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Vive Le Revolution!

Vive Le Revolution!. What Do You Need to Have a Revolution?. The Five A’s Necessary For A Revolution To Occur. At least two opposing sides Access to weapons Aims expressed in a slogan Accomplished leaders Ailments present socially, economically, and politically.

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Vive Le Revolution!

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  1. Vive Le Revolution! What Do You Need to Have a Revolution?

  2. The Five A’s Necessary For A Revolution To Occur • At least two opposing sides • Access to weapons • Aims expressed in a slogan • Accomplished leaders • Ailments present socially, economically, and politically

  3. What goes into a Revolution? • Conditions (Ailments) 1-Political 2-Social 3-Economic

  4. Aims (Goals or Philosophy) Must be clearly defined or made into a slogan.

  5. Leaders (Accomplished Leaders) *They need to be convince people to rise up against the current leadership. *People need a framework for a new government. *Too much opposition is not good.

  6. Stages of the Revolution1-Incubation Stage *The intellectuals desert the existing system *There is sharp criticism of the authorities *Faith in the system is lost *The ruling class becomes more incompetent

  7. Stages Cont. At least one class is on the rise economically. *The class begins to demand participation in government. *The upper class locks them out, and the ranks of aristocracy close.  *Class distinctions become more hardened.

  8. Stages Cont. Government suffers serious financial and economic problems.

  9. 2. Moderate Stage *Moderates rise to prominence and challenge existing authority. *As authority is challenged, some acts of violence occur. *Government fails to use force effectively. * Moderates win the day and get power. Honeymoon period where the revolution seems to be over.

  10. Moderate stage continued *Pressure from extremists grows. *Moderates are overthrown.

  11. 3.Crisis/Radical Stage *Reign of terror and executions *Use of secret police *Foreign threat to revolution *Class struggle *Economic crisis

  12. 4.Recovery Stage *Things revert back to normal (reign of terror over) *Government resorts to pre-revolution form of government. *Peace is made with neighboring countries

  13. The End Result There are two possibilities at this point… #1 Stability returns because of reform #2 Revolution begins again.

  14. For a Revolution to be Successful • The aims need to be defined and propagandized (Some sort of slogan) • The leaders must have a social and educational background that allows them to hold the government together. • They must be able to produce a framework and a coalition for a new government.

  15. … • The degree of the opposition can’t be too great, or too strong. • The problems present for the revolution to occur must be resolved.

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