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01    ■ Protest when

the British government imposes a tax on tea on the American colonies in 1773.

02    ■ Disguise yourself and around 50 of your friends as Native American Mohawks.

03    ■ Sneak on board

three British ships moored in Boston Harbor.

04    ■ Break open the

chests of tea stowed on deck and empty their contents into the sea.

05    ■ Take up drinking

coffee and prepare for revolutionary war.

When a group of people overthrow the

government in power and set up a government of their own, it is a revolution. When the army takes over the powers of the government, it is a military coup

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Blasts from the past

Votes for women!

The campaign for women to win the vote (suffrage) was fought on both sides of the Atlantic from the mid-1800s.

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was the founder of the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain.

Her fellow campaigners, known as suffragettes, were frequently involved in violent clashes with the police.

Their campaign was suspended during World War I. In 1918, women over the age of 30 won the vote in Great Britain.

British women over the age of 21 voted for the first time in 1929.

Communist

States

For most of the 1900s, Russia and the countries of Eastern Europę were single-party States ruled by the Communist Party.

Since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europę in 1989, the only official communist States in the world today are China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam.

RECORD BREAKER

Founded in 301 ce, the world’s oldest surviving republic is the tiny European State of San Marino. Its constitution dates back to 1600.

Russian Revolution

(1917) The zsar is forced from power and the world’s first communist State is created.

Iranian Revolution

(1989) An Islamie republic is set up in Iran after the shah (king) is overthrown.

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•    Brunei

•    Oman

•    Qatar

•    Saudi Arabia

•    Swaziland

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