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Revolution
Essential Question: Why have political revolutions occurred?
A.
Define revolution.
B.
Record information about the topics listed in the Cumulative Review or your answers to
the questions in the Cumulative Review below. Use the Concept Connector Handbooks at the
end of your textbook, as well as chapter information, to complete this worksheet.
1. The Transfer of Power in England, 1377–1688
By the 1660s, England had recently experienced a civil war and the execution of a
monarch. When the current king, James II, suspended laws and appointed
Catholics to high offices, Protestant leaders in England invited James’ Protestant
daughter, Mary, and her husband, William, to rule. James II fled the country. This
bloodless overthrow of the monarch became known as the Glorious Revolution.
This was a radical event for its time because the transfer of power had never been
accomplished by Parliament in this way before, nor with so little violence. The
Glorious Revolution created a type of government known as a limited monarchy, in
which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s powers. Additionally,
before they could rule, William and Mary had to accept several acts by Parliament
known as the English Bill of Rights.
2. The German Peasants’ Revolt of 1524 and the French Revolution
(Chapter 3, page 139)
3. Latin American Revolutions (Chapter 4, page 163)
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REVOLUTION (continued)
4. The Russian Revolution and the French Revolution (Chapter 11, page 383)
5. European Colonial Independence Between 1946 and 1970 and the American
Revolution (Chapter 16, page 575)
6. Recent Rebellions in Latin America and Earlier Revolutions
(Chapter 18, page 627)
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REVOLUTION (continued)
C. Sample Topics for Thematic Essays
Below are examples of thematic essay topics that might appear on a test. Prepare for the test
by outlining an essay for each topic on a separate sheet of paper. Use the Concept Connector
Handbooks at the end of your textbook, as well as chapter information, to outline your essays.
1. Describe how plebeians helped change the Roman republic and how their opposition to rulers helped create the Roman empire.
2. Describe the system of government in England during the early 1200s, when
rebellious barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta, and the effect on government in the following years.
3. Describe the causes of the Meiji Restoration, which swept the shogun from power
in 1868 in Japan.
4. Discuss the basic dispute between monarchs and Parliament in England in the
1600s and how it resulted in the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution.
5. Discuss the economic problems of the Third Estate before the French Revolution
and how these problems inspired people to revolt.
6. Discuss the causes and effects of the revolution and the civil war that put
Vladimir Lenin in power in Russia by 1921.
7. Contrast the tactics used by Mohandas Gandhi during the struggle for independence in India with tactics used by other revolutionary leaders before the start of
World War II.
8. Describe the social and economic conditions in South Africa during most of the
twentieth century and how other countries around the world helped bring about
change there.
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