1. ESSAY PLAN HARA CONNELL & JASMINE MONTEBON ANALYZE THE CAUSES OF 1917 FEBRUARY/MARCH RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

2. INTRODUCTION  Brief historical content of Russia before the outbreak of February/March Revolution  Tsar Nicholas  World War 1  State of Russian People (attitude and views).

3. THESIS The February/March Revolution of 1917 was caused by a culmination of over a century of political, social, and economic issues.

4. SECOND PARAGRAPH  Political  Growing sense of Political social awareness in cities  Public Dissatisfaction with home front governance Tsarina Alexandra Rasputin  Military Failures (Tsar Nichols)

5. THIRD PARAGRAPH  Social  Military failures (Russo-Japanese War and WW1) Lowered morale of soldiers & citizens  Treatment of Peasants No training, lack of weapons (War) Land ownership  Poor working conditions for city workers  Bloody Sunday

6. FOURTH PARAGRAPH  Economic  Food Shortages  Challenges of total war  Scarce commodities (Overstretched railroad)  German refugees  Inflation

7. CONCLUSION  Conclusion  Restate thesis Abdication of the Tsar Road to communism