Revolution

There was no momentous event that lead to the American Revolution. Rather, a series of disagreements and misunderstandings about the rights and treatment of Colonists between them and Parliament is what is generally agreed upon as being the inception of a colonists revolt over their imperial masters. To clarify this designation of the Royal Crown being “imperial masters” it is important to note that Britain post Seven Years War, not only had total control of the North American colonies, but also…

With a newfound land but old British rule a bloody conflict was bound to happen, the American Revolution was the conflict that ensued from the power struggle between the colonies in America and the British government that changed the history of the world forever creating a land free from British rule which we know today as the United States of America. This political battle between Great Britain’s thirteen colonies: Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,…

Societies “In order for someone to be transported into the future and die from the level of shock they’d experience, they have to go enough years ahead that a “die level of progress,” or a Die Progress Unit (DPU) has been achieved. The post-Industrial Revolution world has moved so quickly that a 1750 person only needs to go forward a couple hundred years for a DPU to have happened”(Urban). Over the course of history, society has been continuously evolving rapidly. Every year, high-tech devices…

The Scientific Revolution The period between 1500 CE and 1700 CE in Europe cannot be accurately defined as the single scientific revolution in scientific thought, or the most important revolution in scientific thought. While there were many new discoveries and new concepts, the paradigm shift did not occur until the late 1800’s at the latest. The multiple discoveries during this time period are both ground breaking and incredible. They introduced new paradigms in multiple disciplines and…

The American Revolution was a political conflict where colonists in new American colonies fought against English authority, and founded their own country, the United States of America. Being continents apart, colonial America and Britain were very different and required new ways of life. America was seen as a safe haven for anyone and everyone. Religious toleration and new economic opportunities were a big part of its rise. New lifestyles were made and new laws and systems were beginning to…

Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba with a revolution in January 1959. The United States was becoming increasingly critical of Fidel Castro's government. CIA Director Allen Dulles warned, “Cuba was drifting towards Communism.” Castro had close ties to the Soviet Union who provided Cuba with air and military assistance. The U.S. planned to overthrow Castro's administration, a task taken on by the CIA. The U.S. also hoped that the invasion would stimulate an uprising against the Castro regime…

had returned. Veterans of Napoleon's glory days were starving, taxation was oppressive and food prices were rising. A former Marshal of Napoleon and one of his bravest officers, Michel Ney was sent to capture him. Ney, a brilliant general of the Revolution was not pleased with the Bourbons but was also pleased with a break from the constant wars of Napoleon's regime. Napoleon exposed himself unprotected to Ney's troops but they did not fire. Ney threatened death to anyone who did not comply with…

when analyzing revolution requires an observer to expand the point of reference both from the stated goals to the passage of time. One may analyze the evolution of a revolution through a mathematical perspective, visualizing the ebb and flow of a society 's changes like that of a chart or graph. Beyond the peaks and valleys of upheaval and reaction and between ideology and compromise, success is measured by the trendline. A close examination of a specific period reveals a revolutions state at…

The modern historical and economic science allocates in history 3 large quantum leaps – three revolutions in productive forces of society and in structures of the society. One of them is industrial revolution led to transition from agrarian society to industrial. All 3 processes happened asynchronously in the various countries and regions however had global character. The industrial revolution is a system of economic and socio-political changes on the basis of transition from a hand labor to…

authority, to the French Revolution.…