Revolutions

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    Industrial Revolution

    the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States.
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    American revolution

    The American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There were many battles fought and the colonies gained their freedom and became the independent country of the United States.
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    French revolution

    The French Revolution was a period of time in France when the people overthrew the monarchy and took control of the government.
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    Haitian Revolution

    anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti.
  • Revolutions of 1848

    series of republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily, and spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire.
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    Xinhai revolution

    a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system.
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    Russian revolution

    The peasants and working class people of Russia riated against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union.
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    chinese communist revolution

    Led by Communist party and chairman Mao Zedong, this ended in the proclamation of the people's republic of China.
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    Cuban Revolution

    an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the military dictatorship of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
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    Iranian Revolution

    series of events that involved the overthrow of the last monarch of iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and led to the establishment of an islamic republic.