Each revolution that we have studied, including revolutions in America, France, Russia, and India, has been pushed by a specific idealogical force pertaining to the country's particular troubles. For the French and the American Revolutions, the desire for change quite exclusively came about due to the spreading of Enlightenment ideals. The ideals of freedom and equality spread throughout the great nations of America and France, making a revolution inevitable. The Chinese and Russian Revolutions were influenced by the idea of Communism. Communism and Enlightenment are both ideologically backed, as well as the Indian Revolution which was propelled forward by Gandhi's idea of "Satyagraha." Satyagraha is a form of nonviolent resistance that influenced the entire revolution in India. The Iranian Revolution differs from the other revolutions because the ideology behind it was religious. This is different from the others; however, it does not necessarily mean that the revolution in India was not impacted by an ideal. The Iranian Revolution was still a typical revolution, regardless of it being Islamic based.
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