Examples of revolutionary in the following topics:
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- Revolutionary French art was dominated by neoclassicism, as opposed to Rococo influences.
- Revolutionary French art was dominated by neoclassicism, as opposed to Rococo influences.
- The Greek and Roman subject matters were also often chosen to promote the values of French republicanism during the revolutionary period.
- David's painting of the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, for instance, depicts the revolutionary leader as a republican martyr .
- David's The Death of Marat uses neoclassical elements (such as the emphasized profile), to depict Marat as a revolutionary republican martyr.
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- The revolution began in July 1953, and finally ousted Batista on January 1, 1959, replacing his regime with Castro's revolutionary government.
- In June of 1955, Fidel met and joined forces with the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
- The revolutionaries named themselves the "26th of July Movement", in reference to the date of their attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953.
- Yet, nearly every time the Cuban military fought against the revolutionaries, the army was forced to retreat.
- Most of those convicted in revolutionary tribunals of political crimes were executed by firing squad, and the rest received long prison sentences.
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- France
was also instrumental in securing Spain’s involvement in the Revolutionary War.
- In June 1779, Spain launched the unsuccessful Great
Siege of Gibraltar, the first and longest Spanish action in the Revolutionary
War, which lasted until February 1783.
- Under
François-Joseph
Paul, Marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse, the French defeated a British fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781, ensuring the success of allied ground forces in the Siege of Yorktown, the last major land battle of the Revolutionary War.
- The Battle of Ushant was the first naval engagement between Britain and France in the Revolutionary War.
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- African American slaves and freedmen fought on both sides of the Revolutionary War; many were promised their freedom in exchange for service.
- African Americans—slave and free—served on both sides during the Revolutionary War.
- Lord
Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation offering freedom to
all slaves who would fight for the British during the Revolutionary War.
- At least 5,000 black
soldiers fought for the Revolutionary cause.
- Describe the various effects the Revolutionary War had on African American slaves
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- The Articles allowed the Continental Congress to direct the American Revolutionary War and conduct domestic and international diplomacy.
- Even when not yet ratified, the Articles provided domestic and international legitimacy for the Continental Congress to direct the American Revolutionary War, conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and Indian relations.
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- Spain covertly supported the thirteen Colonies throughout the Revolutionary War, beginning in 1776.
- Examine the political and economic reasons for Spain’s involvement in the Revolutionary War
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- During the Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress acted as the national government of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion.
- The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that formed in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War.
- By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the American Revolutionary War was already underway.
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- During the Revolutionary War, colonial women supported the Revolution by boycotting British goods and raising money.
- In the Revolutionary era, women were responsible for managing the domain of the household.
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handful of women felt so strongly about the revolutionary cause that they hid
their gender and enlisted in the Continental Army.
- The Revolutionary period was an intensely disruptive one for
indigenous women.
- Explain how women contributed to the Revolutionary War efforts and were effected by them.