The Velvet RevolutionThe Velvet Revolution is not about delicious red velvet cake but rather about the sweet freedom of a new government. Even better than a new government, it was short and sweet. The Velvet Revolution took place in Czechoslovakia from November 17, 1989 and ended on December 29, 1989. Czechoslovakia was located in Central Europe and bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east, and Poland to the north . Choosing this revolution I was intrigued by the name. Furthermore, I wanted a nonviolent revolution and that's exactly what I found. Before the outbreak of World War I, Slovakia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and declared its independence in October 1918, joining the Czech provinces of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia to form the Republic of Czechoslovakia. In the interwar period Czechoslovakia was the only functioning parliamentary democracy in Eastern Europe. Even though it was the only functioning parliamentary democracy, Czechs and Slovaks had issues that divided them from each other. The Czech lands were more populated and industrialized than the Slovak ones. The Slovak population was also poorer, less educated and extremely Catholic. The Prague government (Prague is the capital of Czechoslovakia; and why the government is called the Prague government) “attempted to address these economic inequalities by industrializing Slovakia in the 1920s, but these efforts were interrupted by the Great Depression (Merriman, Winter 2358 ). The result of the attempted settlements was that in the 1930s Slovaks began to resent them and a separatist movement began, led by Father Andrej Hlinka and Jozef Tiso. In September 1938, Czechoslovakia was dismembered due to the Munich Agreement. half of the sheet ......ca School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2014. Web. 11 March 2014.Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. "Velvet Revolution." Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction. vol. 5. Detroit: Sons of Charles Scribner, 2006. 2623-2626. World history in context. Network. 28 February 2014.Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. "Slovakia." Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction. vol. 4. Detroit: Sons of Charles Scribner, 2006. 2358-2359. World history in context. Network. 11 March 2014.Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. "1989." Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction. vol. 4. Detroit: Sons of Charles Scribner, 2006. 1874-1880. World history in context. Network. March 11, 2014. "The Velvet Revolution: A Peaceful End to Communism in Czechoslovakia." Tavana. E-Collaborative for Civic Education, nd Web. 28 February. 2014.