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A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution. The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective to describe something producing a major and sudden impact on society.
- American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September...
- American Revolution
The American Revolution was a rebellion and political...
- French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal...
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The word "revolucion" is known in French from the 13th century, and "revolution" in English by the late fourteenth century, with regard to the revolving motion of celestial bodies. "Revolution" in the sense of representing abrupt change in a social order is attested by at least 1450. Political usage of the term had been well established by 1688 in ...
Perhaps most often, the word "revolution" is employed to denote a change in social and political institutions. Jeff Goodwingives two definitions of a revolution. First, a broad one, including Second, a narrow one, in which Jack Goldstonedefines a revolution as Early scholars debated distinctions between revolutions and civil wars.They also debated ...
There are many different typologies of revolutions in social science and literature. Alexis de Tocquevilledifferentiated between: 1. political revolutions, sudden and violent revolutions that seek not only to establish a new political system but to transform an entire society, and; 2. slow but sweeping transformations of the entire society that tak...
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Oct 29, 2009 · The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government,...
A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term revolutionary can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.
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