upheaval

(n) a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
- the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
Sturm und Drang, turbulence,
(n) a violent disturbance
- the convulsions of the stock market
turmoil, convulsion,
(n) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) uplift, upthrow, upthrust,
(n) disturbance usually in protest hullabaloo, turmoil, agitation, excitement,

Sturm und Drang turbulence turmoil convulsion uplift upthrow upthrust hullabaloo agitation excitement

upheave