Similarities Between Iran Revolution And American Revolution

Both the French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the Iranian Revolution were times of Jurassic social, economic, and political changes. The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period of social and political upheaval in France where the French government was radically changed by the new republic form of government. The American Revolution (1765-1783) was a period of political upheaval in which the thirteen American colonies broke away from the authority of Great Britain, and established the United States of America. The Iranian Revolution (1978-1979) was an event in which the citizens of Iran wanted to overthrow the monarchy (Pahlavi dynasty) and replace it with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the new revolution. All of these revolutionary events have made huge impacts on our society, and republic forms of government today. The American Revolution was the period of political upheaval in which the thirteen American colonies rejected Britain’s constitutional monarchy, and broke away from the authority of Great
The Iranian Revolution (1978-1979) was an event in which the citizens of Iran wanted to overthrow the monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Pahlavi dynasty) and replace it with an Islamic republic under the leader of the new revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini. The riots and strikes against Shah began in January 1978, up until mid-January of 1979 when Shah left Iran for exile. Ayatollah Khomeini was allowed back into Iran, and he greeted the millions of people in Tehran. On April 1st, 1979, Iran voted, to become an Islamic Republic and approved a new theocratic constitution that appointed Khomeini as the Supreme Leader of Iran in December 1979. This event is similar to the French, and American Revolutions, because all of these events started because the citizens of the country wanted to break away from the