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The 3rd Estate of France, the commoners, revolted against the hated absolute monarchy because they wanted “liberty, equality and fraternity.” Four years later, radicals gain control and begin their Reign of Terror, beheading thousands. Soon monarchy returns not in the form of the king, but Napoleon.
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the govermet was weak from world war I so when an uprising happend they couldnt hold it off.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi’s “salt march,” in protest of the English salt monopoly was the reason the people started a revolution.
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the people of Egypt want a democracy but the government doesnt.
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Fidel Castro didn't like Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. So he organized rebels against him and eventually overthrew him and gained total control over the country.
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Followers Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini take over because they dont like the American leader. The Islamic regime remains.
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The "yellow revolution" happens becaue the people of the Philippines didnt like their dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. With American backing, they install a president Corazon Aquino. It was an example of a peaceful revolution
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The people didnt like the military ruler Chun Doo-hwan so he was forced into demacracy.
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the people of Lebonon revolted because their beloved Prime Minister was believed to be assacinated by Syria. The Syrian goverment because of the protests, disbaned from Lebonon.