Tuesday 3 February 2009

What is a Revolution?

17 comments:

amazingllama said...

A big change in the way things are.

the world is revolving around the french said...

Where something is changing

Anonymous said...

A revolution is a basically a turn/change, most often in power. An old government or social group is overthrown (generally by force) and a new one can take over. It is a change in the structure of society.

I love chocolate said...

A revolution is where a big change occurs and it often involves an uproar.

nichobirdismylife said...

A revolution is a dramatic change within the world has occured or is occuring

la vie en rose said...

A revolution is a change that can occur over a period of time. Preconditions such as economic downfall, social class struggle, poverty, discontentment and political division and corruption are some events that are commonly found as the built up towards a major revolution. If these problems do not get resolved or more problems occur, people begin to disagree with the problem which cause the unleash of a revolution

Eponine said...

a revolution is an uprising. it is when people are unhappy with the way their life is so they band together and set out to change it. it is usually the people(lower classes) rising up and rebelling against the government. this then leads to them usually overtaking the government and starting a new one.

nichobirdisnotanobject said...

Revolutions have occurred through human history and vary widely in terms. A revolution is a major change in culture, economy, and socio-political institutions. Some characteristics of revolution are leadership, ideology, organisation, violence and terror and international influence.Revolution may be defined as 'an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed'. This section has been taken off dictionary online (no copy right intended).

l'écharpe de la préférence sexuelle said...

A revolution is a dramatic social and economic change that occurs when a group of people aren't happy with the way they live. A revolution is usually lead by one, or a small group, of powerful leaders that organise and put the ideology in power. Revolutions usually include violence to overthrow the current government or social order and to achieve their goals. Violence has been called the very essence of revolution.

frenchcat said...

a revolution is a big change from past to future idea. they often involve violence and are created spontaneously my groups of unhappy people. these people are normally middle class as the higher classed people are happy with their lives and the lower class doesnt know how to change it.

croissant.x0 said...

A revolution is a complete transformation of society which is caused by a growing of discontent. They are caused by various preconditions like corruption, division in ruling class, poverty, class stuggle, downturn in economic activity, etc. A successful revolution usually ends with an overthrow of the government or political system and a large loss of placement in society.

I love chocolate said...

A Revolution is an event that occurs when there is psychological, social, economic and political unrest. There is often poverty, low economic activity, discontent amongst the public and corruption in the government although many other factors can influence a revolution. There are also normally one of these events occurring at the time of a revolution: War, invasion and possibly a strike involving the whole nation. There may also be terrorist activity or a Guerrilla warfare. The death of a ruler (by natural causes) can also prove to be the beginning of a revolution. A revolution is a dramatic change in society and any of these causes can lead to it.

the french revooooooooo said...

A Revolution is when a massive change occurs with a dramatic ending over a period of time of a society. Its a sudden, radical overthrow of a government, with a whole constitution changed from one to the other. Sometime they are also modified the constitution! there is alot of fighting toooooo

eponine said...

A revolution is an aggressive overthrow of a government structure or a large sudden change in societal values. A revolution generally represents a complete turnaround from one way of doing things to another which is completely opposite.

Anonymous said...

RECIPE FOR REVOLUTION!!!

Revolutions occur for lots of reasons/ingredients which all come together to make a big, disruptive, revolutionary cake. The preconditions of a revolution involve failures in many aspects of society. Firstly, there is a downturn in economic activity, discontent and rebelliousness in/against the socio-political system. Many of the political aspects which lead up to a revolution involve corruption and inefficiency. Socially, there is often a class struggle, sometimes between classes and sometimes within one class. This can be accompanied by poverty and a growing gap between a rich class and a poor one (similar to what occurred in the French Revolution).

Some precipitants of a revolution may also be historical accidents such as death by natural causes. There may also be many disruptive events such as war, invasion, mutiny and general strike. Sometimes there are special operations such as terrorist activity and guerrilla wars or attacks, which are not fought in open battle.

All of these events can lead to a revolution, but more than one of these events must occur.

Anonymous said...

A revolution is some form of change and relatively sudden or abrupt happenings or accelerations of previously existing rates of change and it has significant and far-reaching effects. A revolution usually involves violence and terror, leadership, ideology, organisation and international influence.

emilybriantworm said...

A revolution needs to consist of many things to be classified as a revolution. It needs to have preconditions and precipitants. The preconditions could be a downturn in economic activity, colonialism and imperialism, corruption and inefficiency or a division in ruling class. It also could be poverty, class struggle, alienation from socio-political system or discontent. These need to be added to the precipitants that are an historical accident of death by natural causes, specific events such as war, invasion, mutiny or general strike. And special operations like terrorist activity and Guerrilla warfare.