Revolutions and uprisings that overturned or forced the rewriting of an established constitutional order, including the Glorious Revolution in England, the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Arab Spring. A movement belongs here when its cited source describes a popular or elite challenge to the existing order of government. The group sits under the Revolutions and Popular Uprisings subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the country and period of each uprising. Each member is placed on the strength of the page it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
All Uprisings That Reshaped a Constitutional Order
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Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State: Diplomacy and the American Revolution, 1776-1783
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which ended the War of the American Revolution, Great Britain officially acknowledged the United States as a sovereign and independent nation
Russian Revolution (Wikipedia)
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This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government
French Revolution (Wikipedia)
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the monarchy was replaced by the French First Republic in September
Glorious Revolution (Wikipedia)
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The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688.
Persian Constitutional Revolution (Wikipedia)
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The Persian Constitutional Revolution (Persian: مشروطیت, romanized: Mašrutiat, or انقلاب مشروطه Enqelâb-e Mašrute), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911 during the Qajar era.
Arab Spring (Wikipedia)
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The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي, romanized: ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) was a series of pro-democracy anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.
Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State: The Chinese Revolution of 1911
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In October of 1911, a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system.
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