RIGHT OF REVOLUTION:; IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, THE RIGHT OF REVOLUTION IS THE RIGHT OR DUTY OF THE PEOPLE OF A NATION TO OVERTHROW A GOVERNMENT THAT ACTS AGAINST THEIR COMMON INTERESTS. STATED THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER, THE BELIEF IN THIS RIGHT HAS BEEN USED TO JUSTIFY VARIOUS REVOLUTIONS INCLUDING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.