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POLITICAL vs. NON-POLITICAL

POLITICAL – has to do with government or the way a people are ruled over REVOLUTIONS – change in government/rulers. POLITICAL vs. NON-POLITICAL. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. AFTER THE REVOLUTION. Louis XVI was king Abused his power High taxes on the poor (Third Estate)

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POLITICAL vs. NON-POLITICAL

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  1. POLITICAL – has to do with government or the way a people are ruled over • REVOLUTIONS – change in government/rulers POLITICAL vs. NON-POLITICAL

  2. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Louis XVI was king • Abused his power • High taxes on the poor (Third Estate) • Lavish lifestyle: lived in a palace, waged costly wars • No longer a monarchy, but a Republic • Napoleon assumes control & provides stability • Estates, or social classes, all get a say in the government FRENCH REVOLUTION

  3. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • French colony • Slave labor • Sugar cane colony • Slaves abused & mistreated • Toussaint L’Ouverture leads slave rebellion • Elected President • Haiti is a Republic • 1st successful revolt in Latin America HAITIAN REVOLUTION

  4. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Czar Nicholas II rules • Peasants dying in the millions in WWI • “Peace, land, bread” • Russia is a monarchy • V.I. Lenin & his Bolsheviks take power • 1st Communist country • Soviet Union drops out of WWI & Nicholas II is murdered RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

  5. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Jiang Jieshi (Nationalist Party) has power • Purges China of warlords & Communists • Mao Zedong establishes a Communist dictatorship • Won with the support of the peasants • Rules much like Stalin in the USSR CHINESE REVOLUTION

  6. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Diaz dictatorship • Military takeover overthrows Diaz • Fidel Castro comes to power • Communist dictator supported by Khruschev (USSR) • 90 miles from Florida • Bay of Pigs Invasion • Cuban Missile Crisis CUBAN REVOLUTION

  7. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Unpopular shah rules Iran • Supported by the West for not being Communist & supplying West with oil • Muslim theocracy • Ayatollah Khomeini • Anti-West & Anti-U.S. • American embassy workers held hostage for 444 days IRANIAN REVOLUTION

  8. NON-POLITICAL – change related to something other than government • Change in the way people live, their beliefs, their interaction with each other NON-POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS

  9. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Early man was nomadic • Hunted & gathered their food • Moved with the animals & the change in season • Made permanent settlements in river valleys • Farmed & tamed animals • Spent their time doing other things – religion, writing, etc. NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

  10. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Geocentric model of the universe • Information came from the Church & government • Heliocentric universe model • Galileo invents telescope • Age of Reason • Scientific method • Religion vs. Science SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  11. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Barter trade • Currency (coins) • Banks • Insurance • Guilds (early trade unions for master craftsmen) COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION

  12. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Most farmed • Rural lifestyle • Human & animal power • Cottage industry • Many moved to cities (urbanization) • Technology advanced • Water & wind power; steam engine • Factories: mass production • Imperialism needed for raw materials • Karl Marx & Communism INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

  13. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION AFTER THE REVOLUTION • Populations increasing • Mostly a problem in poor, developing nations • New strains of grains developed to produce more food • It worked, BUT costs money (fertilizers) & water. • Did not help all the poor countries that needed it most. GREEN REVOLUTION

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