Broad institutional reforms Reforming_a_system introduced by the 1964 University Education Act , then , brought Burma 's universities under strict government control and profoundly hampered Hindering cohesive open student activism in subsequent decades .

Inspired by liberal and radical ideas , the Revolution profoundly altered Change the course of modern history , triggering Causation the global decline Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of absolute monarchies while replacing Change_of_leadership them with republics and liberal democracies .