Which revolution had the greatest impact on world history?

The American war of independence brought about the 'very first truthful and respected human rights law' lol wut? Magna Carta was the first 'respected human rights law' and the American revolution only protected white males in its laws, slavery was still allowed hence the American Civil War in 1861.

The French Revolution changed French peoples lives, great. Where was the affect on 'World History'? the socio-economic climate of France at the time needed change and that's what it got, 30 years later it was back under authoritarian rule.

'The October Revolution' lead to communist revolutions in different countries? no - it lead to the break-up of the Russian Empire, and the subsequent countries which formed were kept under the pretense of a USSR. Following Communist revolutions were keen to distance themselves from the USSR, the ComInter was useless, Cuba and Khrushchev were only allied in public, and China disagreed with Russia after 1964. ROFL 'The most dangerous war of all'? The one where no shots were fired? - potentially it had the capability to, but due to Mutually Assured Destruction neither side were going to fire and used secondary battlegrounds to fight, such as Afghanistan or many African countries.

You need to stop looking at the affects on one country and look on a broader scale - does the french revolution of 1789 really affect the world today? or does the industrial revolution that allowed for incredible advances in technology have the longest effect?

American - Do you know what King John did after signing the Magna Carta? He completely ignored it, and carried on exploiting the peasants of England. It was abused in almost all of England till the first signs of democracy. The American Government however did keep their word, and their people have always been a lot better off than England's.
French - So? There was massive social upheaval, the Revolution also Culturally grew. Plus it was a point in history that showed that peasants and the public in general should not be oppressed, and they are capable of overthrowing their corrupt rulers.
October Revolution - It was the most dangerous war of all, as in around 1960, the Cuban Missile Crisis could have easily led to nuclear Armageddon, and each side was capable of eradicating the other. And a shot was fired. Many millions actually. The Proxy Wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Korea and other countries caused thousands of deaths, and although officially the two sides weren't engaging in combat, in Korea for example the West were actually fighting the East. Russian soldiers were present, and they helped the North Koreans. The October Revolution too, did bring about many other revolutions. The Raeterrepublik in Munich, Mongolia, Cuba, China, Cambodia... Heck, even Libya and other African Countries were Communist Revolutions as they were supported by USSR and Comiterna.

And your final point, as I have mentioned, The French Revolution showed that the governments need to listen to their people, and stop exploiting them or an event like the French Revolution may happen again. I have not said that the Industrial Revolution wasn't important. Yes, it kick-started technological advances, but the revolutions I've mentioned led to social, political, even geo-political change across the Globe. The Cuban Revolution too, was a very important revolution.

Rofl, King John attempted to get the Pope to annul the Magna Carta, but as soon as he was succeeded it was endorsed by every future King and Queen, so much so that some clauses, such as 39 remain in common law in England.
Again LoL wut? 'The American Government always kept their word' where to begin? The original constitution was designed for anglo-saxon white males who were of lower-upper class. The prescriptions laid out were to protect their interest, namely giving black slaves no rights what-so-ever, again I refer you to read up on the American Civil War. Look at Guantanamo bay - is the US really protecting it's citizens better than we are - no.
French Revolution, you make no new point, take your left wing agenda elsewhere - it had little impact upon world history.

The October Revolution - you use the misnomer 'War'. Analyse the name, Cold War - no bullets were fired upon each other only through proxy wars - if you were trying, trying, to claim this was the most important read up on the subject as Archer-84 was the closest we've come to Nuclear war. You're claiming that the munich revoution was successful and changed the world? You're also claiming that as a direct result of October 1917 the Cuban and Chinese revolutions happened? LoL wut? You're making a poor error of judgement, just because the USSR and ConInter supported revolutions in African countries doesn't make then Communist. They wanted a distraction to the West and to divert their resources, and bring them under their sphere of influence - as previously Africa was carved by the west.

You make another null point 'it forced the governments to listen to the people' Marx himself said when writing in the 1850's that the British people were the most oppressed in the world, less than 100 years after the French Revolution - hardly 'changing the way governments listened' if they're still exploiting their people. The Industrial Revolution brought about change in every aspect of life for every person on the planet - where as the French Revolution changed alot in france for 30 years, great.

Your last point is exactly what I said. The Americans were a lot more free.

I'm going out, and really can't be bothered to reply to you right now.

Mevidek, your argument would be better if you were to argue why the Industrial Revolution wasn't the most influential, compared with others, could you do that?

You can't just rank historical events and compare them using the criteria. There was a thread a while back, asking people what the single most significant event of world history was. Wtf? History isn't some linear progression; you can't just blithely judge two events aganst each other. Greatest impact in what sense? For whom? Without the French revoltion the world would be totally different. Without the industrial revolution the world would be totally different. You can't compare them in any meaningful way, let alone 'rank' them in order of importance.

The French revolution. It set up the rise of the middle classes.

lol #win Remove the left wing agenda.

My last point stands that the French Revolution didn't change governments attitudes to it's peoples, If 'American's' were so free why was there a war over the ownership of black slaves, when it was abolished 1807 in Britain and why can people be detained on American soil without charge for an indeterminate period of time, great protection, you've got a maximum of 28 days in the United Kingdom, which seems more free?

Stop creating a strawman argument and answer the points I've raised.

1. Whatever
2. Yes, it did. Gradually, the government became more people-oriented.
3. There wasn't a war over the ownership of black slaves. There was a Civil War between two sides that wanted power. One more democratic than the other. The French Soldiers who came back from the War for Independence in the US realised how great democracy is, and how people are treated much fairer.
4. That's a problem with their justice system. And America is one of the few countries that is able to pride itself on being "the land of the free", even if it's not strictly true.

1. Lol Wut?
2. No it didn't lol, gradually /=/ revolution.
3. the definition between the sides of the American Civil War is 'Slave States' where slave ownership was allowed and 'Free States' where it wasn't. I never claimed they fought over ownership of actual slaves as if they were a commodity. Rofl pointless interjection about the American War of Independence?
4. 'America is able to pride itself on being the land of the free'?? We clearly have different view on what pride means. What a pointless retort - 'even if it's not true'

Do some reading and come back with valid points - you've still dodged the points of my earlier post.

I'm not going to talk to you on the basis that you're being incredibly smug, and ignoring what I'm saying. This is all I have to say:



1. Can't you read? I said 'whatever'
2. No, but the revolution paved the way for a change that wouldn't have happened anyway. Besides, people were better off after the Revolution (and the great terror) than before.
3. No, it was a war where two sides who wanted power fought, not only for power, but because they had different ideologies. The Confederates were happy to continue using slaves, while the Unionists weren't.
4. Americans are a lot more free than English for example ever have been, and still are.

Whatever, you smug dick.

French Revolution laid the groundwork in many ways for the industrial revolution.

I've answered every point you've raised and you've not given single response, worst retort to a post I've seen.