Revolution,reaction,reform, in history

RevolutionReactionReform in History

Revolution: a sudden or momentous Change in a situation
“rev” up learn, experience, realize, Aha!
Rev-erberatecollision of ideas or beliefs
Re-volt refuse to sit in the back
Re-verse abolish
Re-volvecreate a new
Re-volutionizeeffect a radical change

Reaction/Response to a book, spread of an idea, new theory
Quick, “knee-jerk” /agree or disagree
Slow realization/accumulate opinions
Reply, answer/apologize, refuse, support, deny

Civil Disobedience

Disagree with a law

Speak-up

People stand together

Non-violent Reaction

United through humor

Stowe reacts: The death from cholera of her young son Charley caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to empathize with slave mothers whose children were so often torn from them, and so it planted the seed for a book.

Best selling book of the 19th Century
Second only to the Bible
Changed public opinion
Convinced people to abolish slavery
Lead to the outbreak of the Civil War
Created characters still talked about today

In one heroic scene, Eliza makes a daring dash across the frozen Ohio River to prevent the sale of her son by slave traders.

Reform/Alter
Improve/Correct an error
Repair/Fix problem or injustice
Remove/Delete or overcome obstacles
Reconfigure /Incorporate fairness
Renew/Learn a new method

American Revolution

Person

Tea or taxes?

Singing Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Agricultural Revolution

Protestant Revolution

The Glorious Revolution of 1688

Scientific Revolution

Cultural Revolution

Questions
When is a revolution over?
How did society change ?
Was society better ?
Was there progress ?
Did anyone suffer ?
Were the results more positive or negative ?

French Revolution

Ideas
Human beings are basically good by nature, but were corrupted by the complex historical events that resulted in present day civil society. Rousseau
Prejudices are what fools use for reason. Voltaire
A long dispute means both parties are wrong.Voltaire

Reaction

Beatles Revolution

Reaction

Response

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by Jennifer Hunt on Sep 06, 2011

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