Frustration over taxation without representation, a growing national identity, the influence of Enlightenment ideals concerning liberty and rights
Authoritarian regime's indifference to national concerns, rising popular discontent with the regime, charismatic leadership from Fidel Castro
The approach of Soviet troops to the suburbs of the city, a desire to assert Polish sovereignty through action, the threat of a German round-up of able-bodied Poles
The opportunity presented by British struggles in WWI, discontent over the war's suspension of Home Rule, backlash to the likelihood of impending conscription
A sense of opportunity after Stalin's death and Khrushchev's thaw, anger over Soviet policies, violent actions by the secret police which escalated peaceful protests
Newly emancipated serfs earning too little, unrest in the military from the Russo-Japanese War, the dissemination of radical ideas from the intelligentsia
Disaster in the Franco-Prussian War, humiliation in the siege of the city which ended the war, the radicalization of the National Guard in both events
The harsh treatment of the country's slaves, the precarious social position of the mulatto citizens, the impact of the French Revolution
Agitation by veterans still unpaid from the war, frustration from indebted farmers who couldn't pay taxes, the new government's inability to remedy the situation
Concern over the King's Catholicism and close ties to France, the growing power of Parliament, worry that the King's new son would be a Catholic heir
Disaster after disaster on the Eastern Front of WWI, exacerbation of social problems due to the war, the Tsar's decision to lead troops at the front
Rising Islamism and conservative backlash to the secular leader, high levels of corruption and oppression from the ruling regime, the perception that the leader was a US puppet
Rising hostility towards the presence of imperial powers, strain on all aspects of society from flooding and plague, the rise of a secret society advocating resistance
Outrage over the plundering of the Jewish temple, protests over increasingly onerous taxation, the public execution of popular Jerusalem city leaders
Muslim and Hindu anger over the use of animal fat in rifle cartridges, desire by the weakening aristrocracy to reclaim influence, fear that local traditions were being replaced
The self-immolation of a disgruntled vegetable cart owner, a long history of political repression, high unemployment and economic stagnation
Popular discontent with the monarch and his wife, several years of bad harvests straining class relations, deep debt from foreign wars leading to unpopular taxes
A decade of severe austerity and stagnation, a rising tide of resistance to communism sweeping Europe, increasing resentment of the national leader's personality cult
Low morale among underfed sailors kept in port after Jutland, a rogue order by the naval command to attack the British as the war was concluding, a desire for democracy
Rising opposition to Diaz's 30 years of authoritarian rule, huge disparities between rich and poor, a recession/famine that hit peasants hard
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