... ), we have several examples throughout history to refer to. Many are familiar with our own American Revolution, but several other countries have had them as well. These include the Philippine Revolution, the Hungarian Revolution, and the Russian Revolution of 1917, to mention a few. A revolution, according to Webster's Dictionary, is "...an abrupt overthrow of a government...". This shall be the definition that we shall use for our purposes. Following is a look ... at the causes and effects of revolution, particularly our very own. Revolutions, as they pertain to the overthrow of a gover...

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... U.S. attack on these groups. Another event that occurred during World War I, and continued in the immediate years following the war, was the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the successful formation of a Communist or Socialist state in Russia. The creation of the Soviet Union and its communist government led to a fear in the U.S. that communism could spread in America and the U.S. government would be overthrown just as ... the Russian government and its Tsar (the Russian King) had been replaced (Tsar Nicholas II was eventually murdered by the Communists along with his entire family). Anot...

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