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Revolutions
Industrial, French & Russian Revolutions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines |
| French Revolution | a period of major social upheaval, French citizens radically altered their political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as the monarchy and the feudal system |
| Russian Czars | emperor of Russia before 1917, the revolution |
| Russian Revolution | the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks. The new communist government created the country of the Soviet Union. |
| USSR | The Union of. Soviet Socialist Republics, The Soviet Union, was the first country to form a government based on the system known as Communism. It only existed from 1922 to 1991. |
| significance of the french revolution | put an end to the feudal system, disband a kingdom and its monarchy, and establish civil laws and fairer representation of all peoples under governance, it also served to unify and strengthen France as a country and a people. |
| bloody sunday | Bloody Sunday was a massacre when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland |
| French rev-Social Inequalities | First Estate High-ranking church members-privilege no tax Second Estate Nobility-privileged class Third Estate Everyone else from peasants to wealthy bourgeoisie merchants in the cities-unprivileged class taxed |
| French rev-Bankruptcy of gov | The king used up all his money and made it everyone else problem instead of handling it sooner taxed everyone on unnecessary things |
| The 4 main French Philosophers during Age of Reason or Enlightenment Era | Montesquieu Voltaire Rousseau Diderot |
| Duma | a representative council in Russia |
| kremlin | the citadel of a Russian city |
| Russian flag symbol meanings | The union of the hammer-workers the sickle-peasants they represent the victorious and enduring revolutionary alliance The famous emblem is topped by a gold-bordered red star representing the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Ivan the terrible was... | the first tsar of all Russia. During his reign, he acquired vast amounts of land through ruthless means, creating a centrally controlled government |
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