baltic.