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The French Revolution

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Revolution is often interpreted as rapid change. But in this case, the Revolution is defined as a fundamental change (radical change). This is because the revolution will deliver a country to fundamental changes in all fields, such as culture, economy, social, ideology, and so forth. Basically, the revolution occurred because of the important conditions of a country, which then gave birth to resistance and eventually produced fundamental changes. The important condition that is meant is usually a condition in which a country occurs a lot of pressures experienced by "small" society. The pressure they experienced then gave rise to "actors" to spearhead resistance against the ruling regimes. If the resistance is successful, it will create changes from a country by overthrowing the old regime and replacing it with a new one, as happened in the French revolution. The French Revolution (1789-1794) which is echoed through three words, namely liberte, egalite, et fraternite...

The Chinese Revolution

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The Chinese Revolution of 1911 was a revolution that succeeded in overthrowing the last imperial dynasty of China (Qing Dynasty) and establishing the Republic of China (ROC). This revolution also started a series of revolutions that occurred in China during the 20th century. Background of the Chinese Revolution The modern period of China opened with the first defeat of the West in the First Opium War in 1842. Since then the Qing palace ruled by ethnic Manchus has struggled to withstand foreign interference to China. However, efforts to adjust and reform traditional methods of governance are limited by a very conservative court culture that does not want to give too much authority to reform. After the defeat of the Second Opium War in 1860, Qing tried to modernize by adopting certain Western technologies through the Self-Strengthening Movement from 1861. In the war against Taiping (1851-64), Nian (1851-68), Yunnan Muslims (1856-68) ) and the West Sea (1862-1777), traditional imperial fo...

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