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- DictionaryRev·o·lu·tion/ˌrevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system: "the country has had a socialist revolution"
- 2. an instance of revolving: "one revolution a second"
1 day ago · The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
1 day ago · The Information Age (also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, New Media Age, Internet Age, or the Digital Revolution) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century.
4 days ago · The initial goal of the Mexican Revolution was simply the overthrow of the Díaz dictatorship, but that relatively simple political movement broadened into a major economic and social upheaval that presaged the fundamental character of Mexico’s 20th-century experience.
1 day ago · Haiti - Slavery, Revolution, Independence: The revolution was actually a series of conflicts during the period 1791–1804 that involved shifting alliances of enslaved Haitians, affranchis, mulattoes, and colonists, as well as British and French army troops.
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6 days ago · France - Revolution, Republic, Napoleon: The insurrection of August 10, 1792, did not, of course, stop the Prussian advance on the capital. As enthusiastic contingents of volunteers left for the front, fear of counterrevolutionary plots gripped the capital.
4 days ago · Primary Source. Congress of Vienna. Annotation. The treaty in the spring of 1814 had accepted Napoleon’s surrender, but a general meeting of European countries convened to settle broader issues of a postrevolutionary era.
4 days ago · 1102. Text. This body came into being on 17 June 1789, with the renaming of the Estates-General on the motion of the abbé Sieyès. The renaming was effectively a claim that this new body was now sovereign. Initially, it comprised the members of the Third Estate and a few liberal nobles and clergy.
