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What were the American Revolution personalities

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George 3-"madness"
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin 
Lafayette
Cornwallis
Loyalists(20%)-patriots
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What were some significant events from the American Revolution

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Boston tea party-1773–$250000-civil disobedience
If a law is unjust, you have a responsibility to break the law
Lexington-concord-1775
1776-independence-Jefferson
Saratoga-French decided to ally w/ colonists
Removed a lot of soldiers and navy to protect sugar colonies in Carribean
Yorktown-1781
Treaty of Paris-1783

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What was the impact of the American Revolution

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New nation--vital-major role in history
Republic-(monarchy)
Constitutional government--slavery in constitution 
Global war=French, Spain, Dutch 
Democracy--deists--inherently good
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What were the causes of the French Revolution

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Economic-
Huge debt-growing
Poverty--peasants
Church--nobles-animosity
Rights of man--social contract between rulers and the people
Peoples right to remove leader
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What were the personalities from the French Revolution

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Louis XVI-Marie Antoinette-executed
The third estate–clergy, nobles, everyone else
Ropes Pierre–
Napoleon Bonaparte-dictatorship

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What were the significant events from the French Revolution

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Storming of the Bastille–prison/armory-July 14, 1778
Declaration of the rights of man (Jeff)
Woman’s March–equal rights
Sold church property
Reign of terror–16,000, 40,000(80% poor people)
Tried to get rid of church-dechristianize france–secular nation
Napoleon took over

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What was the impact of the French Revolution

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Blow to monarchy
Increase in war--won-defeated nations
Communism
Total war--
Push for human rights

(Americas two party system)

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What were the causes of the Russian Revolution

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-WWI-2 million casualties
Unrest–poverty-inflation 4X
Discontent with absolutism-czar
Massacre-poor protester-1905-soviets

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What were the personalities of the Russian Revolution

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Nicholas 2-czar–leading the army
Sending troops to front without weapons
Alexandria-Rasputin–oppressive-power hungry
Trotsky (organizer)-Lenin (exile)–germans sent him back to Russia
Kerensky-provisional government-tried to keep war front going

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What were the significant event from the Russian Revolution

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"Soviets"--organizing 
Women-strike
1917-czar stepped down (murdered) 
Civil war--red army--white army
Allies tried to support white army--Russia in war
1920-communists take over
11
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What was the impact of the rissian Revolution

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Communist-spread Revolution everywhere
Cold War–
Increase in nationalism

12
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What caused the Chinese Revolution

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Poverty–80% extreme poverty
Absolutism-imperialism
War–japanese invasion–ww2

13
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What were the personalities of the Chinese Revolution

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Chiang Kai shek-nationalist
Cooperated communists
(Throw out imperials)
Mao ze dung–communists

14
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What were significant events in the Chinese Revolution

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Shanghai massacre–nationalists killed communists
Long march-by communists
Nationalists “distracted” by Japanese
Civil war-1947

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What was the impact of the Chinese Revolution

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Communism’s influence–
Korean War–
Vietnam war–
(US impacted)

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What was the causes of the Arab Spring Revolution (2010-Tunisia)

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Youth--absolutism rulers
Human rights
Poverty
(Muslim world--democratic)
Egypt, Libya 
Revolutions-Syria
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What were the events/impacts of the Arab Springs Revolution

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Chaos throughout Arab world
Isis-radical Islam
Dictatorship

18
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What were the causes of the American Revolution

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French and Indian war
Debt-war–taxes economic revolt-free trade
Philosophy-Locke-rights of man-colonial thinking
Created all men equal-life, Liberty, pursuit of happiness
Monarchy powers
Corruption