| American Revolution |
the war in which the American people won their independence from England. The American Revolution took place from 1775 to 1783. |
| ancien régime |
(French) the political and social structure of France before the French Revolution in 1789. [1/2 definitions] |
| barrel roll |
a maneuver in which an aircraft completes one spiral revolution around its lengthwise axis, without changing direction of flight. |
| carmagnole |
a popular song and street dance of the French Revolution. [1/2 definitions] |
| Commonwealthmen |
group of British thinkers and reformers whose ideas of republicanism, civic virtue, and liberty had an influence on the leaders of the American Revolution. |
| conoid |
in geometry, a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section around its axis. [1/3 definitions] |
| counterrevolution |
a political movement or action that seeks to defeat a successful or attempted revolution. |
| counterrevolutionary |
of, relating to, or involved in activity opposed to revolution. [1/2 definitions] |
| DAR |
abbreviation of "Daughters of the American Revolution." |
| French Revolution |
the revolution in France that began in 1789 with the people's overthrow of the monarchy, continued with the establishment of a republic, and ended in 1799 with Napoleon's rise to power. |
| Hessian |
any of the German mercenaries that served with the British during the American Revolution. |
| Jacobin |
a member of a society of radical democrats that used terrorist tactics during the French Revolution. [1/3 definitions] |
| John Hancock |
a prominent merchant and statesman who took part in the American Revolution and was a signer of the United States Constitution (b. 1737--d. 1793). [1/2 definitions] |
| loyalist |
(cap.) someone who supported the British during the American Revolution, or the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. [1/2 definitions] |
| lunar |
determined by the period of the moon's revolution around the earth. [1/2 definitions] |
| lunar month |
one complete revolution of the moon around the earth, a period of approximately twenty-seven or twenty-nine days. |
| Maoism |
the theories and policies of Mao Tse-Tung, esp. those concerning revolution and communism. |
| Menshevik |
a member of the Russian Social Democratic party that opposed the more radical Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution. [1/2 definitions] |
| month |
the average period of one revolution of the moon around the earth, approximately twenty-eight days. [1/3 definitions] |
| moon |
the average time of one revolution of the earth's moon; lunar month. [1/6 definitions] |
| October Revolution |
see "Russian Revolution." |