Compare And Contrast Russian Revolution And American Revolution
October 4,2010 History 109 Essay Two
The American Revolution, French Revolution, and Russian Revolution are known as the three great revolutions in world civilization. There are many things that relate these three revolutions, as well as many things that make them very different than one another.
\ The American Revolution had started because of a dispute between the British and the Colonists. Since Britain was the mother country, everything the colonists made went back to Britain. Parliament started to tax the colonists on many items that were not taxed in the past. The colonists put up a fight that, if, parliament could make laws for the colonists then the colonists should have representation so their views are being looked at as well. …show more content…
Russia had lost a lot of territory to Germany and Austria. Generals and the higher class were not reliable in the military and were completely incompetent. There were food riots all over Russia and the troops refused to listen to their superiors. The March Revolution was one of the three revolutions that Russia had during this time period. The Tsar Nicholas the second removed himself from the throne. The Duma, or Parliament of Russia were ignored and held no power up until this point. They took over the government and called themselves the Provisional Government. The Provisional government was set up to make a Democratic constitution and have free elections. Alexander Kerensky was elected president. He believe that the only way to end the war was to have a victorious peaceful ending. The peasants which make up more then half of the population wanted the war to end whether it was victorious or not. They were sick of loosing their sons and stated that they refused to grow crops and make goods as long as the war was still going on. Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks, which had about 100,000 members out of the 160 million people in Russia. He went head to head against Kerensky over power and leadership of Russia. In October Lenin got his group together and convinced them to take control of the government. He eventually took over and created the Bolshevik Dictatorship, using military force. The differences of …show more content…
For example the American revolution was the first to have colonies be separated from the mother land and became states with a democracy and their own set of laws. The French Revolution was the first to over throw a monarchy, and the Russian Revolution was the first to have a communist revolution. In other words to over throw the Tzar for a communist
The American Revolution, French Revolution, and Russian Revolution are known as the three great revolutions in world civilization. There are many things that relate these three revolutions, as well as many things that make them very different than one another.
\ The American Revolution had started because of a dispute between the British and the Colonists. Since Britain was the mother country, everything the colonists made went back to Britain. Parliament started to tax the colonists on many items that were not taxed in the past. The colonists put up a fight that, if, parliament could make laws for the colonists then the colonists should have representation so their views are being looked at as well. …show more content…
Russia had lost a lot of territory to Germany and Austria. Generals and the higher class were not reliable in the military and were completely incompetent. There were food riots all over Russia and the troops refused to listen to their superiors. The March Revolution was one of the three revolutions that Russia had during this time period. The Tsar Nicholas the second removed himself from the throne. The Duma, or Parliament of Russia were ignored and held no power up until this point. They took over the government and called themselves the Provisional Government. The Provisional government was set up to make a Democratic constitution and have free elections. Alexander Kerensky was elected president. He believe that the only way to end the war was to have a victorious peaceful ending. The peasants which make up more then half of the population wanted the war to end whether it was victorious or not. They were sick of loosing their sons and stated that they refused to grow crops and make goods as long as the war was still going on. Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks, which had about 100,000 members out of the 160 million people in Russia. He went head to head against Kerensky over power and leadership of Russia. In October Lenin got his group together and convinced them to take control of the government. He eventually took over and created the Bolshevik Dictatorship, using military force. The differences of …show more content…
For example the American revolution was the first to have colonies be separated from the mother land and became states with a democracy and their own set of laws. The French Revolution was the first to over throw a monarchy, and the Russian Revolution was the first to have a communist revolution. In other words to over throw the Tzar for a communist