2006-07-02 14:22:23 · 10 answers · asked by phendy_22 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Success or failure
2006-07-02 14:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dan W 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok here's my smart A** answer - A revolution works, a rebellion is stopped
Here's my actual answer -
Revolution - The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.
Rebellion - Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
An act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention
Which looks to me like a rebellion is what happens when you start a revolution and a revolution is what happens when a rebellion works.. so looks like my smart A** answer was right lol ..
2006-07-02 14:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Lillith 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In both there is a resistance to the 'existing authority' (whether dictatorship, totalitarianism, democracy...).
If it is named rebellion or revolution just depends on the POWER of the 'existing authority'.
If the existing authority (whatever kind), is powerful enough to suppress the resistance it is a rebellion. (If the opposite it is revoution.) It does not need whether the existing authority is supported by the nation/people... I mean a whole nation may be called as rebels as in resistances to dictatorsihps or totalitarian regimes. A difference exists in democracies: the existing authority is counted as reflecing the nation's support. So according to the international law norms the resistance can just be called rebellion, not revolution. In that case the success of resistance is naturally low, because most people are counted to support the existing government.
2006-07-02 22:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by begum84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in essence, they are basically the same.
a rebellion however is usually more violent, and more from an anarchist point of view, to completely over throw the government.
however, it doesnt have to mean an overthrow of the government, it could just be a fight to get something done IN the government.
a revolution, while still may be violent, usually would set up a better, new government in place of the old one.
2006-07-02 14:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by Dahlia Jihad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very little but a revolution is generally considered a broader term involving the mindset of the people involved, rebellion, is usually more in reference to violence, or a coercive revolt of some kind.
2006-07-02 14:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by iconoclast_ensues 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was legal for the American colonies to declare independance (i.e secede) from Britain then why was it illegal for the Southern states to secede from the Union? Well, one succeeded, so you call it a revolution, the other failed and was thus regarded by the victorious North as a failed rebellion.
2006-07-03 09:46:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rebellion seldom succeeds.A revolution is the end result of a successful of a rebellion>Best I can do
2006-07-02 14:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your point of view, if you're the ruler, its a rebellion, if you're the oppressed one, it's a revolution....
2006-07-02 19:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rebellion is a failed or uncompleted revolution
2006-07-03 03:29:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In one you aren't necessarily trying to overthrow any thing, in the other you are!
2006-07-02 14:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋