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1. A Violation of Human Rights

• These rights serve as a security blanket. The presence of human rights protects each person from any form of abuse. It gives each one the freedom to have a voice in society and to live peacefully. It assures everyone of equality. A violation of these rights creates chaos within oneself that eventually affects society. Anybody who moves towards the abolishment of such rights is guilty of taking advantage of others. This is usually brought about by the the desire for power.

2. Failure of the Government to Meet with the Demands of the People

• The main role of any government is to serve and lead its sovereign people towards improvement. This can only be achieved through proper communication with the people its supposed to serve. The failure of the government comes in when it no longer sees the people as top priority. This usually happens when the leaders put themselves first and work in order to attain their personal goals.

3. A Want for Freedom

• This is the common yearning of those who fall victim under abuse. When ones plea upon being violated is not heard, these people are most likely to protest.

4. A Unanimous Realization of the Need for a Major Change

• This is the very essence that motivates any revolution. Reform is the key word. A revolution may choose as its object a political transformation, a social transformation, or a simple change of ruler. This unanimous realization serves as the uniting factor ofsubordinate groups in their attempt to transform the social foundations of political power.

5. Unity

• Unity is accomplished when one looks at what the revolting body has in common as opposed to their differences.