This document provides a brief overview of several revolutions and rebellions throughout history. It discusses major events and leaders from revolutions in ancient Rome and China, peasant revolts in Europe, the English and American Revolutions, the French Revolution, South American independence movements, and 20th century revolutions in Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Iran, and the Arab Spring uprisings. Key revolutionary figures mentioned include Spartacus, Liu Bang, Cromwell, Washington, Robespierre, Bolivar, Lenin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Castro, Khomeini, and leaders of the Arab Spring protests.

1. History of Revolutions
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2. History of Revolutions and Rebellions
Aristotle: inequality is the chief cause of revolution. Justice and
equality are “the fundamental basis of any state”, and inequality,
being a kind of injustice, is potent grounds for challenging that
state. “The lesser rebel in order to be equal, the equal in order to
be greater. These then are conditions predisposing to revolution
Che Guevara: Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any
injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is
the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.
Revolution = Victorious
Rebellion = Defeated

3. This is an excerpt from World History Lessons for Zoey and Kaya
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4. Project RevolutionVideos Collection
A List of Multiple Revolutions and Rebellions

5. Gladiator and Slave Revolt (72 BC - 71 BC)
Life of Spartacus Spartacus Movie
Gladiator History
Slave Labor in Rome
Spartacist Revolt in Germany 1919
I am Spartacus

6. Early Chinese Revolts
Liu Bang rose from a poor peasant family to become the leader of the Han Dynasty overthrowing the Qin dynasty.. Wang Mang
(15 AD) seized power briefly and launched an unsuccessful social revolution. The Red Eyebrow Rebellion weakened Wang
Mang resulting in his overthrow. The Yellow Turban Rebellion (184 AD) seriously weakened the Han Dynasty. The An-Lushan
(An-Shi) Rebellion (755-763) weakened the Tang Dynasty.. Deaths during the rebellion have been estimated as 11 million (5% of
the world’s population). The Red Turban Rebellion (1351 -1368) helped overthrow the /mongolia Yuan Dynasty.
Liu Bang
Emperor Gao Zu
Wang Mang
Yellow Turban Rebellion
Red Eyebrows Rebellion
An-Lushan Rebellion
Death Tolls
in Wars
Red Turban Rebellion
An Lushan

7. Peasant Revolts
Hungarian Peasant
Rebellion 1514 led
by Dozsa
German Peasants War
1524-1525
Stenka Razin’s Rebellion
Russia 1670-1671
Pugachev’s Rebellion
Russia 1773-1775
List of Peasant Rebellions with Results
Donghak Korean Peasant
Revolution 1894 -1895
Donghak Religion
Tay Son Vietnam Uprising 1776 - 1802

8. English Revolutions (1642 -1651 AD and 1688 -1689 AD)
Cromwell
Charles I
Charles II
Execution of Charles I
William and Mary
James II English Civil War

9. Enlish Language Philosophers
Locke 1704
Smith 1723
Hume 1776Bacon 1626
Malthus 1834
Hobbes 1679
Francis Bacon inspired the growth of empirical science. Malthus supplied the idea of population
growing faster than resources to Darwin. Locke’s political philosophy was a precursor to the
American Revolution. Hobbes believed that autocratic leadership was necessary for government.
Smith’s economic philosophy encourage capitalistic markets. Hume was a Scottish empirical
humanist. Burke was an influential Irish conservative philosopher
Darwin 1882Burke 1797

10. American Revolution
In 1776, the American colonies revolted against Britain. They achieved independence in 1783
Signing Declaration of Independence (1776)
General George Washington Thomas Jefferson
Surrender of Cornwalis ending war
Washinton crossing Delaware

11. American Revolution People
Paine 1809 Franklin 1790
Adams 1826Henry 1799 Hamilton 1804
Lafayette 1834Washington 1799
Jefferson 1826
Musical

12. French Philosophers
Pascal 1662 Diderot 1784Rousseau 1778
Voltaire 1778
Descartes 1650 Montesquieu 1755

13. French Revolution(1789 - 1815)
In 1789, the French people revolted against their King and aristocracy. It began on July 14, with the
storming of the Bastille prison and armory. The revolution started slowly but gained momentum with
execution of the King. Robespierre seized power and launched a Reign of Terror until he was overthrown
and executed.
Robespierre
Execution of the King
Storming of the Bastille
Reign of Terror Marseillaise

14. Napoleon’s Empire (1812)
Red line is boundary of Napoleon’s empire before he invaded Russia
Napoleon

15. South American Revolutions (1822-1824)
Bolivar 1830 San Martin 1850
O’Higgins 1842
Latin American Independence Movement
Emperor Pedro 1
of Brazil 1822
Monroe 1831 Independence Dates
Monroe Doctrine
Movie
Sucre 1830

16. Mexican Revolutions
Yugar 1695
Juarez 1872
Villa 1923 Zapata 1919
Obregon
1928
Cardenas
1970
Diaz 1915
Madero 1913 Huerta 1916
Hidalgo 1811 Guerrero 1831
Augustin 1
Iturbide 1824
Maximillian 1
1867
La Adelita Song

17. Western Europe (1848, 1871)
During 1848, revolutions took place in Western Europe. In France, King Louis Phillipe was forced
to abdicate and was replaced by a republic. The first elected President ws Napoleon’s nephew,
Louis Napoleon who soon proclaimed himself Emperor, Napoleon III. In the German states like
Prussia, there were popular uprising that were crushed. Many Germans fled to the US. One of
the revolutionaries, Karl Marx, fled to England and started the Communist movement with
Friedrich Engels writing the Communist Manifesto. In Italy, Giuseppi Garibaldi led revolutionary
troops that eventually unified Italy in 1861. In 1870, Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck of Prussia
provoked and won wars with Austria and France. Napoleon III was forced to abdicate in France
and was succeeded by a Third Republic.
Napoleon III 1873 Garibaldi 1882 Karl Marx 1883 Engels 1895 Paris Commune 1871
Communist
Manifesto 1848

18. Qing Dynasty Rebellions
Taiping Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion 1900
Dungan Revolt 1
Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864 AD)
Xinhai Revolution 1911
White Lotus Rebellion
1796 - 1804
Panthay Rebellion
1856-1873
Rebellion = Loser
Revolution = Winner
Dungan Revolt 2
1862 -1877

19. Russian Revolution (1917)
The Russian Army took terrible losses during World War 1. The Tsar had a crazy advisor, the mad monk
Rasputin. The army and people in St Petersburg revolted against the Tsar. Power was seized by the
Communists led by Lenin and Trotsky. The Tsar and his family were murdered. Later Joseph Stalin
maneuvered himself into being an absolute dictator
Tsar Nicholas 1918
Communists Storming the Winter Palace
Lenin
1924
Trotsky
1940
Stalin
1953
Grigor Rasputin 1916
Internationale by Bragg
Lenin in
History
Trotsky
Speech
Stalin
Speech
Lenin
Speech
Newsreel from 1917
Civil War
Tsar Speech

20. Chinese Revolution (1927 -1950)
After 1927, the Chinee government was led by a reactionary general, Chiang Kai-Shek.
Mao Zedong led a Communist peasant uprising in South China. His troops were surrounded and
had to retreat in a Long March to Northern China in 1934-1935. Mao’s troops fought hard against the
Japanese invasion in World War 2. After the war, Mao led a revolution that conquered all of China.
Long March
Mao Zedong
1976
Chinese Civil War
East is Red Taiwan
Speech

21. Vietnamese Revolution (1946 -1975)
Ho Chi Minh 1969
Giap 2013Dien Bien Phu 1954
Tet Offensive 1968 Fall of Saigon 1975
Ngo Dinh Diem 1963

22. Eastern European Revolutions (1953-1991)
East German 1953
Hungarian 1956
Czechoslovakia 1968 Eastern Europe 1989
1991 Russia

23. Algerian Revolution(1954-1962)
Algerian Demonstrators Pied Noir French Settlers
De GaulleBen Bella 2012 Salan 1984
Belkacem
1970
Generals Putsch
1958

24. Cuban Revolution (1956 -1959)
After the Spanish-American War in 1898, the US controlled by installing dictators.
In 1959, a revolt led by Fidel Castro with assistance from the Argentine, Che
Guevara, overthrew the dictator Batista. At first, Castro was popular in the US, but
then he began seizing US property and declared himself to be a Communist. The
US tried unsuccessfully to overthrow him 1961 but he survived until 2016. Che was
killed in Bolivia trying to lead another revolution in 1967
Fidel Castro 2016
Che Guevara 1967
Revolutionaries enter
Havana 1959
Revolutionaries landed by boat in Eastern
Cuba and fled into the Sierra Madre
mountains where the launched a successful
guerrilla war supported by local peasants
La Bayamesa Anthem
Che in History
Che
Speech
Castro Speech
Farewell
Letter
Interview
in English

25. Iranian Revolution (1979)
Mossadegh 1967 Shah 1980
Khomeini 1989 Khameni 2020Iran Hostage Crisis 1979
Iranian Revolution Demonstration

26. Arab Spring (2010 - 2012)
EgyptTunisia
Syria BahrainYemen
Libya