Anatomy Of Revolution By Crane Brinton

In Crane Brintons's book , Anatomy of Revolution, Brinton compares revolution to a fever. He says, “revolution is not a good thing”. When and if it occurs, its like an illness or something to be avoided. However, he goes on to say that fever, and Revolution , in itself is a good thing....for those who survive it. The revolution destroys wicked people and harmful and useless institutions. A revolution is defined as “a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system”. There are many factors and conditions present that push people to revolt. The most common condition and factor in many revolutions is that people from all social classes become dissatisfied. People feel held back by restrictions the government
By 1787, the government was bankrupt. They had spent huge amounts of money fighting in the Seven Years War and the American Revolution. In addition France depended on agriculture and farming. In the late 1700's they had some heavy rains and hard winters that led to three really bad harvests. This meant the peasants (who paid the majority of the taxes) had smaller incomes and many became unemployed. Many people were starving and could not find food or work. While they starved the King and the nobility continued to live their lives of
This major event is known as Bloody Sunday. A large number of workers were marching to the Tsar's palace in order to present a petition for better working conditions. The Imperial guards at the Tsar's Palace opened fire and killed hundreds of the peaceful protesters. This brutal action caused more rioting and added fuel to the fire of revolution. Worried he might be toppled he approved the creation of the Duma, (a legislative assembly). He also agreed to a constitution that limited his monarchy. It looked like had had weathered the storm of revolt, but then came World War I and the loss of 250,000 soldiers. Russia was at war with Germany. A huge Russian army was formed by forcing the working class and peasant men to join. The soldiers were not equipped or trained to fight. In addition to the huge casualties, food supplies ran short and prices rose by 150%. People became dissatisfied as the war dragged out, and they felt it wasn't worth the cost and human suffering. Once again, the leadership of the Tsar came into question by the