Key Revolution Words and Concepts (G10 Social Studies)

1. A sudden and seismic shift from one form of government to another

• State crises
• Mass frustration
• The Enlightenment
• Revolution

2. People with wealth, power, or an education who are willing to challenge the existing adminisitration

• Mass frustration
• Shared motivation
• Dissident elites
• The Enlightenment

3. Example from history of dissident elites

• Ruled by Spain and Portugal at the time, colonists from multiple Latin American classes and ethnicities were inspired by the Enlightenment in the early 19th century
• Colonial elites like Thomas Jefferson fuelled the American revolution against the British by contributing their resources toward reform
• Economic difficulties and social inequalities contributed to French society removing their monarchy and replacing it with a republic
• The Enlightenment

4. When a large percentage of a population feels grave discontent with their political, economic, and social institutions, they may revolt

• Mass frustration
• Dissident elites
• Shared motivation
• State crises

5. Example from history of mass frustration

• Economic difficulties and social inequalities contributed to French society removing their monarchy and replacing it with a republic
• Colonial elites like Thomas Jefferson fuelled the American revolution against the British by contributing their resources toward reform
• The Enlightenment

6. They unify a large enough number of people from multiple classes and groups to rebel

• Dissident elites
• Shared motivation
• The Enlightenment

7. Example from history of shared motivation

• Colonial elites like Thomas Jefferson fuelled the American revolution against the British by contributing their resources toward reform
• Ruled by Spain and Portugal at the time, colonists from multiple Latin American classes and ethnicities were inspired by the Enlightenment in the early 19th century

8. The intellectual movement challenged tradition, including traditional forms of governance, and ended up playing a role in the fight for colonists' independence in Latin America

• Revolution
• Shared motivation
• State crises
• The Enlightenment

9. An administration's failure to meet the needs of its people make it vulnerable to insurgency and motivate revolutions

• State crises
• The Enlightenment
• Revolution
• Dissident elites

10. Virtually all revolutions experience severe state crises, shared motivations, mass frustrations, and a dissident elite

• Four characteristics of state crises
• Four characteristics of revolutions
• Four characteristics of The Enlightenment