In the most general sense it is the replacement of a pre-capitalist regime of some sort followed by a social transformation – legal forms and so on – which clears the ground for the development of capitalism. In the most general possible sense it clears the ground for industrialisation and the creation of a modem type of economy of one sort or another.
From: http://www.marxists.org/archive/hallas/works/1988/01/bourgrev.htm
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The United States were under the British laws; the first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. In 1773 Parliament's enacted the Tea tax, colonists in Massachusetts organized the "Boston Tea Party," which saw British tea valued at some £18,000 dumped into Boston Harbor. Parliament, outraged by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists, in 1774. Did you know that this events and many other factors caused the Independence of America?
For a better explanation go to Khan Academy website and watch the interactive video of the American Revolution with John Green.
For a better explanation go to Khan Academy website and watch the interactive video of the American Revolution with John Green.
FRENCH REVOLUTION
Up until 1789 France was an Absolutist state ruled by a king who claimed that his total power to rule had been granted him by god. All the top posts in the army, the government, the civil service, the church and the judiciary were reserved for the members of a hereditary nobility. Click here and you will find out how did the third state, composed by peasants and common people could fight for their rights in order to be heard.
From: http://www.worldsocialism.org
From: http://www.worldsocialism.org
This video summarizes and explains the French Revolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTvKwCylFY