Revolutions of the World

In the Old Regime the tax burden mainly fell on the Third Estate. For exams treat tax inequality as a major cause of the French Revolution.

The Stamp Act sharpened the debate over tax and representation. For exams see it as an early link in American resistance.

Bloody Sunday showed a peaceful petition turning into repression. For exams remember it as a major cause of the 1905 Revolution.

The plantation economy rested on enslaved labor and harsh control. For exams remember Haiti as an anti slavery revolution.

Coke helped expand iron production. For exams connect iron with machines and railway building.

Bourbon reforms affected the interests of Creoles. For exams connect administrative centralization with discontent.

The Wuchang Uprising made the Xinhai Revolution spread rapidly. For exams link it with the decisive beginning of Qing collapse.

The War of Independence made the modern Turkish state possible. For exams link it with the Treaty of Lausanne and Ataturk.

Abolition of domains moved Japan toward centralized administration. For exams connect it with the end of feudal structure.

James II's policies increased parliamentary and religious concerns. For exams treat it as background to constitutional conflict.

The levée en masse connected war with mass participation. For exams link it with the beginning of modern mass warfare.

Petrograd was a center of political and industrial activity. For exams remember the combined role of workers and soldiers.

These committees increased political communication and organization among colonies. For exams connect them with revolutionary networks.

There was a contradiction between the language of rights and the reality of slavery. For exams treat Haiti as a test of French ideals.

The movement's name was linked with the date of the Moncada attack. For exams connect it with Castro's early struggle.

The White Revolution made social changes but political discontent remained. For exams link it with the background of opposition to the Shah.

The Plan of Ayala was linked with Emiliano Zapata and land reform. For exams connect it with the agrarian question.

Yan'an strengthened Mao's leadership and rural strategy. For exams remember it as a Chinese Communist base area.

Difference in class interests weakened many movements. For exams mention class division in the failure of 1848.

Over issue of assignats was linked with economic instability. For exams treat currency crisis as an economic challenge of the revolution.