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Industrial Revolution
also known as the First Industrial Revolution, was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States -
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American Revolution
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. -
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French Revolution
period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789 -
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Haitian Revolution
successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti -
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Revolutions of 1848
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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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. -
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Chinese Communist Revolution
resulted in the victory of the Bolsheviks and the creation of Soviet Russia, the predecessor of the Soviet Union -
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Russian Revolution
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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Cuban Revolution
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.