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REVOLUTIONS

REVOLUTIONS. Ch. 23. Crane Brinton: Conditions Present Before a Revolution Occurs. People from all social classes are discontented. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the govt.

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REVOLUTIONS

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  1. REVOLUTIONS Ch. 23

  2. Crane Brinton: Conditions Present Before a Revolution Occurs People from all social classes are discontented. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the govt. People are hopeful about the future, but they are being forced to accept less than they had hoped for. People are beginning to think of themselves as belonging to a social class, and there is a growing bitterness between social classes. The social classes closest to one another are the most hostile.

  3. Crane Brinton: Conditions Present Before a Revolution Occurs The scholars and thinkers give up on the way their society operates. The government does not respond to the needs of its society. The leaders of the government and the ruling class begin to doubt themselves. Some join with the opposition groups. The government is unable to get enough support from any group to save itself. The government cannot organize its finances correctly and is either going bankrupt or trying to tax heavily and unjustly.

  4. Crane Brinton: The Course that Revolutions Seem to Take Impossible demands made of government which, if granted, would mean its end. Unsuccessful government attempts to suppress revolutionaries. Revolutionaries gain power and seem united. Once in power, revolutionaries begin to quarrel among themselves, and unity begins to dissolve. The moderates gain the leadership but fail to satisfy those who insist on further changes.

  5. Crane Brinton: The Course that Revolutions Seem to Take Power is gained by progressively more radical groups until finally a lunatic fringe gains almost complete control. A strong man emerges and assumes great power. The extremists try to create a “heaven-on-earth” by introducing their whole program and by punishing all of their opponents. A period of terror [extreme violence] occurs. Moderate groups regain power. THE REVOLUTION IS OVER!

  6. American Revolution • 1775-1783 • Causes • French and Indian War • $$ • British Acts • Bean Town • Enlightenment

  7. American Revolution • Battles • Lexington and Concord • Bunker Hill • Saratoga • Yorktown • People • Washington • Jefferson • Paine • Adams x2

  8. American Revolution • New Governments • Articles of Confederation • Constitution

  9. French Revolution • Causes • Seven Years War • $$ • Enlightenment • Equality

  10. French Revolution • People • Louis XVI • Marie Antoinette • Robespierre • Danton • Marat • Abbe Sieyes • Olympe de Gouges

  11. French Revolution • Estates General • National Assembly • Tennis Court Oath • Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen • Bastille

  12. French Revolution • March of the Women • Guillotine • Reign of Terror • Napoleon

  13. Haitian Revolution • 1789-1804 • Causes • Enlightenment • French Revolution • Racial Equality • Economic Freedom

  14. Haitian Revolution • Slave Revolts • Toussaint L’Ouverture • 1804 Haiti gains independence

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