Opposition by the government to reform, however, makes the reformers increasingly radical. During the second phase, the reformers become revolutionaries. They seek and achieve the overthrow of the government. Revolutionaries establish and strengthen an entirely new government based on the principles of the revolution. Conflict often emerges between the original leaders of the revolution and those seeking more radical change.
Revolutionary ideology is put into practice in ways which are heedless, oppressive, or impractical.
Seeking to preserve and extend the accomplishments of the revolution, revolutionaries try to destroy all enemies of the revolution. In so doing, the revolutionaries ironically become more oppressive than the government they overturned. Most of the changes of the revolution, especially those of the early phases of the revolution, remain in place however. For exam 2, discuss the French Revolution. For exam 3, discuss the Russian Revolution.