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A transition to new manufacturing process in Europe and the United States. Many people moved from rural areas to cities.
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The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America. One of the causes was that the colonists were tired of the way of the British government. The revolution was ultimately a success because we now have North America.
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The French Revolution was an event in modern European history that began with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. The upheaval was caused by widespread discontent with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI. The revolution was a failure but played a pig role in shaping modern nations.
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Occurred between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of the British and French colonizers, and a number of other parties. The people won their freedom from France and the first country to be founded by former slaves.
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A series of republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily, and spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire. They all ended in failure and repression, and were followed by widespread disillusionment among liberals.
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A revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty (the Qing dynasty) and established the Republic of China (ROC). The revolution arose mainly in response to the decline of the Qing state, which had proven ineffective in its efforts to modernize China and confront foreign aggression. Many underground anti-Qing groups, with the support of Chinese revolutionaries in exile, tried to overthrow the Qing.
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The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire which started with the abolishment of monarchy and concluded with the establishment of the Soviet Union by the Bolsheviks and the end of the civil war. The social causes of the Russian Revolution mainly came from centuries of oppression towards the lower classes by the Tsarist regime and Nicholas's failures in World War I.
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A communist power took over the government.
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armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista.
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It resulted in the toppling of the monarchy and led to the Islamic republic.