Revolution 革命
（重定向自Palace revolution）
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![A Watt steam engine in Madrid. The development of the steam engine propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened beyond groundwater levels.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Maquina_vapor_Watt_ETSIIM3925.jpg")
![The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789 during the French Revolution.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Prise_de_la_Bastille3925.jpg")
![George Washington, leader of the American Revolution.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Portrait_of_George_Washington-transparent3925.png")
A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in political power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time when the population rises up in revolt against the current authorities. Aristotle described two types of political revolution: