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A history of revolution in North and South America.

Created by bobplain on Dec 4, 2010

Last updated: 12/04/10 at 08:42 AM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Dec 4, 2010 6:44 AM

• Peruvian political crisis
  Jul 9, 2009

  Indiginous people of Peru stage an uprising against the government for the exploitation of natural resources by multinational corporations. The situation is ongoing.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Peruvian_political_crisis

• July 26, 1953
  Jul 26, 1953

  Failed attempt by exiles to attack the Cuban Army at the Moncada Barracks. The battle served as inspiration, and the motto, for the successful Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro later in the decade.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement

• Mexican Revolution
  Nov 20, 1910

  A ten-year-long insurgency led by Francisco Madero, Emanuel Zapata, Pancho Villa and others to institute social and economic reform in Mexico. The uprising led to the new, more liberal, Constitution.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution

• Pullman Strike
  May 11, 1894

  Led by Eugene Debs, 3,000 employees of the Pullman rail car company went on strike because of wage reductions. Eventually 125,000 workers across the country joined in solidarity. The protests were eventually broken up by federal troops. President Grover Cleveland made Memorial Day a federal holiday to mark the events.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike

• Harpers Ferry
  Oct 16, 1859

  Abolitionist John Brown led a slave revolt on a US arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He failed and was later hung.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry

• Nat Turner's Rebellion
  Aug 13, 1831

  Nat Turner, an African American slave in Southhampton, Virginia, led an uprising of 70 slaves who traveled around the area freeing slaves and killing white people.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner%27s_slave_rebellion

• Bolivar liberates Columbia
  Jan 28, 1821

  Simon Bolivar declares Columbia an independent district. The Spanish government gives tacit approval after years of fighting.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar

• Declaration of Independence
  Jul 4, 1776

  American colonists sign document declaring their independence from England.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

• Battle of Bunker Hill
  Jun 17, 1775

  More than 1,000 colonists occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill in Boston to prevent the British Troops from setting up camp there. While the colonists eventually retreated, the British lost hundreds of troops in the skirmish.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill