SS9 Revolutions (1750-1919)

Updated Nov. 30, 2022.

Citefast – use this online tool to create your bibliography

Databases/Encyclopedias
Britannica School – get a good overview of the topic

World Book Online

WebPath Express
– click on WebPath Express on the left side menu
– put in the search term

Gale Science in Context 

American Revolution 
American Revolution: Invasion of Canada – Canadian Encyclopedia
American Revolution – Britannica School
American Revolution – search results from History in Context database

Chinese Revolution
Chinese Revolution of 1949 – U.S. Office of the Historian
Chinese Communist Revolution – article from Khan Academy that covers the time from the 1900s to 1960s
Chinese Civil Wart: 1945-1949 – Britannica

Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution – Britannica School
Cuban Revolution – History.com
Cuban Revolution – Britannica

French Revolution
French Revolution – history.com
French Revolution – Britannica School – also check out the “Images & Videos” link on this page
French Revolution – World Book Online
French Revolution – Victorian Web
French Revolution – britannica.com
French Revolution search results History in Context database – includes videos and primary references

German Revolution
German Revolution of 1848 and Historiography in the German Democratic Republic – Ohio University
November Revolution: Germany becomes a republic – Anne Frank House
Revolution of 1918-19 Germany history – Britannica

Haitian Revolution 
Haitian Revolution – Britannica School
Haitian Revolution – World Book Online
Haitian Revolution –  search results form the History in Context database

Industrial Revolution 
Industrial Revolution  – list of websites and resources on the Industrial revolution
Industrial Revolution – list of search results from History in Context database
Industrial Revolution in Canada – Canadian Encyclopedia
Summary of the Industrial Revolution – BBC
Industrial Revolution – BBC

Korean April Revolution
Korean April Revolution Timeline – Wilson Center
Remembering April 19, 1960 Student Revolution – Korea Times
Foundation of Korea’s democracy movements – April 19th Revolution – 6:16 video from Arirang News

Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration – Britannica School
Meiji Restoration – World Book Online
The Meiji Restoration and Modernization – Columbia University
Meiji Restoration –  History.com
Meiji Restoration – Khan Academy article

Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution – Britannica School
Mexican Revolution – World Book Online
Mexican Revolution -History.com
Mexican Revolution – PBS
Mexican Revolution – Khan Academy article

Red River Resistance 
Red River Rebellion – Canadian Encyclopedia
Red River Rebellion – World Book Online
John A. Macdonald’s Response – CBC
More than just the Red River Resistance: The epic history of the Metis Nation – CBC Radio (32:01 minute podcast)
Red River Resistance – Canadian Geographic 
The Red River Resistance – Government of Manitoba

North West Resistance 
North West Rebellion – Canadian Encyclopedia
North West Rebellion – CBC
North West Rebellion – Indigenous Atlas
The North West Resistance Chronology – University of Saskatchewan Libraries

Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution – Britannica School
Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History #35 – 14:15 minutes video from CrashCourse
Russian Revolution of 1917 – World Book Online
Timeline of Russian Revolution – British Library
What You Need to Know First to Understand the Russian Revolution – Smithsonian Magazine

Advances in Science & Technology
Science and Technology Timeline – The Victorian Web – a timeline with links to additional information
History of technology – Britannica School
Technology & Science – British Library
Science and the Industrial Revolution – Britannica.com
Industrial Revolution – BBC – scroll down to the section “Scientific & Technological Development”

New Methods of Transportation 
On the Move: The Transportation Revolution  – lumenlearning.com
19th Century Transportation Movement – National Geographic
Transport – Canals & Railways – BBC Bitesize