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<blockquote>''This article is about bourgeois revolutions against feudalism. For bourgeois-led revolutions against socialism, see [[counterrevolution]].''</blockquote>[[File:French revolution painting.png|thumb|Painting of the [[French Revolution]]]] | <blockquote>''This article is about bourgeois revolutions against feudalism or slavery. For bourgeois-led revolutions against socialism, see [[counterrevolution]].''</blockquote>[[File:French revolution painting.png|thumb|Painting of the [[French Revolution]]]] | ||
'''Bourgeois revolution''' is a social [[revolution]] that aims to destroy a [[Feudalism|feudal system]] and establish the rule of the [[bourgeoisie]] to create a [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois state]].<ref>Bourgeois Revolution. (n.d.) ''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition''. (1970-1979). Retrieved June 18 2022 from https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bourgeois+Revolution</ref> Some examples of bourgeois revolutions include the [[Statesian Revolution]], the [[French Revolution]], and the [[Russian revolution of 1905|Russian Revolution of 1905]]. | '''Bourgeois revolution''' is a social [[revolution]] that aims to destroy a [[Feudalism|feudal system]] and establish the rule of the [[bourgeoisie]] to create a [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois state]].<ref name=":0">Bourgeois Revolution. (n.d.) ''The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition''. (1970-1979). Retrieved June 18 2022 from https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bourgeois+Revolution</ref> Some examples of bourgeois revolutions include the [[Statesian Revolution]], the [[French Revolution]], and the [[Russian revolution of 1905|Russian Revolution of 1905]]. | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
* [[Dutch Revolt]] ( | * [[Kingdom of the Netherlands#Dutch Revolution|Dutch Revolt]] (1568–1609) | ||
* [[English Civil War]] ( | * [[English Civil War]] (1642–1652)<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Neil Davidson|newspaper=International Socialist Review|title=Bourgeois Revolution and the US Civil War|url=https://isreview.org/issue/83/bourgeois-revolution-and-us-civil-war/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227052127/https://isreview.org/issue/83/bourgeois-revolution-and-us-civil-war/index.html|archive-date=2021-12-27|retrieved=2025-09-08}}</ref> | ||
* [[Glorious Revolution]] (1688) | * [[Kingdom of England (927–1707)#Glorious Revolution|Glorious Revolution]] (1688) | ||
* [[Statesian Revolution]] (1775–1783) | * [[Statesian Revolution]] (1775–1783)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Web citation|author=James M. Vaughn|newspaper=The Platypus Affiliated Society|title=1776 in world history: The American Revolution as bourgeois revolution|date=2013-12-15|url=https://platypus1917.org/2013/12/15/1776-in-world-history/|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2025-0909-0415-50/https://platypus1917.org:443/2013/12/15/1776-in-world-history/|archive-date=2025-09-08|retrieved=2025-09-08|quote=The American and French revolutions were part of an ongoing process of bourgeois revolution inaugurated by the Dutch Revolt (c. 1568-1648) and deepened with the English Revolution of the mid-seventeenth century and the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689.}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> | ||
* [[French Revolution]] (1789–1815) | * [[French Revolution]] (1789–1815)<ref>{{Citation|author=Saumyendranath Tagore|year=1938|title=Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and India|title-url=https://www.rcpi-communist.in/p/bourgeois-democratic-revolution-and.html|quote=The French Revolution of 1789, which is the classical example of a bourgeois-democratic revolution, fully bears out the Leninist conception of the “unity of will” of the various classes in the bourgeois-democratic revolution and the “national” character of the bourgeois revolution.|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/tagore/1938/bourg-demo.htm}}</ref> | ||
* [[Haitian Revolution]] (1791–1804) | |||
* [[Batavian Revolution]] (1795) | |||
* [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|Irish Rebellion]] (1798)<ref>{{Web citation|author=Neil Faulkner|newspaper=Counterfire|title=A Marxist History of the World part 49: The French Revolution – Themidor, Directory and Napoleon|date=2011-10-24|url=https://www.counterfire.org/article/a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-49-the-french-revolution-themidor-directory-and-napoleon/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221122217/https://www.counterfire.org/article/a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-49-the-french-revolution-themidor-directory-and-napoleon/|archive-date=2023-12-21|retrieved=2025-09-08}}</ref> | |||
* [[Bolivian War of Independence]] (1809–1825) | |||
* [[Peruvian War of Independence]] (1809–1826) | |||
* [[Mexican War of Independence]] (1810–1821) | |||
* [[Argentine War of Independence]] (1810–1818) | |||
* [[Venezuelan War of Independence]] (1810–1823) | |||
* [[Chilean War of Independence]] (1810–1826) | |||
* [[Liberal Revolution of 1820|Portuguese Liberal Revolution]] (1820) | |||
* [[Three Liberal Years|Spanish Liberal Revolution]] (1820–1823) | |||
* [[Ecuadorian War of Independence]] (1820–1822) | |||
* [[Greek War of Independence|Greek Revolution]] (1821–1829) | |||
* [[Decembrist Revolt]] (1826) | |||
* [[Belgian Revolution]] (1830–1831) | |||
* [[July Revolution]] (1830) | * [[July Revolution]] (1830) | ||
* [[November Uprising]] (1830–1831, failed) | |||
* [[French Revolution of 1848|February Revolution]] (1848) | * [[French Revolution of 1848|February Revolution]] (1848) | ||
* [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Hungarian Revolution]] (1848) | * [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848|Hungarian Revolution]] (1848, failed) | ||
* [[Statesian Civil War]] (1861–1865) | * [[Poznań Uprising]] (1848, failed) | ||
* [[Reform War]] (1858–1861) | |||
* Union victory in the [[Statesian Civil War]] (1861–1865) | |||
* [[April Uprising]] (1866) | |||
* [[Fenian Rising]] (1867) | |||
* [[Meiji Restoration]] (1868) | * [[Meiji Restoration]] (1868) | ||
* [[Russian revolution of 1905|Russian Revolution]] (1905) | * [[Glorious Revolution (Spain)|Spanish Glorious Revolution]] (1868–1874) | ||
* [[Ten Years' War]] (1868–1878, failed) | |||
* [[Serbian Wars of Independence|Serbian Revolution]] (1876–1878) | |||
* [[Romanian War of Independence|Romanian Revolution]] (1877–1878) | |||
* [[Republican Revolution]] (1889) | |||
* [[Russian revolution of 1905|Russian Revolution]] (1905, failed) | |||
* [[Mexican Revolution]] (1910–1920) | * [[Mexican Revolution]] (1910–1920) | ||
* [[Xinhai Revolution]] (1911) | * [[Xinhai Revolution]] (1911)<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Academy of Chinese Studies|title=Sun Yat-sen and Xinhai Revolution|url=https://chiculture.org.hk/en/china-five-thousand-years/1914|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814124426/https://chiculture.org.hk/en/china-five-thousand-years/1914|archive-date=2024-08-14|retrieved=2025-09-08|quote=The Xinhai Revolution refers to the bourgeois-democratic revolution that took place in 1911 (the third year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing dynasty) which ended the Chinese autocratic monarchy of over two thousand years.}}</ref> | ||
* [[February Revolution]] (1917)<ref>{{Citation|year=1936|title=THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE U.S.S.R.|chapter=II. THE FEBRUARY BOURGEOIS-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/civilwar_ussr|section=1. Revolt in the Capital|quote=But it did not accomplish the fundamental purpose of the Bourgeois-democratic revolution, namely, the overthrow of the autocracy.|pdf=https://redstarpublishers.org/HistCivWarV1.pdf|mia=https://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/civilwar/history-civil-war/vol1/ch02-1.htm|volume=1}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:51, 8 September 2025
This article is about bourgeois revolutions against feudalism or slavery. For bourgeois-led revolutions against socialism, see counterrevolution.
Bourgeois revolution is a social revolution that aims to destroy a feudal system and establish the rule of the bourgeoisie to create a bourgeois state.[1] Some examples of bourgeois revolutions include the Statesian Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Dutch Revolt (1568–1609)
- English Civil War (1642–1652)[2]
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- Statesian Revolution (1775–1783)[1][3][2]
- French Revolution (1789–1815)[4]
- Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)
- Batavian Revolution (1795)
- Irish Rebellion (1798)[5]
- Bolivian War of Independence (1809–1825)
- Peruvian War of Independence (1809–1826)
- Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821)
- Argentine War of Independence (1810–1818)
- Venezuelan War of Independence (1810–1823)
- Chilean War of Independence (1810–1826)
- Portuguese Liberal Revolution (1820)
- Spanish Liberal Revolution (1820–1823)
- Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820–1822)
- Greek Revolution (1821–1829)
- Decembrist Revolt (1826)
- Belgian Revolution (1830–1831)
- July Revolution (1830)
- November Uprising (1830–1831, failed)
- February Revolution (1848)
- Hungarian Revolution (1848, failed)
- Poznań Uprising (1848, failed)
- Reform War (1858–1861)
- Union victory in the Statesian Civil War (1861–1865)
- April Uprising (1866)
- Fenian Rising (1867)
- Meiji Restoration (1868)
- Spanish Glorious Revolution (1868–1874)
- Ten Years' War (1868–1878, failed)
- Serbian Revolution (1876–1878)
- Romanian Revolution (1877–1878)
- Republican Revolution (1889)
- Russian Revolution (1905, failed)
- Mexican Revolution (1910–1920)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)[6]
- February Revolution (1917)[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bourgeois Revolution. (n.d.) The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. (1970-1979). Retrieved June 18 2022 from https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bourgeois+Revolution
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neil Davidson. "Bourgeois Revolution and the US Civil War" International Socialist Review. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ↑ “The American and French revolutions were part of an ongoing process of bourgeois revolution inaugurated by the Dutch Revolt (c. 1568-1648) and deepened with the English Revolution of the mid-seventeenth century and the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689.”
James M. Vaughn (2013-12-15). "1776 in world history: The American Revolution as bourgeois revolution" The Platypus Affiliated Society. Archived from the original on 2025-09-08. Retrieved 2025-09-08. - ↑ “The French Revolution of 1789, which is the classical example of a bourgeois-democratic revolution, fully bears out the Leninist conception of the “unity of will” of the various classes in the bourgeois-democratic revolution and the “national” character of the bourgeois revolution.”
Saumyendranath Tagore (1938). Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and India. [MIA] - ↑ Neil Faulkner (2011-10-24). "A Marxist History of the World part 49: The French Revolution – Themidor, Directory and Napoleon" Counterfire. Archived from the original on 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
- ↑ “The Xinhai Revolution refers to the bourgeois-democratic revolution that took place in 1911 (the third year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing dynasty) which ended the Chinese autocratic monarchy of over two thousand years.”
"Sun Yat-sen and Xinhai Revolution". Academy of Chinese Studies. Archived from the original on 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2025-09-08. - ↑ “But it did not accomplish the fundamental purpose of the Bourgeois-democratic revolution, namely, the overthrow of the autocracy.”
THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE U.S.S.R., vol. 1: 'II. THE FEBRUARY BOURGEOIS-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION; 1. Revolt in the Capital' (1936). [PDF] [MIA]