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1775-1783 - American Revolution
1789 - French Revolution
1791 - 1803 Haitian Revolution
1807 - End of the slave trade in the British Empire
1810-1825 - Latin American Independence
1822 - Independent Brazil
1861 - Russian serfs emancipated
1871 - Unification of Germany and Italy
The French Revolution - The Revolution of France against the monarchy that started in 1789 and ended in 1799. Resulted in France as a republic.
The Haitian Revolution - A slave-led revolution that overthrew their French overseers and resulted in the formation of Haiti. Impacted the view of slaves throughout the region. Lasted from 1791-1804.
Abolitionist Movement - The movement that strived to end slavery, in the United States and elsewhere.
Feminism - The advocacy of women’s rights. Started in 1848 in the United States.
Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen - A document of the French Revolution that outlined the universal rights of man.
Toussaint Louverture - The leader of the Haitian Revolution. Successful led the slaves of Haiti (Saint-Domingue) and overthrew their French rulers.
Nationalism - The belief that the interests of a certain area or region are of primary importance. Also, that people should be subjects of an independent nation, not a foreign one.
Suffrage - The right to vote. Women were granted suffrage in the US in 1920.
Enlightenment - The intellectual movement in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and individualism.
Napoleon - The greatest French military and political leader of his time that expanded the French Empire to great lengths.
Spanish American Revolution - All of the revolutions fought against the Spanish and the Portuguese in the Americas during the 19th century. Ended in 1822 when Brazil won independence from Portugal.
1775-1783 - American Revolution
1789 - French Revolution
1791 - 1803 Haitian Revolution
1807 - End of the slave trade in the British Empire
1810-1825 - Latin American Independence
1822 - Independent Brazil
1861 - Russian serfs emancipated
1871 - Unification of Germany and Italy
The French Revolution - The Revolution of France against the monarchy that started in 1789 and ended in 1799. Resulted in France as a republic.
The Haitian Revolution - A slave-led revolution that overthrew their French overseers and resulted in the formation of Haiti. Impacted the view of slaves throughout the region. Lasted from 1791-1804.
Abolitionist Movement - The movement that strived to end slavery, in the United States and elsewhere.
Feminism - The advocacy of women’s rights. Started in 1848 in the United States.
Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen - A document of the French Revolution that outlined the universal rights of man.
Toussaint Louverture - The leader of the Haitian Revolution. Successful led the slaves of Haiti (Saint-Domingue) and overthrew their French rulers.
Nationalism - The belief that the interests of a certain area or region are of primary importance. Also, that people should be subjects of an independent nation, not a foreign one.
Suffrage - The right to vote. Women were granted suffrage in the US in 1920.
Enlightenment - The intellectual movement in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and individualism.
Napoleon - The greatest French military and political leader of his time that expanded the French Empire to great lengths.
Spanish American Revolution - All of the revolutions fought against the Spanish and the Portuguese in the Americas during the 19th century. Ended in 1822 when Brazil won independence from Portugal.
Chapter 16: Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes, 1750–1914
I. Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context
A. “world crisis?”
B. Uniqueness of the Atlantic revolutions
C. The Atlantic as a “world of ideas”
D. Democratic revolutions
E. Global impact of the Atlantic revolutions
II. Comparing Atlantic Revolutions
A. The North American Revolution, 1775–1787
1. Revolutionary?
2. English in England and English in America
3. New taxes and ideas from the Enlightenment
4. A revolutionary society before the revolution
B. The French Revolution, 1789–1815
1. The American connection: ideas, war debt, and taxes
2. Resentment of privilege and increasing radicalism
3. Inventing a new, rational world
4. Women’s participation and then repression
5. Birth of the nation and the citizen
6. Napoleon’s French revolutionary paradox
C. The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804
1. Saint Domingue, the richest colony in the world
2. African slaves, white colonists, and gens de couleur
3. Slave revolt, civil war, and foreign invasion
4. Toussaint Louverture
5. Haiti: a post-slavery republic
6. “Independence debt”
D. Spanish American Revolutions, 1810–1825
1. Creole resentment of Spanish rule and taxes
2. Napoleon’s 1808 invasion of Spain and Portugal
3. Racial, class, and ideological divisions
4. Simón Bolívar and the Americanos
5. Independence without social revolution or unity
III. Echoes of Revolution
A. The Abolition of Slavery
1. Protestant and Quaker moralism
2. New economic structures
3. Haiti and other slave revolts
4. British leadership
5. Resistance to abolition
6. Emancipation without socio-economic changes
7. Emancipation and colonialism in Africa and the Islamic world
B. Nations and Nationalism
1. The “nation” as a new idea
2. Unification and independence
3. Internation conflict
4. Political uses of nationalism
C. Feminist Beginnings
1. Enlightenment attacks on tradition
2. Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Women, and Seneca Falls, 1848
3. Suffrage and professional opportunities
4. Opposition
5. Trans-Atlantic and global feminisms
IV. Reflections: Revolutions Pro and Con
A. Necessary? Promises? Worth the cost?
B. Historians disagree and debate.
C. Ongoing struggle to understand.
I. Atlantic Revolutions in a Global Context
A. “world crisis?”
B. Uniqueness of the Atlantic revolutions
C. The Atlantic as a “world of ideas”
D. Democratic revolutions
E. Global impact of the Atlantic revolutions
II. Comparing Atlantic Revolutions
A. The North American Revolution, 1775–1787
1. Revolutionary?
2. English in England and English in America
3. New taxes and ideas from the Enlightenment
4. A revolutionary society before the revolution
B. The French Revolution, 1789–1815
1. The American connection: ideas, war debt, and taxes
2. Resentment of privilege and increasing radicalism
3. Inventing a new, rational world
4. Women’s participation and then repression
5. Birth of the nation and the citizen
6. Napoleon’s French revolutionary paradox
C. The Haitian Revolution, 1791–1804
1. Saint Domingue, the richest colony in the world
2. African slaves, white colonists, and gens de couleur
3. Slave revolt, civil war, and foreign invasion
4. Toussaint Louverture
5. Haiti: a post-slavery republic
6. “Independence debt”
D. Spanish American Revolutions, 1810–1825
1. Creole resentment of Spanish rule and taxes
2. Napoleon’s 1808 invasion of Spain and Portugal
3. Racial, class, and ideological divisions
4. Simón Bolívar and the Americanos
5. Independence without social revolution or unity
III. Echoes of Revolution
A. The Abolition of Slavery
1. Protestant and Quaker moralism
2. New economic structures
3. Haiti and other slave revolts
4. British leadership
5. Resistance to abolition
6. Emancipation without socio-economic changes
7. Emancipation and colonialism in Africa and the Islamic world
B. Nations and Nationalism
1. The “nation” as a new idea
2. Unification and independence
3. Internation conflict
4. Political uses of nationalism
C. Feminist Beginnings
1. Enlightenment attacks on tradition
2. Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Women, and Seneca Falls, 1848
3. Suffrage and professional opportunities
4. Opposition
5. Trans-Atlantic and global feminisms
IV. Reflections: Revolutions Pro and Con
A. Necessary? Promises? Worth the cost?
B. Historians disagree and debate.
C. Ongoing struggle to understand.