Revolutionary generation

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A revolutionary generation is a generation of people for whom a revolution was a major event or influence in their lives.[1] Such revolutions are usually associated with particular nations. The children of this generation are called the Children of the revolution

Americas

Cuba

The

100 year anniversary of the birth of José Martí in 1853.[2]

United States

Evarts Boutell Greene dated the generation of the American Revolution as being from 1763 to 1790.[3]

Asia

China

The first political generation of leaders in the People's Republic of China are part of the revolutionary generation in China, such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai,[4]

Israel

The

State of Israel
.

Europe

France

The Université

state education system established by Napoleon created a post-revolutionary generation in France.[5]

Germany

The 1840s were a decisive decade which culminated in the Revolutions of 1848 which defined a generation of Germans.[6]

Romania

In

Romanian Revolution of 1989 that ended the brutal Communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu and brought democracy and rule of law
to Romania.

Yugoslavia

The generation that came of age during or immediately after World War II and subsequent rise of communism. It is a generation marked by greater social mobility in comparison to previous period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which permitted the large section of population to obtain education. It was also marked by rapid urbanization and industrialization of the country, with a big population shift from rural to urban areas.

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