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The Bolshevik Revolution

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Goals: Overthrow of the Provisional Government, establishment of a socialist state. Key Figures: Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin. Outcomes: Establishment of the Soviet Union.

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The American Revolution

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Goals: Independence from British rule, establishment of own government. Key Figures: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin. Outcomes: Successful establishment of the United States of America.

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The Cuban Revolution

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Goals: Overthrow of the Batista regime, establishment of a socialist state. Key Figures: Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Raúl Castro. Outcomes: Fidel Castro came to power and establishment of a communist government in Cuba.

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The Velvet Revolution

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Goals: End of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, free elections. Key Figures: Václav Havel, Alexander Dubček, Karel Urbánek. Outcomes: Peaceful transition from communism to a parliamentary republic.

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The French Revolution

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Goals: Overthrow of the monarchy, establishment of a republic, equality among citizens. Key Figures: Maximilien Robespierre, Louis XVI, Napoleon Bonaparte. Outcomes: The abolition of the monarchy and establishment of the French First Republic.

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The Iranian Revolution

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Goals: Overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty, establishment of an Islamic republic. Key Figures: Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Abolhassan Banisadr. Outcomes: Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The Ethiopian Revolution

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Goals: Overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie, socioeconomic reforms. Key Figures: Mengistu Haile Mariam, Haile Selassie, Aman Andom. Outcomes: Establishment of a Marxist-Leninist government under the Derg.

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The Haitian Revolution

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Goals: Abolition of slavery, independence from France. Key Figures: Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Henri Christophe. Outcomes: Establishment of the first black republic and the second independent country in the Americas.

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The Mexican Revolution

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Goals: Removal of dictatorship, land reforms, worker rights. Key Figures: Francisco Madero, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata. Outcomes: Mexican Constitution of 1917, social reforms.

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The German Peasants' War

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Goals: End of serfdom and feudal oppression, economic and social rights. Key Figures: Thomas Müntzer, Florian Geyer, Martin Luther. Outcomes: Brutal suppression of the movement, but eventual slow reforms towards peasant rights.

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The Meiji Restoration

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Goals: Modernizing and centralizing Japan, overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate. Key Figures: Emperor Meiji, Okubo Toshimichi, Saigō Takamori. Outcomes: Rapid modernization and industrialization of Japan.

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The Chinese Revolution

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Goals: End of the dynastic system, establishment of a republic. Key Figures: Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong. Outcomes: Founding of the People's Republic of China.

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The Glorious Revolution

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Goals: Overthrow of King James II, establishment of constitutional monarchy. Key Figures: William of Orange, Mary II, James II. Outcomes: Bill of Rights 1689, foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England.

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The Philippine Revolution

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Goals: Independence from Spanish rule, equality for Filipinos. Key Figures: Andrés Bonifacio, Emilio Aguinaldo, José Rizal. Outcomes: Short-lived declaration of independence followed by the Philippine–American War.

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The Algerian War of Independence

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Goals: Independence from French colonial rule. Key Figures: Ahmed Ben Bella, Georges Bidault, Charles de Gaulle. Outcomes: Algerian independence and end of French colonialism in Africa.

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