Welcome to Revolutions.

In 1625 Charles Stuart became king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His relationship with Parliament immediately got off on the wrong foot.

In the 1630s, King Charles ruled without Parliament. His financial policies and religious innovations annoyed many of his subjects.

The Scots revolted after Charles tried to impose the Book of Common Prayer, forcing the King to recall Parliament.

The Long Parliament convened in November 1640. Tensions ran high as Parliamentary leaders tried to assert control over the State.

A brief description of the soldiers who fought in the English Civil Wars.

After negotiations with Parliament broke down, King Charles raised his standard in August, 1642. The opening campaigns of the First Civil War tilted in the Royalists favor.

In late 1643, Parliament sealed a military alliance with the Scots. Their combined force defeated the Royalists at Marston Moor.

After years of muddling along, Parliament created a more professional army. They finally defeated King Charles at Nasbay in June 1645.

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After the Battle of Naseby ended the King's chances for military victory, he became the frustrating center of post-war negotiations.

As the New Model Army debated the merits of constitutional democracy, King Charles was scheming to put himself back on the throne.

After Pride's Purge, Charles I was executed by the Rump Parliament on January 30, 1649. Then Cromwell invaded Ireland.

Charles II raised an army of Scots to help him claim the throne, but they were defeated by Oliver Cromwell at Dunbar and Worcester.

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In 1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament and then Barebone's Parliament dissolved itself. The Commonwealth was not getting off to a great start.

The Instrument of Government was the first written constituion in English history.

The dissolution of the First Protectorate Parliament led to the brief and unpopular Rule of the Major Generals. When the Second Protectorate Parliament was finally called they tried to make Oliver Cromwell king.

After the Puritans came to power they tried to abolish Christmas. Seriously.

Oliver Cromwell died on September 3, 1658. His son and heir Richard was iunable to hold the Protectorate together.

After serving in Parliament and the courts of both Charles I and Charles II, Edward Hyde wrote a massively influential history of the English Civil Wars.

The English Monarchy was restored in 1660.

A brief tour of the Thirteen Colonies.

After the French and Indian War, the British Ministry started levying new taxes on the colonies. The colonists were not amused.

After the failure of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed a new series of taxes known as the Townshend Acts. The colonists were not amused.

The Boston Tea Party led Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts in 1774. The colonists were really super not amused.

After the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, war between Britain and the colonies broke out. George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief and laid siege to Boston.

The American colonies declared independence in July 1776. Then their armies got chased around New York.

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With the revolution on the line, George Washginton led his army to victory at Trenton. Unfortunately he would be unable to stop the British from taking Philadelphia in 1777.

Gentleman Johnny's Party Train ran into some trouble in 1777.

After Saratoga the French joined the war, the British changed strategies and Washington's army spent a miserable winter at Valley Forge.

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Despite the thrashing he gave Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden, Lord Cornwallis found the Carolinas slipping out of his grasp.

Lord Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown in October 1781. His surrender ended the American War of Independence.

As the newly independent United States trasitioned from war to peace, it was tripped up by the ineffective Articles of Confederation.

Between the end of the War of Independence and the Constitutional Convention the new United States was plagued by problems. The Articles of Confederation were not up to solving them.

The ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights marks the end of the Revolutionary Era.

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The population of pre-Revolutionary France was divided into Three Estates: the Church, the Nobility and Everyone Else.

The Ancien Regime was a mess in desperate need of reform.

As power passed from Louis XV to Louis XVI, royal ministers attempted to implement reforms, but were thewarted at every turn.

Just as the financial situation was about to explode the monarchy was hit by a public relations nightmare.

King Louis called the Assembly of Notables in early 1787 to approve a major fincancial reform package. But intead of rubber stamping the initiatives, the Notables scrutinized every detail.

Round and round and round it goes...

The king's attempt to break the Parments in the summer of 1788 was was met by widespread resistence.

The debate over the coming Estates General awakened the political consciousness of the Third Estate. Also the weather was rotten.

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On July 14, 1789 a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille.

After a wave of chaos spread across France, the National Assembly abolished feudalism on the night of Aug. 4, 1789.

After the Night of August 4th, the National Assembly divided into new political factions.

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After the move to Paris, radical delegates from the National Assembly formed a new political club to help push their agenda.

In the leadup to the great Fête de la Fédération, the Marquis de Lafayette and a group of liberal nobles began to direct the course of the Revolution.

After the Feast of the Federation, Revolutionary France was outwardly calm, but internally divided.

In June 1791 the royal family tried to escape from Paris, but they were busted while passing through Verennes. Sponsor link:

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After the Flight to Varennes, populist agistators in Paris called for an end to the monarchy, leading to a bloody confrontation in July 1791. Coming Dec 14:

As the National Assembly drew to a close, the Triumvirate rose to power.

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The new Legislative Assembly convened in October 1791 and quickly put France on the path to war. Fundraiser Store:

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On Aug 10, 1792 the radical sections of Paris overthrew the monarchy. Store: Sponsor:

With the Allied armies approaching Paris, the sans-culottes broke into all the prisoners and slaughtered the inmates.

The National Convention voted unanimously to abolish the monarchy on Sept 21, 1792. Then they proceeded to go at each others throats. Sponsor:

King Louis XVI was put on trial by the National Convention and executed Jan 21, 1793.

After the Battle of Valmy the French armies advanced on all fronts.

In the spring of 1793 revolts against Paris started erupting all over France. Sponsor:

On May 31-June 2, 1793 Paris once again rose in armed insurrection against the national government.

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In the summer of 1793 the Revolutionaries in Paris were besieged from all sides.

In the summer of 1793 a re-organized Committee of Public Safety began to consolidate power.

In the fall of 1793, the French Republic started to gain traction against its enemies. Setting up the stage for the Reign of Terror. sponsor:

In October 1793 the Reign of Terror got started with the executions of Marie Antoinette and the Girondins.

In Oct 1793 the French Revolution took a stab at reforming time itself.

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At the end of 1793, the Committee of Public Safety completed it's consolidation of power.

In the spring of 1794. the Revolution devoured a few of her most beloved children. sponsor link:

If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, amid revolution it is at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is impotent.

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The events of 9 Thermidor II brought Act I of the French Revolution to a gruesome end.

After the events of 9 Thermidor, the Revolution began to swing back to the right.

The terrible winter of 1794-95 helped France push back all her enemies. Also...Poland!

That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention.

When the Thermidorean Convention introduced the Constitution of Year III, the political Right went a little nuts.

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Bonaparte almost gets beat! But then he doesn't. Also don't invade Ireland in December. sponsor link: http://lynda.com/revolutions.

After taking a drubbing in the elections Year V, the Directory decided to just annul the results.

After Fructidor the Directory cracked down on the conservatives. They also created more sister republicans to systematically loot. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions

The Directory manipulated the elections of Year VI to block left-wing candidates. Meanwhile Talleyrand provoked the Americans into war and Bonaparte sailed for Egypt.

In July 1798 Bonaparte and his healthy, hopeful army arrived in Egypt. In August 1799 Bonaparte ditched his now demoralized, plague-ridden army and sailed for home.

While Bonaparte was off trying to conquer Egypt, the rest of Europe mobilized against France.

When the War of the Second Coalition got off to a terrible start for the French, the Triumvirate that had been running the Directory since 1797 was overthrown. Hey look I'm on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikeduncan

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After coming to power in 1799, First Consul Bonaparte achieved many of the Revolution's dreams and healed many of its open wounds. So he declared himself Emperor in 1804.

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One last look back at the pile of severed heads.

The French colony of Saint-Domingue was the single most lucrative colony in the New World.

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen sure seemed to imply that men were born free and equal in rights. In fact, it explicitly said so.

First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted.

With slave revolts and civil war erupting in Saint-Domingue, the Legislative Assembly abolished all racial distinctions on April 4, 1792.

The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.

Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed.

In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further.

From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.

By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back.

In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.

Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.

From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue.

In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.

With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.

In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery.

The new nation of Haiti was born on New Years Day 1804.

Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.

After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French.

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After Columbus "discovered" America the Spanish built up an empire upon which the sun never set.

After the Bourbons came to power they reformed the Spanish Empire and along the way created the Viceroyalty of New Granada.

After the Seven Years War the Spanish American Empire was hit with an array of revolts. Also six degrees of Francisco de Miranda.

Enter Bolívar.

1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying.

In May 1808 Napoleon deposed the Spanish Monarchy.

Further unrest plagued Spanish America in 1809 as the situation deteriorated back in Spain.

in 1810 Simón Bolívar brought Francisco de Miranda home.

Things did not go well for the First Venezuelan Republic.

Simón Bolívar left Venezuela in 1812. He came back in 1813.

In 1814 Simón Bolívar met the Legions of Hell. It wasn't pretty.

The restoration of King Ferdinand VII spelled big trouble for Spanish American Independence.

Enter José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.

With an assist from the Republic of Haiti, Simon Bolivar launched a new expedition to Venezuela in 1816.

In January 1818 Simón Bolívar met José Antonio Páez. The War of Venezuelan Independence would never be the same.

In July 1819 Bolívar led a legendary march into the mountains to liberate New Granada once and for all.

In 1820 a mutiny in Cádiz changed the course of Spanish American history. .

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José de San Martín gets zonked on opium and marches through the Andes.

Lord Thomas Cochrane turned out to be the key to Peru.

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In 1822, Antonio Jose Sucre and Simon Bolivar liberated Quito and made Gran Colombia whole. Sponsor Link:

Simòn Bolívar and Jose de San Martin met for the first and only time in July 1822

Wherein Gen. Sucre wins a very Bolivarian battle.

In 1825 Upper Peru became the independent nation of Bolivia.

At the end of 1826 Simon Bolivar returned to Colombia to deal with the revolt of Jose Antonio Paez.

On Sept 25, 1828 Simón Bolívar went out the window.

In 1830, both Simon Bolivar and Gran Colombia died.

After the fall of Napoleon, the Bourbon monarchy was restored.

After ascending to the throne in 1824 Charles X wanted to impose his ultra-royalism on France, but his annoying subjects kept resisting.

In early 1830 King Charles X tried to beat back the liberal opposition. Instead they came back stronger than ever.

On Monday July 26, 1830 the Four Ordinances were published. On Tuesday July 27 the July Revolution began.

On Wed July 28, 1830 the people of Paris proved that piles of rubble were the key to urban revolution.

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King Charles X should have never signed the Four Ordinances. You know. In hindsight.

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In 1830, the Belgians said we don't want to be a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands anymore.

After the fall of Napoleon, Austrian Foreign Minister Metternich attempted to orchestrate a new conservative order in Europe. Sponsor: Bombfell.com/revolutions.

In 1820 the Good Cousins staged a revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

In June 1832 a bunch of radical republicans spontaneously broke out in song.

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On March 13, 1848, Metternich fell. We did it!

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The fall of the July Monarchy set off a chain reaction throughout Germany that climaxed with intense fighting in Berlin.

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The Austrian Imperial Ministry had a habit of cracking down, but then backing down.

In April 1848, the Hungarians won the right to national self-government. But what about the other nations of the Kingdom of Hungary?

On March 23, 1848 the Kingdom of Piedmont declared war on Austria.

In the summer of 1848, the forces of counter-revolution began to get the upper hand in central Europe.

The Frankfurt Parliament is the symbol of the liberal German Revolution of 1848. That's not a compliment.

After the Emperor declared war on Hungary, Vienna launched an uprising in October 1848.

In November 1848, the Pope took flight.

In Dec 1848, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was elected president of France.

In Dec 1848, the Austrian Empire got a new Emperor.

Wherein the King of Prussia is offered a dog's collar.

As the walls close in on the Revolutions of 1848, the final loose ends will be ground up by millstones, but still stamp the future with fertile soil to grow new liberty trees.

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Napoleon III hoped a war with Prussia would save his Empire. Instead it destroyed his Empire. Remember: Hardball Times Article: This Week In Baseball History:

In September 1870, everyone in Paris prepared for a siege. Some of them also prepared for revolution. Remember:

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On March 18, 1871 the government of Adolphe Thiers attempted to seize control of the National Guard's cannons. It didn't go well. Fundraiser!

The Paris Commune was formally inaugurated on March 28, 1871. Unfortunately no one could agree on what that meant.

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In 1810, Father Hidalgo let forth the Cry of Dolores.

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Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico for so long they named a whole section of Mexican history after him. Sponsor:

Just as Mexico was being kicked around by an economic crisis, Porfirio Diaz dropped a political bombshell. Sponsor:

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In the summer of 1911, Francisco Madero was not quite President. And that was a bit of a problem. sponsor:

After being elected President of Mexico, Francisco Madero enjoyed no peace.

After becoming President, Madero decided to alienate his old friends.

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Was Pancho Villa an Avenging Angel, Robin Hood, or King of the Bandits? Yes.

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In the summer of 1914, the armies of Obregón, Villa, and Zapata drove Huerta into exile.

In October 1914 the Aguascalientes Convention met to decide the future of Mexico. Sponsor:

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In November, 1915 Pancho Villa declared death to the gringos. Sponsor link:

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In 1864, a group of working men formed an international association called The International Working Men's Association.

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According to Lenin, Karl Marx was, "the genius who continued and consummated the three main ideological currents of the 19th century, as represented by the three most advanced countries of mankind: classical German philosophy, classical English...

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Wherein we revisit the Paris Commune.

In 1872, the First International fractured into rival camps led by Marx and Bakunin.

Two Romes have fallen. The third stands. And there will be no fourth. No one shall replace your Christian Tsardom!

Peter the Great and Catherine the Great made the Russian Empire great.

This week, it's nothing less than The Divine Savior vs. The Antichrist

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In the 1890s Russia expanded its influence in the far east, which put them on a collision course with Japan. Sponsor:

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Is the end nigh? Not really. But it will be soon!

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When you have a majority, flaunt it.

When you can't decide whether to cultivate the revolutionary potential of the peasants or assassinate government officials, the SRs say: why not both?

What happens when you think victory will be easy, defeat will be catastrophic...and then you start to lose?

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The Days of Freedom could be numbered in days.

Maybe if Nicholas hadn't been so set on rejecting the verdict of 1905, there wouldn't be a Part II to look forward to.

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After re-writing election laws to ensure a Duma he could work with, Prime Minister Stolypin finally had a Duma he could work with. Sponsor: .

Stolypin's reforms died. Then Stolypin died.

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War will cause another revolution? No! War will prevent another revolution. Sponsor:

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When it started, everyone thought it was gonna be a regular war. But it turned out to be a *great* war. Sponsor:

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When you come at the king, best not miss.

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We made it.

The Bolsheviks caught the car. Now they had to figure out what to do with it.

Can anyone guess which one Lenin and the Bolsheviks will choose?

Dance dance revolution.

What's better than war and peace? Neither war nor peace!

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Time to play the wild card.