Factual: What are the common causes and consequences of revolutions?
Ingrid:
Revolutions happen with a cause which leads to a consequence. A revolution has something to do with a type of change, also known as a "sudden or momentous change in a situation". For instance, it can be a radical change in government or culture of a society. The common cause of a revolution is when the people of a society oppose against the government. The lives of the people are usually deprived or in a bad condition as the government has a dictatorship over the society, just like during the time when the Tsar ruled over Russia (Tsarist autocracy). People would work for the government, such as doing labour work, and not receive a reasonable or fair reward (e.g. amount of money paid for doing work). The government would set high taxes and the poor would not be able to pay the government no matter how many hours they work. The injustice amongst the people leads to the overthrow of the government, which causes a revolution. The revolution then leads to consequences that affects the society. Consequences of a revolution commonly develops a new way of living and thinking in a society. The Russian Revolution 1917 challenged the western values of culture, principal of trade and industry, established systems of government, social, economic and political institutions and the methods of diplomacy. This led to the world having to "re-evaluate the western values of the democracy". In fact, the revolution affected capitalists and united all working people around the to go against the capitalist class. The Russian Revolution 1917 has successfully changed the characteristics of nationalistic revolutions and has also changed the lives of the colonial people by making them realise that they have their own political rights. Therefore, we can see that the Russian Revolution has changed the way people behave and think, which shows that the consequences of a revolution affects the way of living and thinking in a society.
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Annissa: Revolutions are historical facts of life, many states in today's world are in fact born from revolutions, some victorious and others defeated, whether one likes it or not revolutions have been, and will remain. But what is a revolution? By nature, revolutions are a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving which then leads to the overthrowing of a government by those who are governed, a revolution cannot be subdued and therefore will run it's course and may commence with a rebellion or a revolt. Why do Revolutions happen? What are the main causes? Well, some conditions commonly found in states/ countries prior to a revolution include- ( War, especially the defeat and the aftermath of War ) For example, the American Revolution . Secondly, Economic Crisis, this was how the German Revolution started. Thirdly, Political instability or poor leader ship ( This was how the Russian Revolution started by Nicholas Tsar II ! ) And last but not least, Unpopular or tyrannical governments ( Started the Mexican Revolution ) or Nationalism and independence movements. What happens after a revolution? Mm well, normally Revolutions merely generate a new ruling class or oligarchy, stronger armed forces and more war involvement. All in all, our century has seen about three dozen revolutions and there is no sign that we have come to an end of the revolutionary experience.
Revolutions happen with a cause which leads to a consequence. A revolution has something to do with a type of change, also known as a "sudden or momentous change in a situation". For instance, it can be a radical change in government or culture of a society. The common cause of a revolution is when the people of a society oppose against the government. The lives of the people are usually deprived or in a bad condition as the government has a dictatorship over the society, just like during the time when the Tsar ruled over Russia (Tsarist autocracy). People would work for the government, such as doing labour work, and not receive a reasonable or fair reward (e.g. amount of money paid for doing work). The government would set high taxes and the poor would not be able to pay the government no matter how many hours they work. The injustice amongst the people leads to the overthrow of the government, which causes a revolution. The revolution then leads to consequences that affects the society. Consequences of a revolution commonly develops a new way of living and thinking in a society. The Russian Revolution 1917 challenged the western values of culture, principal of trade and industry, established systems of government, social, economic and political institutions and the methods of diplomacy. This led to the world having to "re-evaluate the western values of the democracy". In fact, the revolution affected capitalists and united all working people around the to go against the capitalist class. The Russian Revolution 1917 has successfully changed the characteristics of nationalistic revolutions and has also changed the lives of the colonial people by making them realise that they have their own political rights. Therefore, we can see that the Russian Revolution has changed the way people behave and think, which shows that the consequences of a revolution affects the way of living and thinking in a society.
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/subjects/worldhis/chap12/w1212301.asp
Annissa: Revolutions are historical facts of life, many states in today's world are in fact born from revolutions, some victorious and others defeated, whether one likes it or not revolutions have been, and will remain. But what is a revolution? By nature, revolutions are a drastic and far reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving which then leads to the overthrowing of a government by those who are governed, a revolution cannot be subdued and therefore will run it's course and may commence with a rebellion or a revolt. Why do Revolutions happen? What are the main causes? Well, some conditions commonly found in states/ countries prior to a revolution include- ( War, especially the defeat and the aftermath of War ) For example, the American Revolution . Secondly, Economic Crisis, this was how the German Revolution started. Thirdly, Political instability or poor leader ship ( This was how the Russian Revolution started by Nicholas Tsar II ! ) And last but not least, Unpopular or tyrannical governments ( Started the Mexican Revolution ) or Nationalism and independence movements. What happens after a revolution? Mm well, normally Revolutions merely generate a new ruling class or oligarchy, stronger armed forces and more war involvement. All in all, our century has seen about three dozen revolutions and there is no sign that we have come to an end of the revolutionary experience.
Conceptual: To what extent do revolutions bring about change? How do revolutions affect ordinary people?
Ingrid:
Revolutions bring a big change. Firstly, revolutions bring "a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving". As mentioned above, revolutions develops a new way of living and thinking in a society. The Russian Revolution 1917 has affected the minds of capitalists, challenged the western values of democracy, changed the lives of colonial people and so on. These changes that the Russian Revolution has brought about has changed the way societies think and behave, as well as putting an impact on the lives of people in a society. Secondly, revolutions can change the way a society runs and how people live by overthrowing "a government by those who are governed". For example, the October Revolution 1917 has overthrown the established provisional government after the fall of the Tsar. Urban workers organised themselves into councils and they criticised the provisional government for its actions. The Bolshevik Party led the October Revolution, being supported by the Soviets (i.e. workers) who also fought with the Bolshevik Party during the revolution. The Bolshevik Party gave power to the workers because they promised the workers that there would be a government run by workers' councils. This will allow the main body of the capitalist class of Russia, which is the Provisional Government, to be overthrown. After the overthrow of the provisional government, decrees were passed by the Second Congress of Soviets, which was organised after the revolution. The decrees has put a positive impact on workers, which shows us that through the October Revolution, we can see that revolutions can positively affect people as the October Revolution has affected workers in positive ways. Lastly, revolutions bring a "rapid and extensive culture change generated from within a society". The Russian Revolution of 1917 has changed the culture of the lives of peoples in Russia. Ever since the revolution, labour class people did not need to be oppressed again by the government which has drastically improved their living. This shows how the Russian revolution affects ordinary people like the labour class people (workers, peasants) in Russia.
Annissa: Yes of course! Revolutions are history’s great turning points. A revolution is a tumultuous, ground-breaking event that seeks to transform a nation or a region – in some cases even the world. Revolutions vary in their aims, some seek to overthrow and replace the political order, while others seek social and economic change. One common factor in all revolutions is that they are fast moving. In a short period of time, often just a few years, a revolution can bring about significant change and upheaval. Most revolutions are driven by people and groups inspired by hope, idealism and dreams of a better society. They challenge the old order and fight to remove it, while the old order strives to maintain its power. The outcomes are conflict, disruption and division, which can eventually lead to war, violence and human suffering. Eventually the revolutionaries emerge victorious and set about trying to create a better society. In most cases, however, this proves much more difficult than they had anticipated.Revolutions are unique to their times and locations, so do not follow a single plan or model. But despite this, revolutions often follow a similar course. One of the most hotly debated topics on the internet of the Russian Revolution is to what extend it has changed the lives of ordinary people. Though revolutions only benefit to people who had already enjoyed their specific status, such as nobles or privileged colonial elites. Political impact is obvious as it is reflected in constitutions, systems of government and public record, however the social impact is more difficult to define.
The revolution had an almost entirely negative impact on the Russian workers, peasants and the army. The peasants were angry because the army took away all the young men and the best horses, making farm work difficult. Prices rose causing a deeper situation regarding poverty and hunger became widespread, workers in cities could not afford high food prices and as for wages, it had not risen nearly so fast. Soldiers coming home from the war told of defeat, bad generals, no guns, no boots and no medical supplies. In the cities, soldiers were ordered to stop strikes and demonstrations. This was bitterly resented. Many soldiers had been peasants and workers themselves before the war started. Overall, the Russian Revolution had affected many ordinary people in Russia.
Revolutions bring a big change. Firstly, revolutions bring "a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving". As mentioned above, revolutions develops a new way of living and thinking in a society. The Russian Revolution 1917 has affected the minds of capitalists, challenged the western values of democracy, changed the lives of colonial people and so on. These changes that the Russian Revolution has brought about has changed the way societies think and behave, as well as putting an impact on the lives of people in a society. Secondly, revolutions can change the way a society runs and how people live by overthrowing "a government by those who are governed". For example, the October Revolution 1917 has overthrown the established provisional government after the fall of the Tsar. Urban workers organised themselves into councils and they criticised the provisional government for its actions. The Bolshevik Party led the October Revolution, being supported by the Soviets (i.e. workers) who also fought with the Bolshevik Party during the revolution. The Bolshevik Party gave power to the workers because they promised the workers that there would be a government run by workers' councils. This will allow the main body of the capitalist class of Russia, which is the Provisional Government, to be overthrown. After the overthrow of the provisional government, decrees were passed by the Second Congress of Soviets, which was organised after the revolution. The decrees has put a positive impact on workers, which shows us that through the October Revolution, we can see that revolutions can positively affect people as the October Revolution has affected workers in positive ways. Lastly, revolutions bring a "rapid and extensive culture change generated from within a society". The Russian Revolution of 1917 has changed the culture of the lives of peoples in Russia. Ever since the revolution, labour class people did not need to be oppressed again by the government which has drastically improved their living. This shows how the Russian revolution affects ordinary people like the labour class people (workers, peasants) in Russia.
Annissa: Yes of course! Revolutions are history’s great turning points. A revolution is a tumultuous, ground-breaking event that seeks to transform a nation or a region – in some cases even the world. Revolutions vary in their aims, some seek to overthrow and replace the political order, while others seek social and economic change. One common factor in all revolutions is that they are fast moving. In a short period of time, often just a few years, a revolution can bring about significant change and upheaval. Most revolutions are driven by people and groups inspired by hope, idealism and dreams of a better society. They challenge the old order and fight to remove it, while the old order strives to maintain its power. The outcomes are conflict, disruption and division, which can eventually lead to war, violence and human suffering. Eventually the revolutionaries emerge victorious and set about trying to create a better society. In most cases, however, this proves much more difficult than they had anticipated.Revolutions are unique to their times and locations, so do not follow a single plan or model. But despite this, revolutions often follow a similar course. One of the most hotly debated topics on the internet of the Russian Revolution is to what extend it has changed the lives of ordinary people. Though revolutions only benefit to people who had already enjoyed their specific status, such as nobles or privileged colonial elites. Political impact is obvious as it is reflected in constitutions, systems of government and public record, however the social impact is more difficult to define.
The revolution had an almost entirely negative impact on the Russian workers, peasants and the army. The peasants were angry because the army took away all the young men and the best horses, making farm work difficult. Prices rose causing a deeper situation regarding poverty and hunger became widespread, workers in cities could not afford high food prices and as for wages, it had not risen nearly so fast. Soldiers coming home from the war told of defeat, bad generals, no guns, no boots and no medical supplies. In the cities, soldiers were ordered to stop strikes and demonstrations. This was bitterly resented. Many soldiers had been peasants and workers themselves before the war started. Overall, the Russian Revolution had affected many ordinary people in Russia.
Debatable: Are revolutions progressive? Do revolutions necessarily bring about change for the better?
Ingrid:
Revolutions are not necessarily progressive, however some revolutions are progressive. It always starts a revolution from one point and continued to change or develop. The Russian Revolution of 1917 is an example of a progressive revolution. The revolution started with the February revolution of 1917, which was the overthrow of the Tsar. After the Tsar has been overthrow, a provisional government was established. However, the workers criticised the provisional government. They supported the Bolshevik Party, who were the leaders of the October Revolution of 1917, which was the overthrow of the provisional government. We can see that the Russian Revolution of 1917 is progressive as it goes through two stages, which is the February revolution and the October revolution.
Revolutions do not necessarily bring about a change for the better. There are both positive and negative impacts of revolutions. The October Revolution 1917 has brought a positive change to workers and peasants in Russia. From being dictated by the Tsar and living in poor conditions, workers and peasants have gained equality after the overthrow of the provisional government following the fall of the Tsar (i.e. October Revolution). This is a positive impact on the workers and peasants, which shows that the October Revolution has brought a change for the better. However, the positive impacts of the October revolution did not last for long after the rise of Stalin. After Stalin gained his power, he changed the Soviet Union from a workers and peasants society to a industrial and superpower military society. Stalin was so over-powered that he tortured and killed people in the society who opposed against him, such as the farmers who refused to agree with Stalin on the collectivisation of crops. This affected the lives of citizens in Russia, which shows us that the October Revolution, which further lead to the rise of Stalin, has affected the Russian society, bringing a negative change.
Annissa: Revolutions are usually progressive, they frequently consist of 4 stages, the first being the government being weak, ineffective and is conflicted This leads to phase 2, the government would face a financial breakdown and would slowly be overwhelmed by the growing rebellion. When this happens, phrase 3 begins when the government falls into crisis such as a coup d’etat, this is followed by phrase 4, when the country recovers from the revolution and settles down.
Revolutions does not necessarily bring about change for the better, for example the "February Revolution"of Russia. During the "February Revolution" of 1917 in the capital, Petrograd, in march, the workers were frustrated after the cold and harsh winter of 1916 which resulted in them rallying in the streets of the main cities due to the war which resulted in shortage of supplies such as food, fuel and other materials causing the revolution. This resulted in high levels of tension in the capital
The war caused shortages of food, fuel and other materials which drove up the prices causing strikes and riots which created high levels of tension in the capital, Petrograd.
News of bread rationing circulated towards the end of February 1917 inciting full-scale riots.
The 23rd of February was International Women's Day- women began taking the lead in politicizing a march through Petrograd.
By the afternoon, women had persuaded the men from factories to join them and the protest started to gather momentum.
Over the next three days, the demonstrations grew and the demands for bread were accompanied by demands for the end of the war and eventually an end to the Tsar. But that only applies to the people having to suffer from the circumstances they were facing, all in all, since Tsar was eventually overthrown, it made a better opportunity to change Russia
Revolutions are not necessarily progressive, however some revolutions are progressive. It always starts a revolution from one point and continued to change or develop. The Russian Revolution of 1917 is an example of a progressive revolution. The revolution started with the February revolution of 1917, which was the overthrow of the Tsar. After the Tsar has been overthrow, a provisional government was established. However, the workers criticised the provisional government. They supported the Bolshevik Party, who were the leaders of the October Revolution of 1917, which was the overthrow of the provisional government. We can see that the Russian Revolution of 1917 is progressive as it goes through two stages, which is the February revolution and the October revolution.
Revolutions do not necessarily bring about a change for the better. There are both positive and negative impacts of revolutions. The October Revolution 1917 has brought a positive change to workers and peasants in Russia. From being dictated by the Tsar and living in poor conditions, workers and peasants have gained equality after the overthrow of the provisional government following the fall of the Tsar (i.e. October Revolution). This is a positive impact on the workers and peasants, which shows that the October Revolution has brought a change for the better. However, the positive impacts of the October revolution did not last for long after the rise of Stalin. After Stalin gained his power, he changed the Soviet Union from a workers and peasants society to a industrial and superpower military society. Stalin was so over-powered that he tortured and killed people in the society who opposed against him, such as the farmers who refused to agree with Stalin on the collectivisation of crops. This affected the lives of citizens in Russia, which shows us that the October Revolution, which further lead to the rise of Stalin, has affected the Russian society, bringing a negative change.
Annissa: Revolutions are usually progressive, they frequently consist of 4 stages, the first being the government being weak, ineffective and is conflicted This leads to phase 2, the government would face a financial breakdown and would slowly be overwhelmed by the growing rebellion. When this happens, phrase 3 begins when the government falls into crisis such as a coup d’etat, this is followed by phrase 4, when the country recovers from the revolution and settles down.
Revolutions does not necessarily bring about change for the better, for example the "February Revolution"of Russia. During the "February Revolution" of 1917 in the capital, Petrograd, in march, the workers were frustrated after the cold and harsh winter of 1916 which resulted in them rallying in the streets of the main cities due to the war which resulted in shortage of supplies such as food, fuel and other materials causing the revolution. This resulted in high levels of tension in the capital
The war caused shortages of food, fuel and other materials which drove up the prices causing strikes and riots which created high levels of tension in the capital, Petrograd.
News of bread rationing circulated towards the end of February 1917 inciting full-scale riots.
The 23rd of February was International Women's Day- women began taking the lead in politicizing a march through Petrograd.
By the afternoon, women had persuaded the men from factories to join them and the protest started to gather momentum.
Over the next three days, the demonstrations grew and the demands for bread were accompanied by demands for the end of the war and eventually an end to the Tsar. But that only applies to the people having to suffer from the circumstances they were facing, all in all, since Tsar was eventually overthrown, it made a better opportunity to change Russia