national uprising
People's mass revolt
A national uprising is a widespread rebellion by a country's population against its government or an occupying power.
The term suggests coordinated resistance across regions rather than isolated protests: The national uprising toppled the regime within weeks.
Uprisings may be violent or nonviolent, but the modifier *national* implies broad participation transcending local grievances.
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- political prisonersPeople jailed for ideology
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
regime change · independence · guerrilla warfare · colonialism · civil disobedience · sabotage · Iranian Revolution · Cuban Revolution · underground networks · armed resistance · Haitian Revolution · democratization · strikes · political corruption · freedom fighters · social reform · demonstrations · economic collapse
- 1848 HungaryHungarian Revolution, March 15, freedom fight, freedom fighters, independence movement
- 1956 HungaryHungarian Revolution, 1956, freedom fighters, Soviet invasion, Soviet tanks
national uprisingforeign invasion
Military entry by outsiders
foreign intervention · military intervention · international intervention · annexation · proxy war
national uprisingpolitical stability
Enduring, predictable state authority
social order · domestic harmony · public order · status quo · national unity
national uprisinggovernment crackdown
Official forceful suppression campaign
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