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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a colonial revolt, 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. The war virtually came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent. -
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Industrial Revolution
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789. The revolution ended when Napoleon Bonaparte took power -
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Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti. They had succeeded in ending not just slavery but French control over the colony -
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Revolutions of 1848
They were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history. Most of the revolutions in 1848 failed to achieve their goals due to division among the organizers which resulted in a lack of allies and support to the revolutionary cause. -
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Xinhai Revolution
The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty and established the Republic of China. Revolution was a great victory because it overthrew the Qing Dynasty, ended the autocratic monarchy that had ruled China. -
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Russian Revolution
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. -
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Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution, led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China. Mao officially ended the Chinese Revolution. -
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Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was 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. Batista was driven from the country and the cities Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba were seized by rebels. -
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Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution, was a series of events that involved the overthrow of the last monarch of Iran, and Khomeini declared Iran an Islamic republic.